Best solar companies California Santa Barbara County Santa Maria
Verified Santa Maria 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 Santa Maria 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 | Solarponics6 recent installs72 verifiedActive since 20080.0% leased | 6 | 72 | 2008 | 0.0% | 8.6 | Get a direct bid | |
| 2 | Wicks Solar0 recent installs54 verifiedActive since 20200.0% leased | 0 | 54 | 2020 | 0.0% | 8.2 | Get a direct bid | |
| 3 | Axiom 3603 recent installs22 verifiedActive since 20230.0% leased | 3 | 22 | 2023 | 0.0% | 8.2 | Get a direct bid | |
| 4 | Ground Up Builders0 recent installs10 verifiedActive since 20140.0% leased | 0 | 10 | 2014 | 0.0% | 8.0 | Get a direct bid | |
| 5 | Advanced Property Services1 recent installs11 verifiedActive since 20210.0% leased | 1 | 11 | 2021 | 0.0% | 8.0 | Get a direct bid | |
| 6 | A.m. Sun Solar1 recent installs147 verifiedActive since 20123.4% leased | 1 | 147 | 2012 | 3.4% | 8.0 | Get a direct bid | |
| 7 | Powur Home Construction5 recent installs12 verifiedActive since 20228.3% leased | 5 | 12 | 2022 | 8.3% | 8.0 | Get a direct bid | |
| 8 | Planet Solar Incorporated0 recent installs167 verifiedActive since 20110.6% leased | 0 | 167 | 2011 | 0.6% | 8.0 | Get a direct bid | |
| 9 | Planet Oath Energy7 recent installs15 verifiedActive since 20230.0% leased | 7 | 15 | 2023 | 0.0% | 7.9 | Get a direct bid | |
| 10 | Jp Electrical Solar1 recent installs10 verifiedActive since 20200.0% leased | 1 | 10 | 2020 | 0.0% | 7.9 | Get a direct bid | |
| 11 | Ilum Solar7 recent installs86 verifiedActive since 20210.0% leased | 7 | 86 | 2021 | 0.0% | 7.9 | Get a direct bid | |
| 12 | Grid Alternatives0 recent installs45 verifiedActive since 201486.7% leased | 0 | 45 | 2014 | 86.7% | 7.8 | Get a direct bid | |
| 13 | Green Hill Solar0 recent installs19 verifiedActive since 20140.0% leased | 0 | 19 | 2014 | 0.0% | 7.7 | Get a direct bid | |
| 14 | Photon Brothers14 recent installs61 verifiedActive since 20150.0% leased | 14 | 61 | 2015 | 0.0% | 7.7 | Get a direct bid | |
| 15 | Nrg Clean Power2 recent installs26 verifiedActive since 20160.0% leased | 2 | 26 | 2016 | 0.0% | 7.4 | Get a direct bid | |
| 16 | Southwest Sun Solar0 recent installs10 verifiedActive since 2017100.0% leased | 0 | 10 | 2017 | 100.0% | 7.1 | Get a direct bid | |
| 17 | Sun Solar Energy Solutions0 recent installs19 verifiedActive since 20200.0% leased | 0 | 19 | 2020 | 0.0% | 7.1 | Get a direct bid | |
| 18 | Skyline Smart Energy1 recent installs21 verifiedActive since 20229.5% leased | 1 | 21 | 2022 | 9.5% | 7.0 | Get a direct bid | |
| 19 | Sunrun348 recent installs2,693 verifiedActive since 201472.4% leased | 348 | 2,693 | 2014 | 72.4% | 6.9 | Get a direct bid | |
| 20 | Better Earth Electric3 recent installs27 verifiedActive since 202211.1% leased | 3 | 27 | 2022 | 11.1% | 6.4 | Get a direct bid |
Solar.com Scores are live for 29 of the 41 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; 29 companies in this city currently carry a score. Companies not yet scored remain visible below the scored cohort by recent Santa Maria 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 Santa Maria 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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