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First Light Energy

Solar energy company · Brunswick, ME

What the listing shows you

4.9★

31 Google reviews

What it doesn’t

0%

rated 1–2★

typical in the Portland area, 2%

Newest review held

Jul 2026

newest held review last month

Google's rating breakdown · all 31 reviews

Rated 1–2★
0%
typical in the Portland area, 2%
Posted an update
—
we saw no owner post, which is not the same as none existing
Replies to reviewers
84%
of the 31 reviews we hold

Its one and two star share is 2 points below the typical installer in the Portland area. Across Maine, 24 of the 43 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 31 review texts for this company, quoted below. Google publishes review ages rather than dates, so every date here is approximate.

On the Maine ranking

No. 10 of the 16 rankable records in Maine →

Ordered by the share of one and two star reviews, weighted by how many reviews stand behind it. It ranks review records, not workmanship.

Every company we hold in the Portland area, on one axis

0% rated 1–2★20%

Each mark is one company we hold in the Portland area whose Google breakdown has been read, placed by its share of one and two star reviews. First Light Energy is the red one. The amber line is the middle of that set, which includes suppliers and maintenance businesses as well as installers.

What reviewers said

  • 5★ · around July 2026 · the company replied

    Team did a great job on our project last December. Everything looks great, reliability has been 100%, and producing even a little more power than our initial estimates. Team was fast and did a great job at answering our questions. Would 100% recommend if you are looking into Solar.

  • 5★ · around October 2025

    We reached out to First Light Solar while exploring solar options in Maine and had a very positive experience. The team was knowledgeable, easy to work with, and took time to clearly explain how solar works and what to expect. Ultimately, we didn’t move forward with them because their schedule was too full to guarantee installation before the tax credit deadline—but we appreciated their transparency and professionalism throughout. Definitely worth speaking with if you're considering solar in Maine.

  • 5★ · around August 2025 · the company replied

    I can't recommend First Light Solar enough! They recently installed my off-grid solar system in my converted school bus. From the very beginning, they were incredibly flexible —even when I had to push the installation dates back multiple times. They worked with me every step of the way, showing patience and understanding that made the whole process stress-free. Their team was not only professional but also extremely kind and informative. They took the time to explain everything about my system in a way that was easy to understand, making sure I felt confident before hitting the road. A couple

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

  • easy process 5
  • knowledgeable crew 5
  • competitive pricing 4
  • production 3
  • efficiency 3
  • flexibility 2
  • clear explanations 2
  • permit handling 2
  • kind team 2
  • residential solar installs 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 warranty, but not in a sentence we can quote cleanly.

    Elsewhere

    • It posts on Facebook and Instagram. A page that stopped posting years ago tells you something a listing will not.

    When they say they are open

    Sunday
    Closed
    Monday
    8 AM to 5 PM
    Tuesday
    8 AM to 5 PM
    Wednesday
    8 AM to 5 PM
    Thursday
    8 AM to 5 PM
    Friday
    8 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 around Portland

    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 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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