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Best solar companies California Solano County
Scored installers are ranked by Solar.com Score. Not-yet-scored active companies remain listed below them by recent Solano County installs, with public records beside every score.
Every company with 250 or more verified Solano County installs is included. Scored companies receive the numbered rank; unscored rows show a dash.
| # | Installer | |||||||
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| 1 | Ambrose Solar298 recent installs2,386 verifiedActive since 20170.2% leased | 298 | 2,386 | 2017 | 0.2% | 8.8 | Get a direct bid | |
| 2 | Citadel Roofing And Solar479 recent installs1,497 verifiedActive since 20160.6% leased | 479 | 1,497 | 2016 | 0.6% | 8.4 | Get a direct bid | |
| 3 | Right Now Air17 recent installs312 verifiedActive since 20080.0% leased | 17 | 312 | 2008 | 0.0% | 8.0 | Get a direct bid | |
| 4 | North Valley175 recent installs746 verifiedActive since 202197.1% leased | 175 | 746 | 2021 | 97.1% | 7.8 | Get a direct bid | |
| 5 | Hooked On Solar10 recent installs298 verifiedActive since 20164.4% leased | 10 | 298 | 2016 | 4.4% | 7.5 | Get a direct bid | |
| 6 | Semper Solaris43 recent installs326 verifiedActive since 20154.9% leased | 43 | 326 | 2015 | 4.9% | 7.4 | Get a direct bid | |
| 7 | SunrunIncludes Vivint Solar records1,320 recent installs7,684 verifiedActive since 201261.3% leased | 1,320 | 7,684 | 2012 | 61.3% | 6.9 | Get a direct bid | |
| 8 | Future Energy29 recent installs756 verifiedActive since 20100.0% leased | 29 | 756 | 2010 | 0.0% | 6.5 | Get a direct bid | |
| 9 | Better Earth Electric94 recent installs338 verifiedActive since 202034.9% leased | 94 | 338 | 2020 | 34.9% | 6.4 | Get a direct bid | |
| 10 | Energy Service Partners16 recent installs561 verifiedActive since 201818.9% leased | 16 | 561 | 2018 | 18.9% | 6.0 | Get a direct bid | |
| 11 | Tesla EnergyIncludes SolarCity records156 recent installs4,169 verifiedActive since 200935.0% leased | 156 | 4,169 | 2009 | 35.0% | 5.5 | Get a direct bid | |
| 12 | SunPower Corporation109 recent installs3,605 verifiedActive since 200926.2% leased | 109 | 3,605 | 2009 | 26.2% | 5.1 | Get a direct bid | |
| 13 | V3 Electric68 recent installs1,081 verifiedActive since 201584.2% leased | 68 | 1,081 | 2015 | 84.2% | 5.0 | Get a direct bid | |
| 14 | Sungevity0 recent installs253 verifiedActive since 201021.3% leased | 0 | 253 | 2010 | 21.3% | 4.5 | Get a direct bid | |
| 15 | Freedom Forever145 recent installs971 verifiedActive since 201847.1% leased | 145 | 971 | 2018 | 47.1% | 4.3 | Get a direct bid | |
| — | Bright Planet340 recent installs1,555 verifiedActive since 201680.3% leased | 340 | 1,555 | 2016 | 80.3% | Not yet scored | Get a direct bid | |
| — | Sonray Construction39 recent installs483 verifiedActive since 201535.6% leased | 39 | 483 | 2015 | 35.6% | Not yet scored | Get a direct bid | |
| — | Petersendean0 recent installs654 verifiedActive since 20090.0% leased | 0 | 654 | 2009 | 0.0% | Not yet scored | Get a direct bid | |
| — | Westhaven0 recent installs274 verifiedActive since 20157.3% leased | 0 | 274 | 2015 | 7.3% | Not yet scored | Get a direct bid |
Solar.com Scores are live for 15 of the 19 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 Solano 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 Solano County-specific. The county's 180 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 →
Solano 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 Solano County public records listing that company as installer of record, all time. Real local activity, not review stars.
The share of that company's Solano 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 Solano County interconnection activity beside the score.
The list includes every company with at least 250 verified Solano 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 Solano 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.
Solano County has a median reported install cost of $3.92/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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