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Nrg Energy

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Solar installer based in California · installer record #79838 resolved from 11 public installation records.

Data through: California through Aug 2026 (monthly state program data).

At a glance

Nrg Energy is a solar installer with 11 recorded installations totalling 1.1 MW, dated 2014 to 2020. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 4255th of 6,163 profiled installers by volume and 7,375th of 10,840 nationally.

Recorded installs
11
Total capacity
1.1 MW
DC nameplate
Median system
6.7 kW
≈ $101,228
Median price
—
too few priced systems
Third-party owned
18%
lease / PPA
Battery attach
0%
First recorded
2014
Last recorded
2020

Track record

Install volume by year

2014
1
2015
6
2016
2
2017
1
2020
1

Recorded installs per year.

Latest records

Most recent recorded installs

DateLocationSizePriceOwnership
Nov 13, 2020Oakland, CA693.4 kW$1,138,746Third-party
Jan 4, 2017Bakersfield, CA190.1 kW—Host-owned
Dec 30, 2016Bakersfield, CA148.5 kW—Host-owned
May 11, 2016Healdsburg, CA45.5 kW$170,000—
Dec 8, 2015Fresno, CA5.9 kW$32,456Host-owned
Dec 4, 2015Salinas, CA6.7 kW$26,073Third-party
Jul 15, 2015South Gate, CA6 kW——
Jun 2, 2015Merced, CA5.5 kW—Host-owned
Mar 12, 2015Porterville, CA4.4 kW——
Mar 9, 2015Tracy, CA4.2 kW—Host-owned

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Service geography

Busiest cities

Bakersfield, CA 2Salinas, CA 1Dinuba, CA 1Oakland, CA 1Porterville, CA 1Fresno, CA 1Healdsburg, CA 1Merced, CA 1

Record

Installer ID
PC-79838
First recorded install
Nov 20, 2014
Last recorded install
Nov 13, 2020
Priced records
4
Also appears as
NRG Energy

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How does Nrg Energy compare with other installers in California?

By recorded installations Nrg Energy ranks 4255th among the 6,163 installers based in California with five or more records. Its median system, 6.7 kW, is about 14% above the state median of 5.9 kW. 18% of its recorded installations are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), against 29% across California. 0% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Blue Light Solar (11), Caballero (11) and Bonterra (11).

How has Nrg Energy's installation volume changed?

Nrg Energy's earliest dated installation on record is from 2014. It has recorded installations in 5 calendar years. The busiest year was 2015, with 6 installations. 2020, its latest year with records, has 1. Its median price per watt moved from $4.70/W in 2015 to $1.64/W in 2020. The most recent recorded installation is dated Nov 13, 2020. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.

Where does Nrg Energy install solar?

All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Bakersfield, CA (2), Salinas, CA (1), Dinuba, CA (1), Oakland, CA (1) and Porterville, CA (1).

Frequently asked questions

How many solar installations has Nrg Energy completed?

PanelCensus records 11 installations by Nrg Energy, from Nov 20, 2014 to Nov 13, 2020, totalling 1.1 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.

What does Nrg Energy charge for solar?

The median installed price across 4 priced systems from all years is $3.80/W before incentives (median system 6.7 kW, about $101,228). The California median is $4.26/W. Prices are the total project cost reported to state programs, so they can include work billed with the solar.

Where does Nrg Energy install solar?

All 11 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Bakersfield.

Is Nrg Energy still installing solar?

The most recent installation attributed to Nrg Energy in the public records is dated Nov 13, 2020; 2020 has 1 recorded installation. Records here run California through Aug 2026 (monthly state program data), so the newest installations may not appear yet.

Does Nrg Energy install leased or PPA solar systems?

2 recorded installations by Nrg Energy (18%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.

Does Nrg Energy install battery storage?

0 recorded installations by Nrg Energy (0%) include a battery.

Related installers and places

Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun (through 2025), monthly state program records (California DGStats, NYSERDA, NJ Clean Energy, Illinois Shines) and permit records; installer resolved by exact-normalized name matching and, for state program records, by the systems both sources share.

About this data

Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Tracking the Sun, merged with city permit records, state incentive programs and the USGS U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database / EIA-860 plant registers, as published October 19, 2026 — PanelCensus refreshes it as each source publishes new records. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: PanelCensus, “Nrg Energy, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/nrg-energy-79838 (data as of October 19, 2026).