Best solar companies California Kern County Tehachapi
Verified Tehachapi 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 Tehachapi 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 Kern County and beyond. See the full Kern County ranking →
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| 1 | Vibe Solar3 recent installs56 verifiedActive since 20180.0% leased | 3 | 56 | 2018 | 0.0% | 8.7 | Get a direct bid | |
| 2 | Jeff Periera Home Energy8 recent installs43 verifiedActive since 20217.0% leased | 8 | 43 | 2021 | 7.0% | 8.2 | Get a direct bid | |
| 3 | Next Phase Electric4 recent installs40 verifiedActive since 20192.5% leased | 4 | 40 | 2019 | 2.5% | 8.2 | Get a direct bid | |
| 4 | Ilum Solar0 recent installs27 verifiedActive since 20200.0% leased | 0 | 27 | 2020 | 0.0% | 7.9 | Get a direct bid | |
| 5 | Capital Energy10 recent installs10 verifiedActive since 2026100.0% leased | 10 | 10 | 2026 | 100.0% | 7.9 | Get a direct bid | |
| 6 | Fuzion Energy1 recent installs53 verifiedActive since 20170.0% leased | 1 | 53 | 2017 | 0.0% | 7.7 | Get a direct bid | |
| 7 | Nrg Clean Power2 recent installs13 verifiedActive since 20190.0% leased | 2 | 13 | 2019 | 0.0% | 7.4 | Get a direct bid | |
| 8 | Semper Solaris2 recent installs78 verifiedActive since 20171.3% leased | 2 | 78 | 2017 | 1.3% | 7.4 | Get a direct bid | |
| 9 | Sun Solar Energy Solutions6 recent installs68 verifiedActive since 201513.2% leased | 6 | 68 | 2015 | 13.2% | 7.1 | Get a direct bid | |
| 10 | Skyline Smart Energy1 recent installs10 verifiedActive since 202270.0% leased | 1 | 10 | 2022 | 70.0% | 7.0 | Get a direct bid | |
| 11 | Sunrun30 recent installs355 verifiedActive since 201473.5% leased | 30 | 355 | 2014 | 73.5% | 6.9 | Get a direct bid | |
| 12 | Lift Energy Construction0 recent installs109 verifiedActive since 201911.0% leased | 0 | 109 | 2019 | 11.0% | 6.9 | Get a direct bid | |
| 13 | Empower Electric Solar0 recent installs31 verifiedActive since 20210.0% leased | 0 | 31 | 2021 | 0.0% | 6.8 | Get a direct bid | |
| 14 | Better Earth Electric2 recent installs29 verifiedActive since 20206.9% leased | 2 | 29 | 2020 | 6.9% | 6.4 | Get a direct bid | |
| 15 | Divine Power Usa0 recent installs11 verifiedActive since 20140.0% leased | 0 | 11 | 2014 | 0.0% | 6.3 | Get a direct bid | |
| 16 | Bland1 recent installs71 verifiedActive since 20131.4% leased | 1 | 71 | 2013 | 1.4% | 6.3 | Get a direct bid | |
| 17 | Energy Service Partners7 recent installs79 verifiedActive since 201911.4% leased | 7 | 79 | 2019 | 11.4% | 6.0 | Get a direct bid | |
| 18 | Tesla Energy12 recent installs348 verifiedActive since 201138.5% leased | 12 | 348 | 2011 | 38.5% | 5.5 | Get a direct bid | |
| 19 | Infinity Energy0 recent installs117 verifiedActive since 20185.1% leased | 0 | 117 | 2018 | 5.1% | 5.3 | Get a direct bid | |
| 20 | Titanium Solar0 recent installs33 verifiedActive since 20220.0% leased | 0 | 33 | 2022 | 0.0% | 5.2 | Get a direct bid |
Solar.com Scores are live for 24 of the 35 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; 24 companies in this city currently carry a score. Companies not yet scored remain visible below the scored cohort by recent Tehachapi 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 Tehachapi 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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