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SolarMax Technology

Solar energy company · Riverside, CA

What the listing shows you

3.7★

91 Google reviews

What it doesn’t

32%

rated 1–2★

typical in the Perris area, 0%

Newest review held

Jul 2026

newest held review this month

Google's rating breakdown · all 91 reviews

Rated 1–2★
32%
typical in the Perris area, 0%
Posted an update
—
we saw no owner post, which is not the same as none existing
Replies to reviewers
41%
of the 91 reviews we hold

Its one and two star share is 32 points above the typical installer in the Perris area. Across California, 144 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 91 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 the Perris area, on one axis

0% rated 1–2★35%

Each mark is one company we hold in the Perris area whose Google breakdown has been read, placed by its share of one and two star reviews. SolarMax Technology 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

  • 2★ · around July 2026 · the company replied

    I have talk to solar max, about issues with my panels, and it appears.I'm getting the run around. I need my panels up and running!

  • 1★ · around March 2026 · the company replied

    Please do research before you make a big decision like installing solar panels. This company has salesman that put pressure on you to committ right away saying that offers are expiring soon and that you are loosing a good deal which is unprofessional, unethical and bad practice because once they get what they want they forget about leaving a good service and just move to the next. I have attempted to reach out to the contacts I had saved but no answer nor replies to attempts. One of the numbers says it's a whole other personal with another company name. Very frustrating situation and stressful

  • 1★ · around February 2026 · the company replied

    Would be zero stars if I could. Terrible communication. Have had a "pending" installation since middle of the summer. Several hard credit pulls, have to follow up on updates ourselves. No updates, no installation. Everything is apparently approved and ready. Was originally supposed to be installed in August, but we believe they forgot about us. Months later we still do not have an installation date. If it weren't for the tax credit we would have cancelled our order long ago, and since it's expiring we will be cancelling after the new year. Edit: Yes, the order is under my husband's name. My na

  • 3★ · around August 2024

    Bought solar about 6-7 years ago from this company. Everything went flawlessly. The sales rep was on point, was fast to answer questions, felt like I was their only customer. I'm pointing this out to contrast what it was like later on. Anyways, I got 28 panels at 130w. Generating about 3-4kwh per hour at it's peak. I later(about 1 year ago) decided to get a battery backup system (20 KWH) and asked about getting more solar panels. I was advised I could only get 3 more panels because any more and I would be forced into NEM3.0. I was grateful they knew all these little niches that SCE has with po

  • 5★ · around May 2026 · the company replied

    SolarMax installed our battery storage system (Tesla battery). We worked with Dan Cooley and he is just fantastic. Very helpful, describes everything in details and honest. Our installer, Ricky and team was excellent. Came on time, clean install, walked me thru app and just great experience. The finisher, David, was equally good, helped thru the city and HOA permit and inspections. All went well as expected. Great team to work with. I recommend SolarMax technologies for your solar needs.

  • 5★ · around April 2026 · the company replied

    I had an excellent experience working with Dan at SolarMax for my solar installation and Tesla Powerwall 3. Dan was my main point of contact throughout the entire process, and he made everything smooth and stress-free. He was extremely knowledgeable, responsive, and always available to answer my questions. He took the time to explain everything clearly and made sure I fully understood the system and what to expect. The installation team did a great job as well—everything was clean, organized, and completed on time. Dan stayed involved throughout and made sure everything was handled properly fr

  • 5★ · around October 2025 · the company replied

    We had a seamless installation of our panels over 11 years ago. Top notch and careful work. Power remains unchanged. One minor issue, caused by me, was courteously and rapidly rectified. This is one great company that stands by their work. We couldn’t be happier!!

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

  • inspection assistance 5
  • detailed explanations 4
  • clean installation 4
  • system performance 3
  • dedicated account manager 2
  • responsiveness 2
  • local company 2
  • system design 2
  • permit assistance 2
  • responsive team 2
  • courteous crews 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.

  • 24/7 availability

    “energy systems that support critical 24/7 data operations with solar, storage,…”

  • Established

    “record Active in utility-scale EPC since 2014, with 400 MW completed or in…”

Its website also mentions financing, years in business and licence number, but not in a sentence we can quote cleanly.

Elsewhere

  • 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 LinkedIn, X, Instagram and Facebook. A page that stopped posting years ago tells you something a listing will not.

When they say they are open

Sunday
Closed
Monday
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thursday
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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 Perris

1–2★3★4★5★gauge 0–20%typical here, 0%

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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