Best Solar Installers

The OC

Brea Roofing's track record is too inconsistent to recommend. We found sharp divides in how customers were treated, with rude interactions and surprise billing appearing as often as praise for professionalism. In one repair job, the quote jumped from $750 for 30-40 tiles to over $1,500 at completion

This company left customers with abandoned trenches, disconnected wiring, and legal nightmares. We found 11 reviews describing serious installation defects. One homeowner paid $56,000 upfront and waited four months for completion while the installer no-showed appointments, then slapped a lien on the

This company should not be on your list. We analyzed hundreds of reviews and found a pattern of catastrophic project failures and vanishing support once the contract is signed. One homeowner watched workers shoot nails through rotted decking that blew out the bottom of the eaves, then spent nine mon

This company is not safe to hire. We analyzed over a hundred reviews and found a clear pattern of missed appointments, deceptive sales practices, and unfinished work that often requires expensive fixes from other contractors. One homeowner paid $13,000 for a whole-house repipe that now backs up sewa

This company has gone from troubled to collapsed. We found a clear pattern: customers paid deposits in 2021-2022, dealt with months of delays and missed appointments, and then watched the company unravel while their installations sat incomplete. One homeowner paid $7,500 upfront, waited a full year

We found a company with strong installation crews but crippling support failures that can leave you paying for a broken system. One couple spent two years calling for a battery replacement, paying $200 a month for equipment that produced nothing while their electricity bills climbed back to $200 eac

Nerd Power's sales team will win you over, but the company can't keep its promises after you sign. In the first few years, you may deal with delayed installs and surprise out-of-pocket fixes like pigeon guards the crew forgot. Then the real trouble starts. We found 61 reviews describing system failu

American Solar Direct went out of business years ago. We found dozens of reviews from customers stranded with leased panels that stopped working, no one to call for service, and bills that kept coming. One homeowner reported paying lease fees for two years on a dead system with zero support. Another

Sunrun will charge you while your panels sit broken. We analyzed thousands of reviews and found a company plagued by systemic breakdowns that leave customers trapped in multi-year cycles of non-functioning systems and finger-pointing. One homeowner reported paying $111 monthly for over a year while

California State Development has a severe follow-up problem that makes them too risky to hire. One homeowner spent two years chasing them for repairs after roof tiles were improperly installed during a solar project, causing interior water damage that the company never addressed despite hundreds of

Tesla Energy is gambling with your home. We analyzed thousands of reviews and found a company that can't activate systems, miscalculates energy production, and leaves customers trapped in 20-year leases with higher bills than before they went solar. One homeowner paid $78.69 into their utility's cre

This company is not worth the risk. We analyzed dozens of reviews and found a clear pattern of sloppy installations followed by complete radio silence when things go wrong. One homeowner called seven times over several weeks to fix a leak in their two-year-old system and never heard back. Another wa

This company left customers stuck with broken systems, ignored service requests, and routinely misled people about costs. One homeowner watched their solar go dark for months while being bounced between sales reps because Verengo didn't staff a real tech support line. Another paid an extra $1,300 in

This company goes dark when you need them most. We found dozens of customers whose panels stopped working and who then sent four, five, six unanswered calls for help. One reviewer lost three prime summer months after their inverter died because 1st Light never returned a single voicemail, even thoug

Harness Power went out of business in 2023 and abandoned hundreds of customers mid-project. We analyzed more than a hundred reviews and found a company that routinely failed inspections, left systems nonfunctional for months, and then shut down without notice, leaving homeowners with $70,000 loans f

Clean Initiative should not be on your shortlist. We analyzed dozens of reviews and found a company plagued by abandoned projects, nonworking systems, and disappearing support. In one case, a homeowner's panels stopped producing power entirely after four years, but the company's license had been sus