Best solar companies California Santa Barbara County Carpinteria
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What this data covers: counts come from investor-owned-utility interconnection records for Carpinteria 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 Barbara County and beyond. See the full Santa Barbara County ranking →
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| 1 | Brighten Solar Construction7 recent installs22 verifiedActive since 20190.0% leased | 7 | 22 | 2019 | 0.0% | 8.7 | Get a direct bid | |
| 2 | Action Energy4 recent installs15 verifiedActive since 20190.0% leased | 4 | 15 | 2019 | 0.0% | 8.2 | Get a direct bid | |
| 3 | Sunrise8051 recent installs10 verifiedActive since 20160.0% leased | 1 | 10 | 2016 | 0.0% | 8.1 | Get a direct bid | |
| 4 | Sunrun43 recent installs148 verifiedActive since 201476.4% leased | 43 | 148 | 2014 | 76.4% | 6.9 | Get a direct bid | |
| 5 | Tesla Energy7 recent installs49 verifiedActive since 201224.5% leased | 7 | 49 | 2012 | 24.5% | 5.5 | Get a direct bid | |
| — | Sun Pacific Solar Electric3 recent installs26 verifiedActive since 20093.8% leased | 3 | 26 | 2009 | 3.8% | Not yet scored | Get a direct bid | |
| — | California Solar Electric0 recent installs12 verifiedActive since 20040.0% leased | 0 | 12 | 2004 | 0.0% | Not yet scored | Get a direct bid | |
| — | Rec Solar0 recent installs11 verifiedActive since 200727.3% leased | 0 | 11 | 2007 | 27.3% | Not yet scored | Get a direct bid | |
| — | Santa Barbara Electrical Group0 recent installs10 verifiedActive since 20190.0% leased | 0 | 10 | 2019 | 0.0% | Not yet scored | Get a direct bid |
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% 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; 5 companies in this city currently carry a score. Companies not yet scored remain visible below the scored cohort by recent Carpinteria 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 Carpinteria addresses in CPUC interconnection records. No company can pay for placement.
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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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