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Avid Solar LLC

Solar energy system service · Sterling, MA

What the listing shows you

4.2★

10 Google reviews

What it doesn’t

20%

rated 1–2★

typical in Massachusetts, 2%

Newest review held

Apr 2026

newest held review 4 months old

Google's rating breakdown · all 10 reviews

Rated 1–2★
20%
typical in Massachusetts, 2%
Posted an update
4 months ago
the company posting to its own Google profile
Replies to reviewers
0%
of the 10 reviews we hold

Its one and two star share is 18 points above the typical installer in Massachusetts. Across Massachusetts, 37 of the 198 installers whose breakdown Google has published carry a higher share than this one.

The percentages are Google’s own arithmetic over every review it holds, not a sample we assembled. Separately we hold 10 review texts for this company, quoted below. Google publishes review ages rather than dates, so every date here is approximate.

Every company we hold in Massachusetts, on one axis

none

1–5%

6–10%

11–20%

over 20%

Every company we hold in Massachusetts whose Google breakdown has been read, grouped by their share of one and two star reviews. Avid Solar LLC is in the highlighted group.

What reviewers said

  • 1★ · around April 2026

    We were referred to Mr. Russell Andrew Aney, the owner of Avid Solar, by our brother-in-law, who had solar panels installed by Mr. Aney. We hired Mr. Aney and signed a contract for solar panels. We paid him, according to our contract, a $2,500 initial check. He installed the metal brackets on the garage roof. We gave him an additional check of $4,000 for the permits and applications. He submitted the application to National Grid, but never pulled the town permits. We gave him the third check for $17,500 so he could purchase the Solar Panels. Since then, he has not returned any of our calls. He

  • 1★ · around August 2022

    BUYER BEWARE. We are New England Solar Agency, an unbiased company that helps our customers find the best solutions available to them. We set them up directly with independent Solar companies who will provide installation and service. We met with Russ Aney back in 2016 and believed him to be very knowledgeable and trustworthy. After a very short honeymoon period, we quickly learned of the con artist that he was. He was outstanding up until the contract signings. After that, he was extremely difficult to communicate with and would not follow up on his promises. We moved on from him many years a

  • 5★ · around August 2023

    These people are knowledgeable and passionate about solar!

  • 5★ · around August 2021

    Russ is incredibly knowledgeable, professional and ethical. He knows all the local regulations and rules from top to bottom, and delivers honest and reasonable consult that leads to informed and accurate decision making. Highly recommended.

  • 5★ · around August 2019

    Our solar panels were installed by Next Step Living but the company abruptly went out of business and left its customers in limbo. After seeking out help from several providers I was fortunate to have found Russ (Avid Solar). He helped us get our panels working to maximum capacity and he spent hours troubleshooting and getting to know our system. He was honest, efficient and his bill was very reasonable. We were so pleased that he is now monitoring our system and he recently helped us get back on line after a technical issue. I would highly recommend him.

Reviewer names are not published here. Negative reviews are shown first because they are the ones a listing hides, not because they are more representative.

What reviewers keep mentioning

  • companies 3

Topics Google derives from the review text, with how often each appears. A frequent topic is not a good one: “price” turns up in praise and in complaints alike.

When they say they are open

Sunday
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday
8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Tuesday
8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Wednesday
8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Thursday
8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Friday
8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

As Google published them when we last read the listing, not a live check. Ring before you drive anywhere.

Who Google shows alongside them

Google’s own “people also viewed” set, in Google’s order. It is Google’s comparison, not ours.

The ones without a link have no page here, either because Google does not categorise them as solar businesses or because we could not match the name to a listing with confidence.

Other installers in Massachusetts

1–2★3★4★5★gauge 0–20%typical here, 2%

Ordered by how much we can tell you about each, which is not an order of quality. We do not know which of these is better and would not say if we did.

What we don't know

  • The date above is the newest review we hold, which is not necessarily the newest that exists — we hold a large share of Google's reviews, not all of them.
  • We found nothing on a website for this company that states a warranty, a licence or how long it has traded.
  • We do not verify licences, insurance or bonding. Nothing here has been checked against a state licensing board.
  • We cannot tell you what an installation costs, and we hold nothing about the equipment they fit.

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