Simply Solar

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

• 1★ · around August 2024 · the company replied

  Where to begin, my dealings with Simply Solar have been one of the most frustrating experience with any business so far. Their failure to schedule a short and simple job led to months of delay for my reroofing project. We are talking about 3-4 months. We had an unambiguous “no cost remove-and-replace” clause in the contract if I wanted a new roof after putting solar panels on. They sent me a $5k bill for this supposedly free remove-and-replace job. They over-promised and under-delivered for our project so much, I feel obligated to warn the rest of the world by sharing my experience. Sigh.

• 1★ · around August 2021 · the company replied

  Stay away from this company, from the owners to the workmanship to the sales team, we’ve had a disastrous, dishonest experience that we would not wish upon anyone. Simply Solar installed solar on our roof after several delays in scheduling on their part and lies from the salesman including, that he’d be present for the installation, and an unauthorized rebate among other things. Management apologized and we moved forward. This was a warning sign that I wish we had heeded. After a few days, we began to be concerned about what appeared to be many broken tiles during the installation process and

• 5★ · around August 2026

  I went back to Simply Solar for my second house (five years later) and it's been another 5-star experience. Bobby was our foreman and was very communicative and great to work with. Helped me get the battery and electrical pipes all in the right places.

• 5★ · around April 2026

  Simply Solar saved the day after a 2-year nightmare! I cannot recommend Simply Solar enough. I originally had solar panels installed by a different company that never finished the job, leaving me in a "traumatic" loop for two years of paying for panels that didn't even work while dealing with zero communication. Everything changed when I found Simply Solar. They stepped in, handled the complex permitting issues, and got my system up and running as quickly as possible. Their team is ethical, professional, and incredibly "on top of things." Their pricing was fair and reasonable, but more importa

• 5★ · around August 2024 · the company replied

  Thanks for everything Rachel! We actually got two systems with Simply Solar. They are professional, fast to respond, and have transparent communication. Great team from the project manager, to the battery and system experts, to the people doing the installation. We liked working with them so much that we added to our system over time. There are a lot of shady short lived solar companies out there, but this company is not one of them. We spoke to over 5 companies and ended up going with Simply Solar for their prices, knowledge, warranties and communications.

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.

• system 6
• professional team 5
• installation 3
• excellent communication 3
• solar installation 3
• project 2
• roof 2
• installers 2
• planning 2
• permitting 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.

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

• Established

  “system, installed by Simply Solar since 2016. They monitor and are great at…”

• Years in business

  “base to our community. We have over 20 years of experience in solar, and in that…”

Its website also mentions warranty and 24/7 availability, but not in a sentence we can quote cleanly.

• It is also reviewed on Yelp. Worth reading before you sign anything: those are a different crowd, and the complaints that reach the Better Business Bureau rarely reach Google.
• It posts on X, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook. A page that stopped posting years ago tells you something a listing will not.

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

• Besty Solar Inc.5.0★ · 71
• SepiSolar3.9★ · 11
• Solaria Corporation2.3★ · 6
• Semper Solaris4.6★ · 548

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.

• CompanyRating breakdown1–2★Newest review held

• Enphase Energy, Inc.

  4.1★ · 277 reviews

  20%
  Newest held review this month

• Nabu Energy - Solar PV and Energy Storage battery Installation Company.

  4.9★ · 80 reviews · Newark, CA

  2%
  Newest held review this month

• Besty Solar Inc.

  5.0★ · 71 reviews

  0%
  Newest held review this month

• SunWork Renewable Energy Projects

  5.0★ · 22 reviews · Milpitas, CA

  0%
  Newest held review 2 months old

• American Roofing & Solar

  5.0★ · 21 reviews

  0%
  Newest held review 4 months old

• Thornova Solar

  3.7★ · 3 reviews

  33%
  No held review in a year

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.

• —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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