Baker Electric

Baker Electric is a world-renowned leader and provider of solar and electrical contracting services and renewable energy storage solutions with a long track record of excellence. A trifecta of quality, innovation and integrity, it brings a comprehensive portfolio of commercial and utility-scale solar and energy storage solutions for businesses, non-profits, military and educational facilities, and utilities, among others. It also provides design-build and design-assist services to general contractors in the solar and electric power space.

Leveraging its diverse industry experience and inimitable success streak, Baker and its seasoned experts uphold the company’s legacy of uncompromising quality, innovation, and integrity. It builds, designs, installs, and services commercial solar and electric energy storage systems and oversees clients’ projects from initial design to follow-up maintenance through its streamlined operations and technically advanced maintenance services.

“We deliver fully designed and integrated solar and battery storage solutions for our customers’ facilities to offset their ever-growing electrical needs,” says Scott Williams, EVP of Baker Electric. In the renewable energy sector, Baker caters to two distinctive marketplaces— utility-scale solar energy and commercial consumer electrical engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) sectors.

Baker is a subcontractor to large EPCs within the utility-scale solar energy space. It takes over the minute aspects of energy projects to help EPCs meet project deadlines without dealing with supply chain issues. The company has started working alongside large utilities and solar farms ranging up to 400 megawatts.

In addition, Baker addresses the shortage of developers and contractors for many small-scale EPCs and solar energy farms and plants ranging between 10 to 75 megawatts. It is fully equipped to meet their distinct demands with full-service turnkey design services, including site survey, fencing and grading, road, transmission lines, substation installations, and electrical module and wiring installation.

In the commercial consumer space, Baker acts as a subcontractor and general contractor (GC). It uses its business, GC, and electrical licenses for commercial solar installations, microgrids, energy storage, and renewable energy turnkey projects.

A developer in the EPC space approached Baker to bid and design their small-scale 25-megawatt solar project. The client had the required funds and resource materials, but lacked the expertise required to execute the project. Baker leveraged its knowledge in subcontracting and electrical contracting services to enact the plan and meet the client’s requirements. The solar plant project was completed in nine months, giving Baker its first ever opportunity to enter the small-scale EPC space.

Baker has recently forayed into electric vehicle charging to help end-users avail their electrical contraction services at cost-effective rates. Utility-scale battery storage is another niche area it shows interest in, having invested a decade’s worth of focus to offer more renewable energy consumption options in the U.S.

Its longevity in the electrical contracting space is attributable to Baker’s philosophy of investing in its people, from field electricians to administrative support teams. “People come first and energy is delivered through people” is the motto by which it operates. Taking people-centrism forward, Baker was recently sold to its employees as an ESOP, making it a game changer in the industry as every employee has a direct stake in the firm.

Baker is currently working on an ambitious project to deliver a fully integrated rooftop and carport solar system with large scale battery energy storage system (BESS) for a sports facility in Inglewood, California. It is currently building a three-megawatt PV and a 12-MWh BESS installation by June 2024, making a difference to the project with its fast delivery.

Standing tall for over eight decades, Baker Electric continually proves itself as the first choice for companies looking to take their solar and electrical energy infrastructure design to greater heights.