Best Solar Installers

Gold Country

California Green Energy Construction

California Green Energy Construction earned the highest marks we've seen in any solar installer review set. We analyzed nearly a hundred customer reports and couldn't find a single complaint about workmanship, sales pressure, or follow-through. One homeowner's annual utility bill came to $5 after a

Nationwide Sun

Nationwide Sun earns an unreserved recommendation. We analyzed reviews spanning installations from 2019 through 2025 and couldn't find a single complaint about workmanship, missed deadlines, or unresponsive support. One homeowner watched installers work until 11:30 p.m. on a Friday to finish a batte

Volt Modern Roofing and Solar

Volt Modern Roofing and Solar is the company you hire when you need both a new roof and solar panels and don't want to coordinate two contractors who pretend the other doesn't exist. We analyzed reviews spanning emergency repairs to full solar installs, and the pattern that stood out most was their

Diamond Solar Solutions

Diamond Solar Solutions consistently delivers fast, damage-free solar installs with exceptional follow-up. We analyzed reviews spanning new system designs, battery expansions, and emergency repairs. In one case, a homeowner discovered his four-year-old system had been offline for four months during

Solarado Roofing & Solar

Solarado Roofing & Solar doesn't cut corners or oversell. We analyzed dozens of reviews and found zero complaints about workmanship, zero complaints about project delays, and zero complaints about sales pressure. One homeowner hired them to remove solar panels, replace a roof, then reinstall the pan

North Valley Solar Power

North Valley Solar Power delivers what most installers just promise: a fast, drama-free installation with a team that actually answers your questions. We analyzed hundreds of reviews and found one homeowner who shopped for an entire year before choosing North Valley, then watched the company finish

Spartan Home Pros

We analyzed hundreds of reviews for Spartan Home Pros and found a company that nails the logistics of roof replacement. A homeowner who budgeted three days for old-shingle removal watched the crew finish by 11 a.m. on day one. Another came home from work to find the conveyor operator and roof stacke

Superior Solar

Superior Solar keeps your original installer on speed dial after the sale. We found eight examples of customers calling years after installation with questions or equipment failures, and in every case Rene Torres or his team answered the phone, diagnosed the problem, and followed through without inv

Val-Penn Energy Solutions

We found a contractor who still answers the phone for systems he installed eight years ago. One customer called Brandon about a problem with panels he'd put up nearly a decade earlier, and he picked up, remembered the house, diagnosed the issue on the spot, and dispatched a crew to a remote location

Illuminate Solar

Illuminate Solar is the rare installer that answers the phone the same day and shows up on Monday to fix your problem. We analyzed reviews spanning eight years and found a pattern that repeats over and over: Mark (the owner) reviews your energy bills to size the system you actually need, not the one

Independent Solar Electric

Independent Solar Electric handles complex solar projects other installers won't touch. We analyzed dozens of reviews and found a pattern: homeowner after homeowner tried multiple companies first, only to discover that Aaron Schroeder was the only one who could actually answer their technical questi

California Solar Electric

California Solar Electric delivers consistently clean installs and standout follow-through. We analyzed their project history and found zero complaints about workmanship quality, while 60 reviews specifically praised their post-installation support. One homeowner described how the company spent week

Sun Up Electric

Sun Up Electric solved problems other contractors wouldn't touch. We found a homeowner whose install required coordinating with a roofer mid-job and an electrician upgrading the main panel 150 feet away in a detached garage. Konstantin visited in person to walk the site (rare among the six other ins

Sunwave Energy

Sunwave Energy will fix your solar when other installers ghost you. We analyzed dozens of reviews and found a pattern that sets this contractor apart: they troubleshoot first, replace last. One homeowner's inverter died a year into ownership, silently racking up $9,000 in grid charges before anyone

AMP Electric

AMP Electric is the rare small contractor who combines local-business responsiveness with consistent follow-through. We found 21 reviews specifically praising workmanship quality and zero complaints about the actual installations, a clean sweep that's uncommon in residential electrical work. One hom

Sunriver Solar

Sunriver Solar handles the entire solar journey without dropping the ball. We analyzed nearly a hundred reviews and found something rare in home improvement: a company where crews arrive before 8 a.m., project managers reply within the hour, and the sales rep you liked at the consultation is still a

Magic Sun Solar

Magic Sun Solar sizes your system to hit exactly zero on your true-up bill, and we found over a hundred customers who nailed it. One homeowner went a full year, ran the AC with abandon, and still came out with a credit instead of a charge. Another watched three other installers try to oversell them

Capital City Solar

Capital City Solar gets the hard stuff right. We analyzed hundreds of reviews and found a team that handles the details most installers fumble: orchestrating permits across city agencies, integrating old panels with new battery systems, and showing up years later when an inverter fails. One homeowne

Sustainable Energy Group

Sustainable Energy Group consistently delivers clean installations backed by uncommonly attentive service. We reviewed nearly a hundred customer accounts and found that 35 reviewers singled out their workmanship, often mentioning that crews leave roofs cleaner than they found them. One customer watc

Sunrise Energy Solutions

Sunrise Energy Solutions stands behind its work longer than any warranty requires. We analyzed reviews spanning a decade and found the owner personally fixing a solar pool-heating system ten years after installation, at zero cost to the customer, using parts that didn't exist when the panels first w

Prime Home Solutions won't pressure you into buying panels your roof can't support. We found four accounts of sales reps who walked homeowners through shading issues and East-West exposure problems, then told them not to install at all, a refreshing departure from the used-car tactics one reviewer d

Cascade Power installs residential solar systems through a lease model that reviewers say delivers real savings without major hassle. We analyzed dozens of reviews and found that 11 customers specifically called out the value proposition, with one homeowner near Lake Oroville crediting their sales r

Solar Savings Direct handles the fundamentals well, but their follow-up when things go wrong is inconsistent. We found 21 reviews praising the installation work itself, with customers describing efficient crews and systems that performed as expected once up and running. One homeowner in snow country

Valley Solar gets the installation done fast and then sticks around when you need them. One homeowner watched crews mount panels and wire everything in a single day back in 2020, and three years later when minor issues popped up, the team answered calls and fixed them without fuss. We found 12 revie

Excite Energy won't wow you with flashy marketing, but they will show up 15 months after your install to tell you an inverter stopped reporting and fix it for free before you even notice. We found this pattern repeated across dozens of reviews: competitors vanish after the sale, but Excite's owners