California Transformer Buyers
Direct buyer of surplus, used and failed transformers throughout California. 15 kVA to 100 MVA, any condition, same-day nameplate pricing — payment upfront before loading and all freight and rigging at our cost.

| Cities covered | 702 |
|---|---|
| Ratings | 15 kVA – 100 MVA |
| Freight & rigging | Our cost |
| Payment | Upfront, before loading |
| Testing | Not required |
Buying Transformers in California
Utility territory and equipment supply
Distribution equipment in California comes off systems operated by Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison, SDG&E, LADWP, SMUD and their municipal and cooperative neighbours, which means most of what we see here is standard-voltage, well-documented and genuinely resaleable. California's solar repowering activity and aggressive grid-modernization spending release more surplus transformer capacity than any other state, and the environmental documentation requirements are the strictest — both of which suit how we work
What generates surplus equipment here
aerospace and defense in Southern California, food processing through the Central Valley, semiconductor and biotech in the Bay Area, and the largest utility-scale solar fleet in the country Each of those situations releases transformers on a schedule that has nothing to do with the equipment market — a demolition mobilization, a service upgrade, an outage window — which is exactly when a buyer who can commit to a date matters more than one who can quibble over a price.
Freight lanes across California
I-5 and Highway 99 run the length of the state, and the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach and Oakland handle our export freight We build routes rather than sending a truck for a single item, so a pickup in a remote part of the state is combined with other regional freight instead of being discounted for distance. Distance does not reduce your offer and the haul never appears on your invoice, because there is no invoice — you are paid, in full, before we load.
Removal scope in every county
Crane or boom truck, rigging crew, spill containment sized to the unit's oil volume, oversize and street-occupancy permits, escorts and heavy-haul trucking are all our cost. Conduit cut and capped, anchor bolts cut flush, pad left broom-clean. Nights, weekends and planned outage windows are available.
Equipment We Buy in California
Padmount Transformers
Pad-mounted distribution transformers are the single most liquid item we buy. A dead-front loop-feed unit in the 75 to 2500 kVA range with a legible nameplate and a sound tank can be priced from photographs the same day.
75 kVA – 5000 kVA300+ oil-filled units purchased annuallyOil-Filled Transformers
Liquid-filled units — mineral oil, silicone or ester — from 25 kVA pole-mounts up to 20 MVA power transformers. Oil is not a problem for us; containment, testing and disposal are part of what we do.
25 kVA – 20 MVA120–160 dry-type units handled per yearDry-Type Transformers
Ventilated, sealed and cast-coil dry-type units from 15 kVA control transformers up to 5000 kVA unit substation sections. Copper-wound units carry a materially higher offer than aluminum.
15 kVA – 5000 kVA40–60 substation-class units per yearSubstation Transformers
Station-class and power transformers from 1 MVA to 100 MVA, including units with load tap changers, radiator banks and conservator tanks. These are heavy-haul projects and we run them end to end.
1 MVA – 100 MVALots of 10 to 400 units purchased at a timePole-Mount Transformers
Single-phase and three-phase overhead distribution transformers, 5 kVA to 500 kVA. This is a volume item — we buy them by the pallet and by the trailer load out of utility and co-op surplus programs.
5 kVA – 500 kVA25–40 complete lineups per yearUnit Substations
Complete primary-transformer-secondary lineups: incoming section, transformer, and low-voltage switchgear or switchboard bolted as one assembly. We buy them whole and we buy them by the section.
300 kVA – 5000 kVACalifornia Cities We Cover
We purchase throughout California — all 702 communities below, plus the unincorporated areas between them. Pick the nearest city for local utility context, access notes and freight detail.
- Acton
- Adelanto
- Agoura Hills
- Alameda 77,238
- Alamo
- Albany
- Alhambra 81,022
- Aliso Viejo 51,113
- Alondra Park
- Alpine
- Alta Sierra
- Altadena
- Alum Rock
- American Canyon
- Anaheim 344,521
- Anderson
- Antelope
- Antioch 335,183
- Apple Valley 75,473
- Aptos
- Arcadia 55,170
- Arcata
- Arden-Arcade 94,994
- Arroyo Grande
- Artesia
- Arvin
- Ashland
- Atascadero
- Atherton
- Atwater
- Auburn
- August
- Avenal
- Avocado Heights
- Azusa
- Bakersfield 566,351
- Baldwin Park 70,138
- Banning
- Barstow
- Bay Point
- Bear Valley Springs
- Beaumont 56,266
- Bell
- Bell Gardens
- Bella Vista
- Bellflower 76,819
- Belmont
- Ben Lomond
- Benicia
- Benton Park
- Berkeley 120,257
- Bermuda Dunes
- Beverly Hills
- Big Bear City
- Big Bear Lake
- Blackhawk
- Bloomington
- Blythe
- Bonadelle Ranchos
- Bonita
- Bonsall
- Bostonia
- Boulder Creek
- Boyes Hot Springs
- Brawley
- Brea
- Brentwood 65,208
- Bret Harte
- Brisbane
- Broadmoor
- Brooktrails
- Buellton
- Buena Park 82,871
- Burbank 104,546
- Burlingame
- Bystrom
- Calabasas
- Calexico
- California City
- California Polytechnic State University
- Calimesa
- Calipatria
- Calistoga
- Camarillo 76,945
- Cambria
- Cameron Park
- Camino Tassajara
- Camp Pendleton South
- Campbell
- Canyon Lake
- Capitola
- Carlsbad 114,373
- Carmel Valley Village
- Carmichael 76,948
- Carpinteria
- Carson 92,871
- Casa de Oro-Mount Helix
- Castaic
- Castro Valley 65,001
- Castroville
- Cathedral City 52,267
- Ceres
- Cerritos
- Charter Oak
- Cherry Valley
- Cherryland
- Chico 108,267
- Chino 92,652
- Chino Hills 77,927
- Chowchilla
- Chula Vista 276,375
- Citrus
- Citrus Heights 86,995
- Claremont
- Clayton
- Clearlake
- Clearlake Riviera
- Cloverdale
- Clovis 124,725
- Coachella
- Coalinga
- Colton 53,772
- Colusa
- Commerce
- Compton 92,698
- Concord 531,305
- Contra Costa Centre
- Copperopolis
- Corcoran
- Corning
- Corona 159,670
- Coronado
- Corte Madera
- Costa Mesa 110,330
- Cotati
- Coto de Caza
- Cottonwood
- Country Club
- Covina
- Crescent City
- Crestline
- Cudahy
- Culver City
- Cupertino 58,566
- Cutler
- Cypress
- Daly City 101,964
- Dana Point
- Danville
- Davis 77,858
- Del Aire
- Delano 51,679
- Delhi
- Denair
- Desert Hot Springs
- Desert Palms
- Diamond Bar 53,355
- Diamond Springs
- Dinuba
- Discovery Bay
- Dixon
- Dos Palos
- Downey 110,939
- Duarte
- Dublin 70,803
- Durham
- Earlimart
- East Bakersfield
- East Foothills
- East Hemet
- East Los Angeles 111,647
- East Niles
- East Palo Alto
- East Pasadena
- East Porterville
- East Rancho Dominguez
- East San Gabriel
- East Whittier
- Eastern Goleta Valley
- Eastvale 70,633
- El Cajon 104,449
- El Centro
- El Cerrito
- El Dorado Hills 51,026
- El Granada
- El Monte 106,109
- El Paso de Robles 67,346
- El Rio
- El Segundo
- El Sobrante
- Elk Grove 179,155
- Elverta
- Emerald Lake Hills
- Emeryville
- Encinitas 61,480
- Escalon
- Escondido 149,668
- Eucalyptus Hills
- Eureka
- Exeter
- Fair Oaks
- Fairfax
- Fairfield 151,672
- Fairview
- Fallbrook
- Farmersville
- Felton
- Fillmore
- Firebaugh
- Florence-Graham 60,690
- Florin 50,211
- Folsom 83,916
- Fontana 214,169
- Foothill Farms
- Ford City
- Fort Bragg
- Fort Irwin
- Fortuna
- Foster City
- Fountain Valley 56,258
- Fowler
- Franklin
- Fremont 228,295
- French Valley
- Fresno 732,197
- Fruitridge Pocket
- Fullerton 140,968
- Galt
- Garden Acres
- Garden Grove 170,964
- Gardena 59,422
- Garnet
- Gilroy 116,882
- Glendale 190,748
- Glendora 50,926
- Gold River
- Golden Hills
- Goleta
- Gonzales
- Good Hope
- Goshen
- Grand Terrace
- Granite Bay
- Grass Valley
- Greenacres
- Greenfield
- Gridley
- Grover Beach
- Guadalupe
- Guerneville
- Gustine
- Hacienda Heights 54,291
- Half Moon Bay
- Hanford 68,594
- Happy Valley
- Harbison Canyon
- Hawaiian Gardens
- Hawthorne 85,191
- Hayward 158,801
- Healdsburg
- Heber
- Hemet 185,006
- Hercules
- Hermosa Beach
- Hesperia 100,775
- Hidden Valley Lake
- Highgrove
- Highland 56,675
- Hillcrest
- Hillsborough
- Hilmar-Irwin
- Hollister
- Holtville
- Home Gardens
- Homeland
- Hughson
- Huntington Beach 195,240
- Huntington Park 53,108
- Huron
- Imperial
- Imperial Beach
- Indian Wells
- Indio 366,757
- Inglewood 104,569
- Interlaken
- Ione
- Irvine 311,690
- Isla Vista
- Ivanhoe
- Jackson
- Jamul
- Joshua Tree
- Jurupa Valley 107,011
- Kelseyville
- Kensington
- Kentfield
- Kerman
- Keyes
- King City
- Kingsburg
- La Canada Flintridge
- La Crescenta-Montrose
- La Cresta
- La Habra 61,970
- La Habra Heights
- La Mesa 60,797
- La Mirada
- La Palma
- La Presa
- La Puente
- La Quinta
- La Riviera
- La Verne
- Ladera Heights
- Ladera Ranch
- Lafayette
- Laguna Beach
- Laguna Hills
- Laguna Niguel 64,139
- Laguna Woods
- Lake Arrowhead
- Lake Elsinore 72,461
- Lake Forest 86,281
- Lake Isabella
- Lake Los Angeles
- Lake Mathews
- Lake San Marcos
- Lake Wildwood
- Lake of the Pines
- Lakeland Village
- Lakeport
- Lakeside
- Lakewood 79,850
- Lamont
- Lancaster 169,169
- Larkfield-Wikiup
- Larkspur
- Las Flores
- Lathrop
- Lawndale
- Lemon Grove
- Lemon Hill
- Lemoore
- Lemoore Station
- Lennox
- Lincoln 52,956
- Lincoln Village
- Linda
- Lindsay
- Live Oak
- Livermore 85,522
- Livingston
- Lodi 75,044
- Loma Linda
- Lomita
- Lompoc
- Long Beach 455,548
- Loomis
- Los Alamitos
- Los Altos
- Los Altos Hills
- Los Angeles 11,984,083
- Los Banos
- Los Gatos
- Los Osos
- Lucas Valley-Marinwood
- Lucerne Valley
- Lynwood 64,578
- Madera 83,104
- Madera Acres
- Magalia
- Malibu
- Mammoth Lakes
- Manhattan Beach
- Manteca 94,158
- Marina
- Marina del Rey
- Martinez
- Marysville
- Mather
- Mayfair
- Mayflower Village
- Maywood
- McFarland
- McKinleyville
- McSwain
- Mead Valley
- Mecca
- Mendota
- Menifee 110,305
- Menlo Park
- Mentone
- Merced 159,942
- Midway City
- Mill Valley
- Millbrae
- Milpitas 78,578
- Mira Monte
- Mission Viejo 647,990
- Modesto 359,115
- Mojave
- Monrovia
- Montclair
- Montebello 61,045
- Montecito
- Monterey
- Monterey Park 59,132
- Moorpark
- Moraga
- Moreno Valley 211,666
- Morgan Hill
- Morongo Valley
- Morro Bay
- Mountain House
- Mountain View 83,732
- Murrieta 112,064
- Muscoy
- Myrtletown
- Napa 82,103
- National City 58,893
- Needles
- Newark
- Newman
- Newport Beach 83,845
- Nipomo
- Norco
- North Auburn
- North El Monte
- North Fair Oaks
- North Highlands
- North Tustin
- Norwalk 99,789
- Novato 52,546
- Nuevo
- Oak Hills
- Oak Park
- Oak View
- Oakdale
- Oakhurst
- Oakland 439,418
- Oakley
- Oasis
- Oceano
- Oceanside 172,242
- Oildale
- Ojai
- Old Fig Garden
- Olivehurst
- Ontario 180,547
- Orange 138,266
- Orange Cove
- Orangevale
- Orcutt
- Orinda
- Orland
- Orosi
- Oroville
- Oroville East
- Oxnard 369,935
- Pacheco
- Pacific Grove
- Pacifica
- Palermo
- Palm Desert 51,990
- Palm Springs
- Palmdale 164,634
- Palo Alto 67,237
- Palos Verdes Estates
- Paradise
- Paramount 52,050
- Parkway
- Parlier
- Pasadena 136,969
- Patterson
- Perris 80,511
- Petaluma 59,247
- Phelan
- Phoenix Lake
- Pico Rivera 60,272
- Piedmont
- Pinole
- Pinon Hills
- Pismo Beach
- Pittsburg 76,257
- Placentia 52,826
- Placerville
- Pleasant Hill
- Pleasanton 76,960
- Pleasure Point
- Plumas Lake
- Pollock Pines
- Pomona 147,943
- Port Hueneme
- Porterville 69,819
- Portola Valley
- Potomac Park
- Poway
- Prunedale
- Quartz Hill
- Ramona
- Rancho Calaveras
- Rancho Cordova 81,849
- Rancho Cucamonga 175,411
- Rancho Mirage
- Rancho Mission Viejo
- Rancho Murieta
- Rancho Palos Verdes
- Rancho San Diego
- Rancho Santa Margarita
- Red Bluff
- Redding 117,275
- Redlands 73,375
- Redondo Beach 69,291
- Redwood City 82,447
- Reedley
- Rialto 104,143
- Richmond 115,505
- Ridgecrest
- Rio Linda
- Rio Vista
- Rio del Mar
- Ripon
- Riverbank
- Riverside 2,333,040
- Rocklin 73,327
- Rodeo
- Rohnert Park
- Rolling Hills Estates
- Rosamond
- Rosedale
- Rosemead 50,013
- Rosemont
- Roseville 155,955
- Rossmoor
- Rowland Heights
- Running Springs
- Sacramento 1,975,489
- Salida
- Salinas 173,715
- Salton City
- San Anselmo
- San Bernardino 222,724
- San Bruno
- San Buenaventura 109,857
- San Carlos
- San Clemente 63,273
- San Diego 3,064,435
- San Diego Country Estates
- San Dimas
- San Fernando
- San Francisco 3,417,736
- San Gabriel
- San Jacinto 55,180
- San Jose 1,827,643
- San Juan Capistrano
- San Leandro 87,826
- San Lorenzo
- San Luis Obispo
- San Marcos 94,882
- San Marino
- San Martin
- San Mateo 103,105
- San Pablo
- San Rafael 60,433
- San Ramon 85,993
- Sanger
- Santa Ana 312,534
- Santa Barbara 202,039
- Santa Clara 130,256
- Santa Clarita 270,147
- Santa Cruz 163,368
- Santa Fe Springs
- Santa Maria 144,941
- Santa Monica 91,169
- Santa Paula
- Santa Rosa 292,251
- Santa Ynez
- Santee 59,332
- Saranap
- Saratoga
- Sausalito
- Scotts Valley
- Seal Beach
- Seaside 124,566
- Sebastopol
- Selma
- Shafter
- Shasta Lake
- Sierra Madre
- Signal Hill
- Silver Lakes
- Simi Valley 127,125
- Solana Beach
- Soledad
- Solvang
- Sonoma
- Sonora
- Soquel
- South El Monte
- South Gate 91,483
- South Lake Tahoe
- South Monrovia Island
- South Pasadena
- South San Francisco 64,305
- South San Gabriel
- South San Jose Hills
- South Whittier 55,650
- Spring Valley
- Spring Valley Lake
- St. Helena
- Stanford
- Stanton
- Stevenson Ranch
- Stockton 410,053
- Strawberry
- Suisun City
- Sun Village
- Sunnyside
- Sunnyvale 154,236
- Susanville
- Taft
- Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
- Tara Hills
- Tehachapi
- Temecula 111,167
- Temescal Valley
- Temple City
- Templeton
- Thermalito
- Thousand Oaks 207,637
- Thousand Palms
- Tiburon
- Topanga
- Torrance 142,130
- Tracy 96,966
- Truckee
- Tulare 70,945
- Turlock 79,611
- Tustin 78,981
- Twentynine Palms
- Twin Lakes
- Ukiah
- Union City 67,464
- University of California-Davis
- University of California-Santa Barbara
- Upland 79,257
- Vacaville 102,596
- Valinda
- Valle Vista
- Vallejo 172,800
- Valley Center
- Vandenberg Village
- Victorville 362,549
- View Park-Windsor Hills
- Villa Park
- Vincent
- Vineyard
- Visalia 167,944
- Vista 99,114
- Walnut
- Walnut Creek 70,088
- Walnut Park
- Wasco
- Waterford
- Watsonville 69,089
- Weaverville
- West Athens
- West Carson
- West Covina 107,037
- West Hollywood
- West Modesto
- West Puente Valley
- West Rancho Dominguez
- West Sacramento 54,927
- West Whittier-Los Nietos
- Westlake Village
- Westminster 89,860
- Westmont
- Whittier 86,165
- Wildomar
- Williams
- Willits
- Willowbrook
- Willows
- Wilton
- Winchester
- Windsor
- Winter Gardens
- Winters
- Winton
- Woodbridge
- Woodcrest
- Woodlake
- Woodland 61,854
- Woodside
- Wrightwood
- Yorba Linda 67,170
- Yosemite Lakes
- Yreka
- Yuba City 124,653
- Yucaipa 54,421
- Yucca Valley
Tell us what you have and where it is in California. Firm number, usually the same business day.
Transformer to move in California?
Payment upfront before loading, no testing required, all freight and rigging covered.