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Rising Sun Maui

Solar energy company · Kahului, HI

What the listing shows you

4.7★

55 Google reviews

What it doesn’t

4%

rated 1–2★

typical in Hawaii, 2%

Newest review held

Jan 2026

newest held review 8 months old

Google's rating breakdown · all 55 reviews

Rated 1–2★
4%
typical in Hawaii, 2%
Posted an update
—
we saw no owner post, which is not the same as none existing
Replies to reviewers
48%
of the 23 reviews we hold

Its one and two star share is 2 points above the typical installer in Hawaii. Across Hawaii, 39 of the 87 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 23 review texts for this company, quoted below. Google publishes review ages rather than dates, so every date here is approximate.

On the Hawaii ranking

No. 9 of the 24 rankable records in Hawaii →

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 Hawaii, on one axis

none

1–5%

6–10%

11–20%

over 20%

Every company we hold in Hawaii whose Google breakdown has been read, grouped by their share of one and two star reviews. Rising Sun Maui is in the highlighted group.

What reviewers said

  • 1★ · around September 2025

    They were helpful up front, but once they were paid the deposit and progress payments, everything took a turn. We are now 13 months into the process since installation started, and still have no final inspection or permit on our project. Excuse after excuse, but still no completed job after one year. Beware of this company.

  • 1★ · around September 2023 · the company replied

    I am still awaiting my refund on my deposit after a year and a half waiting for the project. The bank is also waiting for their refund on the first advance for the project... Not too impressed with admin vs sales.

  • 3★ · around January 2026

    I spoke with owner of company matteus and he said he would get back to me twice been over 2 months ago and he ghosted me ! No follow up by anyone . Went with another company and it’s done.

  • 5★ · around September 2025

    From the first meeting with Mitch Sanders our experience with Rising Sun was A+. No hard sell and unnecessary because the whole house solar package we chose was top of the line in every category. Customer service, too, is excellent. Installation was on time and seemless. We cannot say enough about this company. You will not be disappointed! Rising Sun is quite simply the best.

  • 5★ · around September 2025

    Awesome/quick/friendly service at a reasonable price. Kudos to Eric for solving a broken water pump in a timely manner.

  • 5★ · around September 2025

    So very helpful and easy to work with! Gave us all the options and helped us decide which was best for us personally. I recommend them for everyone.

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 panel installation 5
  • competitive pricing 4
  • tesla powerwall installation 4
  • customer support 3
  • prompt communication 2
  • courteous staff 2
  • fast installation 2
  • energy bill coverage 2
  • backup power 2
  • battery installation 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.

  • Warranty

    “and inverters 5-year workmanship warranty (5× the Hawai‘i standard) Your…”

  • Years in business

    “Smarter Investment for Your Home With over 22 years of experience serving Maui and the…”

  • Bonded

    “license through company owner ⁠Fully bonded and insured ⁠Tesla Premium installer…”

  • Insured

    “company owner ⁠Fully bonded and insured ⁠Tesla Premium installer ⁠Decades of…”

Its website also mentions free estimate, established and licence number, 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
9 AM to 4 PM
Tuesday
9 AM to 4 PM
Wednesday
9 AM to 4 PM
Thursday
9 AM to 4 PM
Friday
9 AM to 4 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 Kihei

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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