Best solar companies California Santa Barbara County Santa Ynez
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What this data covers: counts come from investor-owned-utility interconnection records for Santa Ynez 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 Construction1 recent installs12 verifiedActive since 20200.0% leased | 1 | 12 | 2020 | 0.0% | 8.7 | Get a direct bid | |
| 2 | Solarponics1 recent installs71 verifiedActive since 20090.0% leased | 1 | 71 | 2009 | 0.0% | 8.6 | Get a direct bid | |
| 3 | Wicks Solar2 recent installs18 verifiedActive since 20190.0% leased | 2 | 18 | 2019 | 0.0% | 8.2 | Get a direct bid | |
| 4 | Photon Brothers4 recent installs11 verifiedActive since 20169.1% leased | 4 | 11 | 2016 | 9.1% | 7.7 | Get a direct bid | |
| 5 | Sunrun10 recent installs127 verifiedActive since 201454.3% leased | 10 | 127 | 2014 | 54.3% | 6.9 | Get a direct bid | |
| 6 | Tesla Energy1 recent installs55 verifiedActive since 201223.6% leased | 1 | 55 | 2012 | 23.6% | 5.5 | Get a direct bid | |
| — | Rec Solar0 recent installs30 verifiedActive since 20070.0% leased | 0 | 30 | 2007 | 0.0% | Not yet scored | Get a direct bid | |
| — | Santa Ynez Valley Solar0 recent installs22 verifiedActive since 20120.0% leased | 0 | 22 | 2012 | 0.0% | Not yet scored | Get a direct bid | |
| — | Kuubix Global0 recent installs13 verifiedActive since 20220.0% leased | 0 | 13 | 2022 | 0.0% | Not yet scored | Get a direct bid | |
| — | Sun Pacific Solar Electric0 recent installs13 verifiedActive since 20100.0% leased | 0 | 13 | 2010 | 0.0% | Not yet scored | Get a direct bid | |
| — | California Solar Electric0 recent installs12 verifiedActive since 20080.0% leased | 0 | 12 | 2008 | 0.0% | Not yet scored | Get a direct bid | |
| — | Titan Solar Power Ca0 recent installs11 verifiedActive since 20210.0% leased | 0 | 11 | 2021 | 0.0% | Not yet scored | Get a direct bid |
Solar.com Scores are live for 6 of the 12 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; 6 companies in this city currently carry a score. Companies not yet scored remain visible below the scored cohort by recent Santa Ynez 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 Ynez 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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