Best solar companies California Butte County Chico
Verified Chico 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 Chico 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 Butte County and beyond. See the full Butte County ranking →
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| 1 | Urban Design31 recent installs489 verifiedActive since 20120.2% leased | 31 | 489 | 2012 | 0.2% | 8.5 | Get a direct bid | |
| 2 | Senga Energy1 recent installs15 verifiedActive since 202066.7% leased | 1 | 15 | 2020 | 66.7% | 8.4 | Get a direct bid | |
| 3 | Volt Modern Roofing And Solar0 recent installs13 verifiedActive since 20200.0% leased | 0 | 13 | 2020 | 0.0% | 8.2 | Get a direct bid | |
| 4 | California Builders9 recent installs60 verifiedActive since 20200.0% leased | 9 | 60 | 2020 | 0.0% | 8.2 | Get a direct bid | |
| 5 | Feather River Aire And Solar28 recent installs749 verifiedActive since 20150.1% leased | 28 | 749 | 2015 | 0.1% | 8.2 | Get a direct bid | |
| 6 | Velocity Solar Power1 recent installs28 verifiedActive since 20170.0% leased | 1 | 28 | 2017 | 0.0% | 8.0 | Get a direct bid | |
| 7 | All Around Heating, Air And Solar Construction10 recent installs56 verifiedActive since 20190.0% leased | 10 | 56 | 2019 | 0.0% | 8.0 | Get a direct bid | |
| 8 | Powur Home Construction1 recent installs13 verifiedActive since 20227.7% leased | 1 | 13 | 2022 | 7.7% | 8.0 | Get a direct bid | |
| 9 | Ilum Solar0 recent installs10 verifiedActive since 20170.0% leased | 0 | 10 | 2017 | 0.0% | 7.9 | Get a direct bid | |
| 10 | Chico Solar Works20 recent installs296 verifiedActive since 20140.3% leased | 20 | 296 | 2014 | 0.3% | 7.8 | Get a direct bid | |
| 11 | Alternative Energy Systems66 recent installs1,654 verifiedActive since 20060.3% leased | 66 | 1,654 | 2006 | 0.3% | 7.8 | Get a direct bid | |
| 12 | Grid Alternatives1 recent installs67 verifiedActive since 201153.7% leased | 1 | 67 | 2011 | 53.7% | 7.8 | Get a direct bid | |
| 13 | Ohm Solar Solutions67 recent installs390 verifiedActive since 20220.0% leased | 67 | 390 | 2022 | 0.0% | 7.8 | Get a direct bid | |
| 14 | North Valley2 recent installs17 verifiedActive since 2022100.0% leased | 2 | 17 | 2022 | 100.0% | 7.8 | Get a direct bid | |
| 15 | Hooked On Solar2 recent installs56 verifiedActive since 20163.6% leased | 2 | 56 | 2016 | 3.6% | 7.5 | Get a direct bid | |
| 16 | Nrg Clean Power1 recent installs21 verifiedActive since 20190.0% leased | 1 | 21 | 2019 | 0.0% | 7.4 | Get a direct bid | |
| 17 | Royal Aire53 recent installs759 verifiedActive since 20120.0% leased | 53 | 759 | 2012 | 0.0% | 7.3 | Get a direct bid | |
| 18 | Powerhouse Solar0 recent installs21 verifiedActive since 20060.0% leased | 0 | 21 | 2006 | 0.0% | 7.1 | Get a direct bid | |
| 19 | Chico Electric4 recent installs368 verifiedActive since 20010.3% leased | 4 | 368 | 2001 | 0.3% | 7.0 | Get a direct bid | |
| 20 | Sunrun143 recent installs1,440 verifiedActive since 201464.7% leased | 143 | 1,440 | 2014 | 64.7% | 6.9 | Get a direct bid |
Solar.com Scores are live for 33 of the 68 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; 33 companies in this city currently carry a score. Companies not yet scored remain visible below the scored cohort by recent Chico 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 Chico 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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