What Collective Energy does

Collective Energy Company LLC is a private US for-profit LLC founded in 2021 and headquartered in Ojai, California, that designs, finances, installs, and operates solar photovoltaic plus battery energy storage microgrid systems for non-profit community health centers, with a primary focus on Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs). Each project is site-specific and engineered to deliver resilient backup power during grid outages, protect refrigerated medicines and electronic health records, and reduce long-term energy costs for chronically underfunded healthcare facilities. The company addresses a structurally underserved niche: only tax-exempt and government entities can stack DOE grants, IRA direct-pay tax credits, and California SGIP rebates, and Collective Energy has built specialized expertise to package those capital sources with bespoke solar+storage designs.

The company generates revenue through four interlocking streams: usage-based monthly Energy Service Agreement (ESA) payments tied to kWh production over multi-year terms; pass-through deployment of up to $57 million in DOE Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations Cooperative Agreement funding; direct cash hardware sales (e.g., $155,000 for La Clinica de la Raza's Vallejo clinic); and professional services assisting health centers with IRA rebate processing. Its flagship go-to-market vehicles are the CHARGE Partnership with NACHC and Capital Link for national channel access, the Local Energy Initiative (LEI) Fund in partnership with Hawaii Primary Care Association, and direct enterprise field sales to individual health centers. Founder and CEO Andrew MacCalla, formerly VP of Emergency Response at Direct Relief for 15 years, anchors the firm's positioning, and the company has completed named installations at Lakeview Clinic (CA), La Clinica Vallejo (CA), San Fernando CHC (CA), KKV (HI), and Chiricahua CHCs (AZ), with an active pipeline across California, Arizona, Hawaii, and a rural Southeast program covering Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and six federally recognized Tribes.

Name

Collective Energy

Legal name

Collective Energy Company LLC

Website

https://collectiveenergyco.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Collective Energy designs, finances, and operates solar plus battery storage microgrid systems for non-profit community health centers, using Energy Service Agreements, DOE grants, and IRA rebates to deliver resilient backup power and reduce energy costs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Solar + Storage Microgrid Solutions for Healthcare

NAICS

Solar Electric Power Generation (221114), Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution (2211)

SIC

Cogeneration Services & Small Power Producers (4991), Electric Services (4911)

akta.pro primary industry

Campus/Institutional Microgrids (Universities, Hospitals, Military) (EUACALAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Microgrid Development, EPC & Integration (EUAMAJAB), Resilience & Backup Power Solutions (Critical Facilities, Islanding) (EUAMAJAK), Distributed Storage (Behind-the-Meter Batteries) (EUAMAJAE), Distributed Generation (DG) Solar & Small Wind (EUAMAJAD)

Keywords

• Solar microgrid solutions
• Battery energy storage
• Community health center resilience
• Energy service agreements
• Distributed renewable energy

Headquarters

HQ city

Ojai

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Energy Service Agreement (ESA) Payments: Monthly payments from health centers based on energy production at a set kWh rate. Collective Energy installs, maintains, and operates the solar PV system with no upfront cost to the site. Revenue is recurring based on kWh production over the contract term.
2. Government and Grant Funding: Funding through DOE OCED Cooperative Agreement (up to $57M for rural Southeast health centers) covering up to 70% of microgrid system costs. Also leverages California SGIP program for energy storage rebates.
3. Direct Hardware Sales: Direct cash purchase model where health centers buy solar + storage systems outright. Example: La Clinica de la Raza's $155,000 cash purchase with projected $300,000 savings over 20 years.
4. IRA Rebate Processing: Assistance with Inflation Reduction Act Investment Tax Credit rebates (30-40% depending on project) that health centers can claim after installation, allowing recoupment of upfront contributions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Collective Energy designs, finances, installs, and operates solar photovoltaic plus battery storage microgrid systems for non-profit community health centers. Customers can acquire systems via Energy Service Agreements (no upfront cost, monthly kWh-based payments), direct cash purchase, or fully subsidized programs (DOE OCED + IRA rebates covering up to 100% of costs). Projects are delivered in partnership with NACHC, Capital Link, Clean Energy Group, HPCA, and GRID Alternatives.

Product overview

Collective Energy offers a unified portfolio of solar + storage microgrid solutions specifically designed for non-profit health centers. The core offering is the Solar + Storage Microgrid System, which can be financed through the Energy Service Agreement (ESA) mechanism. Services are delivered through the CHARGE Partnership (with NACHC and Capital Link) and regionally through the LEI Fund in Hawaii. Customer Guides are provided post-installation to help health centers celebrate and communicate their new microgrid systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Solar + Storage Microgrid Systems Turnkey solar photovoltaic plus battery energy storage microgrids designed for non-profit community health centers. Systems keep facilities operational during grid outages, natural disasters, and planned shutoffs, while reducing long-term utility costs and offsetting significant CO2.
• Energy Service Agreement (ESA) No-upfront-cost financing and operations contract under which Collective Energy installs, owns, maintains, and operates the solar PV system at a health center site. The health center pays monthly based on actual kWh production at a set rate over the contract term.
• CHARGE Partnership Program Joint program with NACHC and Capital Link offering tailored microgrid design, financing, and installation of solar + storage systems for community health centers, plus energy education and project management services delivered through the partner network.
• Local Energy Initiative (LEI) Fund — Hawaii Collaborative capital and delivery program with HPCA providing funding and project support for solar + storage installations at Hawaii-based community health centers to bolster energy reliability and reduce operating costs.
• DOE OCED Rural Southeast Microgrid Program Government-funded microgrid deployment program covering up to 70% of solar and battery system costs (and up to 100% when combined with IRA rebates) for qualifying rural Southeast health centers in HHS Region IV.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40-60% of annual electric usage covered by solar installations
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounded in 1971, NACHC promotes efficient, high quality, comprehensive health care that is accessible, culturally and linguistically competent, community directed, and patient centered. NACHC is a core partner in the CHARGE Partnership providing access to the national network of community health centers for Collective Energy's microgrid programs.
• Capital LinkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational non-profit organization helping community health centers and Primary Care Associations plan for sustainability and growth, access capital, improve and optimize operations and financial management, and articulate value. Core CHARGE Partnership member providing financial planning and capital access expertise.
• Clean Energy Group (CEG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational nonprofit working to accelerate the transition to a sustainable, clean energy future. Project partner in the $57M DOE OCED Cooperative Agreement for rural Southeast health center microgrids. Provides expertise in clean energy transition and policy.
• CHARGE PartnershipcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration between NACHC, Collective Energy, and Capital Link offering health centers tailored design, financing, and installation of solar microgrids. Provides comprehensive microgrid solutions through the partnership's combined expertise in health center operations, finance, and energy systems.
• Hawaiʻi Primary Care Association (HPCA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHPCA partnered with Collective Energy to create the Local Energy Initiative (LEI) Fund expanding access to clean energy storage for Hawaii's community health centers. The collaboration addresses urgent federal deadlines and rising energy costs while ensuring continuity of care.
• GRID AlternativesminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerWorkforce development partner for solar installations. GRID Alternatives supported the San Fernando Community Health Center installation, including involving a patient who attended the health center and worked on the rooftop installation.
• City of San FernandominorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerOwns the building housing San Fernando Community Health Center and provided swift approval for solar installation work to commence. Partnership enabled the $298,000 solar project.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• PosiGen: PosiGen provides residential solar PV paired with energy-efficiency upgrades to LMI homeowners through PPAs that bundle production with bill savings. Comparability: comparable capital-efficient PPA + efficiency-overlay model targeting customers that mainstream solar excludes, though in the LMI residential segment rather than non-profit healthcare.
• Catalyst Power: Catalyst Power develops community solar and behind-the-meter energy projects for LMI and community-focused customers, often leveraging state incentive programs. Comparability: emerging peer to Collective Energy in community-facing solar storage with non-traditional customer bases.

Direct peers

• GRID Alternatives: GRID Alternatives is a national non-profit solar installer focused on low-income and disadvantaged communities, with explicit workforce-development integration. Comparability: explicitly named Collective Energy implementation partner for the San Fernando CHC install; direct overlap in non-profit solar workforce-development installations.
• BlocPower: BlocPower finances and installs energy efficiency, electrification, and on-site solar+storage upgrades for non-profit, multifamily, and community-health facilities via Energy-as-a-Service contracts with no upfront cost. Comparability: most direct U.S. analogue in combining nonprofit sector focus, ESA-style project finance, and behind-the-meter clean-energy retrofits.
• Pivot Energy: Pivot Energy develops community solar and battery storage projects nationwide, structuring them through PPAs and subscriptions to deliver bill savings to subscribers including non-profits and LMI households. Comparability: similar behind-the-meter community-solar-plus-storage development, project finance structure, and non-profit/LMI customer focus.
• Enchanted Rock: Enchanted Rock delivers natural-gas-and-battery microgrid solutions to commercial and institutional customers under long-term resiliency-as-a-service contracts. Comparability: similar behind-the-meter microgrid-as-a-service business model with recurring kWh/resilience payments to critical-facility customers.
• Scale Microgrid Solutions: Scale Microgrid Solutions develops, finances, and operates behind-the-meter microgrid projects for commercial, institutional, and community customers using PPA/ESA structures. Comparability: overlaps with Collective Energy on microgrid development, project finance, resilience value proposition, and behind-the-meter delivery model, though Scale operates across more verticals.

Broad incumbents

• Sunrun: Sunrun is the largest U.S. residential solar company with a national PPA/lease subscriber base and a growing battery-storage product. Comparability: incumbent peer driving the production-based kWh payment model that Collective Energy's ESA mirrors, but operating at vastly larger scale and in the residential rather than non-profit healthcare vertical.
• Ameresco: Ameresco is a publicly traded energy-services company delivering ESPC-financed efficiency, solar, and microgrid projects to public-sector and institutional customers including healthcare. Comparability: incumbent peer with ESPC/ESA project-finance model targeting health systems and public-sector critical facilities at much larger scale.

Others

• Clean Energy Group: Clean Energy Group is a national nonprofit focused on accelerating equitable clean-energy adoption and resilience-microgrid policy. Comparability: named Collective Energy project partner on the $57M DOE OCED cooperative agreement; comparable in resilience-microgrid policy and program-management work for vulnerable community facilities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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