Best solar companies California Santa Cruz County Aptos
Verified Aptos installs, review-backed Solar.com Scores, and the broader county market in one place. Public data, not paid placement.
What this data covers: counts come from investor-owned-utility interconnection records for Aptos service addresses. Homes served by municipal utilities interconnect through their city utility instead and do not appear here. Companies with fewer than 10 recorded local installs are not listed; many also build across Santa Cruz County and beyond. See the full Santa Cruz County ranking →
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| 1 | Sandbar6 recent installs55 verifiedActive since 20140.0% leased | 6 | 55 | 2014 | 0.0% | 8.6 | Get a direct bid | |
| 2 | Allterra Solar27 recent installs294 verifiedActive since 20120.0% leased | 27 | 294 | 2012 | 0.0% | 8.6 | Get a direct bid | |
| 3 | Solar Technologies10 recent installs107 verifiedActive since 20020.0% leased | 10 | 107 | 2002 | 0.0% | 8.3 | Get a direct bid | |
| 4 | Day One Solar3 recent installs38 verifiedActive since 20140.0% leased | 3 | 38 | 2014 | 0.0% | 8.2 | Get a direct bid | |
| 5 | Scudder Solar Electrical Energy Systems1 recent installs17 verifiedActive since 20130.0% leased | 1 | 17 | 2013 | 0.0% | 7.9 | Get a direct bid | |
| 6 | Nrg Clean Power6 recent installs17 verifiedActive since 20160.0% leased | 6 | 17 | 2016 | 0.0% | 7.4 | Get a direct bid | |
| 7 | Semper Solaris3 recent installs18 verifiedActive since 20140.0% leased | 3 | 18 | 2014 | 0.0% | 7.4 | Get a direct bid | |
| 8 | Nexus Energy Systems2 recent installs10 verifiedActive since 201610.0% leased | 2 | 10 | 2016 | 10.0% | 7.3 | Get a direct bid | |
| 9 | Sunrun28 recent installs153 verifiedActive since 201474.5% leased | 28 | 153 | 2014 | 74.5% | 6.9 | Get a direct bid | |
| 10 | Tesla Energy12 recent installs223 verifiedActive since 200917.5% leased | 12 | 223 | 2009 | 17.5% | 5.5 | Get a direct bid | |
| 11 | Infinity Energy0 recent installs16 verifiedActive since 20166.2% leased | 0 | 16 | 2016 | 6.2% | 5.3 | Get a direct bid | |
| 12 | SunPower Corporation0 recent installs22 verifiedActive since 20164.5% leased | 0 | 22 | 2016 | 4.5% | 5.1 | Get a direct bid | |
| 13 | Sungevity0 recent installs16 verifiedActive since 201318.8% leased | 0 | 16 | 2013 | 18.8% | 4.5 | Get a direct bid | |
| — | Arrow Energy Solar Systems7 recent installs34 verifiedActive since 20180.0% leased | 7 | 34 | 2018 | 0.0% | Not yet scored | Get a direct bid | |
| — | Sun Metrics2 recent installs20 verifiedActive since 20150.0% leased | 2 | 20 | 2015 | 0.0% | Not yet scored | Get a direct bid | |
| — | Perrybuilt Construction1 recent installs13 verifiedActive since 20150.0% leased | 1 | 13 | 2015 | 0.0% | Not yet scored | Get a direct bid | |
| — | Independent Energy Systems0 recent installs30 verifiedActive since 20040.0% leased | 0 | 30 | 2004 | 0.0% | Not yet scored | Get a direct bid | |
| — | American Electrical Services0 recent installs18 verifiedActive since 20130.0% leased | 0 | 18 | 2013 | 0.0% | Not yet scored | Get a direct bid | |
| — | Real Goods Solar0 recent installs13 verifiedActive since 20100.0% leased | 0 | 13 | 2010 | 0.0% | Not yet scored | Get a direct bid | |
| — | Solcon Solar Construction0 recent installs13 verifiedActive since 20100.0% leased | 0 | 13 | 2010 | 0.0% | Not yet scored | Get a direct bid |
Solar.com Scores are live for 13 of the 22 listed companies. Companies marked “Not yet scored” have fewer than 20 analyzed review texts or are still being analyzed; scores appear as each company's full review record is processed. Select up to 4 companies to compare them category by category.
% leased counts systems recorded as third party owned, meaning a lease or power purchase agreement. The remainder are customer owned. Active installer counts include every company that filed an interconnection that year, down to small and occasional operations. Counts come from PG&E, SCE, and SDG&E interconnection records; homes served by municipal utilities like LADWP, SMUD, and city power departments interconnect through their local utility instead, so companies focused on those territories show fewer records here. The Solar.com Score is computed from the full text of each company's published customer reviews (star ratings and review counts sourced from Google and Yelp), plus verified public-record track record; it drives the default ranking for scored companies and is never for sale.
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The table ranks scored companies by Solar.com Score, computed from customer review evidence and verified track record; 13 companies in this city currently carry a score. Companies not yet scored remain visible below the scored cohort by recent Aptos install activity. The best company for your home also depends on your roof, utility, and bid, which is why the same companies compete on price through solar.com.
Companies with enough review evidence are ranked by Solar.com Score. Not-yet-scored companies show a dash in the rank column and sit below them, ordered by recent 2025-26 installation activity recorded for Aptos addresses in CPUC interconnection records. No company can pay for placement.
Where a company clears the 20 analyzed-review floor, its Solar.com Score summarizes substantive customer review texts, weighted by reviewer credibility and recency. Select companies in the table to compare their review scores category by category, from sales integrity to long-term support.
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Methodology: Counts are residential PV interconnections in investor-owned-utility territory (PG&E, SCE, SDG&E) per CPUC Rule 21 public records through May 2026. Postal and name variants are merged. Municipal utility territory such as LADWP, Glendale, Pasadena, Burbank, Anaheim, and Riverside Public Utilities is not included in those CPUC counts. Counts show recorded installations, not quality ratings. Reported costs are self-reported on owned-system interconnections. No installer can pay for placement.
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