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Every published customer review of each company, read in full and scored 0-10 across six categories. Under 20 analyzed review texts: not yet scored. Never for sale. How scores work →
Best solar companies California Glenn County
Scored installers are ranked by Solar.com Score. Not-yet-scored active companies remain listed below them by recent Glenn County installs, with public records beside every score.
Every company with 50 or more verified Glenn County installs is included. Scored companies receive the numbered rank; unscored rows show a dash.
| # | Installer | |||||||
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| 1 | Alternative Energy Systems5 recent installs257 verifiedActive since 20070.4% leased | 5 | 257 | 2007 | 0.4% | 7.8 | Get a direct bid | |
| 2 | Grid Alternatives0 recent installs69 verifiedActive since 201213.0% leased | 0 | 69 | 2012 | 13.0% | 7.8 | Get a direct bid | |
| 3 | Ohm Solar Solutions29 recent installs166 verifiedActive since 20220.0% leased | 29 | 166 | 2022 | 0.0% | 7.8 | Get a direct bid | |
| 4 | Royal Aire7 recent installs71 verifiedActive since 20140.0% leased | 7 | 71 | 2014 | 0.0% | 7.3 | Get a direct bid | |
| 5 | Chico Electric0 recent installs67 verifiedActive since 20070.0% leased | 0 | 67 | 2007 | 0.0% | 7.0 | Get a direct bid | |
| 6 | SunrunIncludes Vivint Solar records41 recent installs443 verifiedActive since 201474.1% leased | 41 | 443 | 2014 | 74.1% | 6.9 | Get a direct bid | |
| 7 | Tesla EnergyIncludes SolarCity records0 recent installs176 verifiedActive since 201236.9% leased | 0 | 176 | 2012 | 36.9% | 5.5 | Get a direct bid | |
| 8 | Phoenix Solar Energy0 recent installs56 verifiedActive since 20180.0% leased | 0 | 56 | 2018 | 0.0% | 4.5 | Get a direct bid | |
| 9 | Freedom Forever18 recent installs250 verifiedActive since 201870.8% leased | 18 | 250 | 2018 | 70.8% | 4.3 | Get a direct bid | |
| — | Bright Planet16 recent installs83 verifiedActive since 201988.0% leased | 16 | 83 | 2019 | 88.0% | Not yet scored | Get a direct bid | |
| — | Premier Solar Energy5 recent installs99 verifiedActive since 20200.0% leased | 5 | 99 | 2020 | 0.0% | Not yet scored | Get a direct bid | |
| — | United Sun Energy2 recent installs58 verifiedActive since 20130.0% leased | 2 | 58 | 2013 | 0.0% | Not yet scored | Get a direct bid | |
| — | North State Solar Energy Construction1 recent installs115 verifiedActive since 20120.0% leased | 1 | 115 | 2012 | 0.0% | Not yet scored | Get a direct bid | |
| — | Revolve Solar0 recent installs94 verifiedActive since 20130.0% leased | 0 | 94 | 2013 | 0.0% | Not yet scored | Get a direct bid |
Solar.com Scores are live for 9 of the 14 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.
What this data covers: These counts come from PG&E interconnection records, the investor-owned utility service in Glenn County. Homes served by municipal or cooperative utilities interconnect through their local utility instead and do not appear in these records, so installers focused on those areas show fewer installs here than they actually build.
All install columns are Glenn County-specific. The county's 42 active installers in 2025 include smaller and occasional operations below the table floor. Acquired brands count under their current parent: SolarCity under Tesla Energy, Vivint Solar under Sunrun. No per-installer price is published in the table.
Every published customer review of each company, read in full and scored 0-10 across six categories. Under 20 analyzed review texts: not yet scored. Never for sale. How scores work →
Glenn County installs recorded in 2025 and 2026. A big historical name with thin recent activity is a different signal than a company building every week.
Residential systems in Glenn County public records listing that company as installer of record, all time. Real local activity, not review stars.
The share of that company's Glenn County systems recorded as third party owned, a lease or power purchase agreement. Ownership mix, not quality.
% 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 best company depends on your roof, utility, equipment needs, and whether you want to own the system or use a lease-style agreement. The table ranks scored installers by Solar.com Score, keeps unscored active companies below them, and shows verified Glenn County interconnection activity beside the score.
The list includes every company with at least 250 verified Glenn County installs in CPUC Rule 21 public records through May 2026. Companies with a Solar.com Score are ranked by that score; companies not yet scored show a dash in the rank column and appear below the scored cohort, ordered by recent 2025-26 activity. Every install column is Glenn County-specific. Acquired brands are combined with their current parent, so SolarCity records count under Tesla Energy and Vivint Solar records count under Sunrun.
% leased (TPO) is the share of that installer's recorded systems that appear as third-party owned. It helps you see whether an installer historically skews toward owned systems, leases, or a mix.
Glenn County has a median reported install cost of $4.47/W on owned-system CPUC records. Run your address through solar.com to see direct bids for your home, backed by the Best Price Guarantee.
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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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