Baker Electric Home Energy emerged in 2007 from a legacy that began in 1938, when Leroy Baker founded a small electrical business in Escondido, California. After graduating from the University of Nebraska and working for GE, Leroy eventually settled in Southern California during the Great Depression, rewiring household appliances and serving residential electrical needs. Four generations later, his great-grandson Ted Baker now leads the company, which has grown from a single electrician into one of Southern California’s most respected solar installers serving homeowners throughout the region. The residential solar division was launched after Baker Electric saw unprecedented growth in the solar sector, establishing the home energy brand to meet the renewable energy needs of local homeowners. Today, Baker Electric Home Energy operates from a dedicated facility in Escondido and has completed over 30,000 solar installations across San Diego County, Western Riverside County, and Southern Orange County. The company earned recognition as SunPower’s No. 1 Volume Dealer in 2010 and was named a SunPower Elite Dealer, serving as a trusted partner for premium solar panels and battery storage solutions. Beyond solar installation, Baker offers comprehensive home energy services including home battery systems, HVAC installation and repair, roofing services as a GAF Certified Master Elite Contractor, EV charging solutions, and electrical panel upgrades. The company handles every aspect of projects in-house with their own design engineers, installers, and service technicians—never subcontracting work. This approach allows Escondido homeowners to work directly with Baker throughout the entire process and ensures continuity for the company’s industry-leading 25-year workmanship warranty. Baker has earned the Better Business Bureau Torch Award for Ethics three times (2016, 2019, and 2021), along with an A+ BBB rating that reflects their commitment to doing business ‘The Baker Way’—built on honesty, integrity, and responsiveness. The company actively supports the Southern California community through partnerships with organizations like the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank and the Boys & Girls Club of Escondido, continuing a tradition of local involvement that began when Neville Baker helped found Little League in the city. For California homeowners facing the state’s highest electricity costs and increasingly common power outages, Baker provides solar energy and battery storage systems that offer both financial relief and energy independence. Their solar panels generate clean power during the day, while home batteries store that energy for use during peak rate periods or grid outages. With electrician expertise spanning more than eight decades, financial stability as a 100% employee-owned company since 2023, and deep roots in San Diego’s North County communities, Baker brings the staying power and local knowledge that homeowners need when making a decades-long investment in home solar.
Baker Electric Home Energy is a full-service solar installer in Escondido serving San Diego, Riverside, and Orange Counties with residential solar installation, home battery storage systems, heating and air conditioning services, roofing, and EV charging solutions. The company designs, engineers, and installs complete photovoltaic systems with in-house crews—handling permitting, interconnection, and ongoing maintenance. They are a certified installer of Tesla Powerwall batteries and premium solar panels from manufacturers including SunPower, LG, and Panasonic. Baker offers financing options and both purchase and lease programs for California homeowners looking to reduce energy costs and achieve backup power resilience.
FOUR GENERATIONS OF ELECTRICAL EXPERTISE: Since 1938, the Baker family has been serving Southern California with electrical contracting, giving us 86+ years of deep technical knowledge that translates into code-compliant solar installations, proper electrical integration, and the ability to handle complex panel upgrades that many solar-only companies refer out.
TRIPLE BBB TORCH AWARD WINNER: We’ve earned the Better Business Bureau’s prestigious Torch Award for Ethics three times—in 2016, 2019, and 2021—and maintain an A+ BBB rating, demonstrating our long-term commitment to honest business practices and customer satisfaction for homeowners throughout Southern California communities.
25-YEAR WORKMANSHIP WARRANTY: While most solar installers offer 1-2 year labor warranties, Baker stands behind every installation with an industry-leading 25-year workmanship warranty because we use our own employees for every install and have the financial stability to support customers for decades to come.
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