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Bright Energy Solar Group

Solar energy system service · Benicia, CA

What the listing shows you

4.0★

61 Google reviews

What it doesn’t

25%

rated 1–2★

typical in California, 1%

Newest review held

Aug 2026

newest held review last month

Google's rating breakdown · all 61 reviews

Rated 1–2★
25%
typical in California, 1%
Posted an update
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we saw no owner post, which is not the same as none existing
Replies to reviewers
42%
of the 60 reviews we hold

Its one and two star share is 24 points above the typical installer in California. Across California, 201 of the 1,529 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 60 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 California, on one axis

none

1–5%

6–10%

11–20%

over 20%

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

What reviewers said

  • 1★ · around August 2026

    They left holes in my roof leading to water damage a year later! I now have to get a lawyer involved! BEWARE!!!!

  • 1★ · around March 2026 · the company replied

    In September 2025, my husband and I signed a contract with Enact and Bright Energy to install a solar system in our home. Permitting was completed by early November. Bright Energy was to install the components of the system and Enact was to provide the software and monitoring. Enact handled all billing. By December 13, after one installation date fell through, we paid Enact in full based on the request of Joseph Nelson, CEO of Bright Energy Group, who told us they could not install our system by the end of the year without full payment. He also guaranteed installation by end of year (end of ta

  • 1★ · around January 2026

    They don't respond once receive the money. Had call 100 times to get my advance

  • 5★ · around September 2025

    I called Bright Energy Solar Group to ask if they could submit my SGIP application for me. I had solar installed by Palmetto and Palmetto refused to submit the application on my behalf, so I needed a 3rd party who could submit it for me. My call was answered by Rami, who is a sales associate at Bright Energy. Rami was great, he patiently listened to what I was trying to do, asked a few clarifying questions and then pointed me to the company they use to submit all their SGIP applications. Unlike Palmetto, he actually helped me, even though Bright Energy wasn't getting any direct benefit from it

  • 5★ · around September 2025

    Best solar company around. Very helpful and professional.

  • 5★ · around September 2025

    Great overall experience. Sales and installation staff were professional.

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

  • solar system installation 5
  • installation team 3
  • hard work 2
  • technician 2
  • saving money 2
  • tax credit 2
  • refund 2
  • responsiveness 2
  • fair pricing 2

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.

What the company says about itself

Taken from its own website. We have not checked any of it, and a sentence on a website is not evidence.

    Its website also mentions free estimate, but not in a sentence we can quote cleanly.

    When they say they are open

    Sunday
    Closed
    Tuesday
    9 AM to 5 PM
    Wednesday
    9 AM to 5 PM
    Thursday
    9 AM to 5 PM
    Friday
    9 AM to 5 PM
    Saturday
    Closed

    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 California

    1–2★3★4★5★gauge 0–20%typical here, 1%

    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 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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