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South Coast Solar

Solar energy company · Columbia, SC

What the listing shows you

4.7★

52 Google reviews

What it doesn’t

6%

rated 1–2★

typical in Columbia, 6%

Newest review held

Aug 2026

newest held review this month

Google's rating breakdown · all 52 reviews

Rated 1–2★
6%
typical in Columbia, 6%
Posted an update
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we saw no owner post, which is not the same as none existing
Replies to reviewers
64%
of the 25 reviews we hold

Its one and two star share is level with the typical installer in Columbia. Across South Carolina, 49 of the 101 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 25 review texts for this company, quoted below. Google publishes review ages rather than dates, so every date here is approximate.

On the South Carolina ranking

No. 21 of the 35 rankable records in South Carolina →

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 Columbia, on one axis

0% rated 1–2★65%

Each mark is one company we hold in Columbia whose Google breakdown has been read, placed by its share of one and two star reviews. South Coast Solar 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

  • 1★ · around August 2024

    I was told by South Coast Solar that my Power Company (Newberry Electric Coop) had NET Metering and a Buyback program for any energy that was produced but not used by month end for Solar customers. This was not true as they do not offer these programs to commercial accounts. I managed to receive a copy of an email that was sent from Newberry Electric Coop to South Coast Solar documenting that these services were not available on commercial accounts prior to my installation. Funny that was never communicated to me by South Coast Solar. I only found out many months later when I inquired why my e
  • 1★ · around August 2022

    System broken for more then 2 months no help could not give us appointment …
  • 5★ · around August 2026

    We had 23 panels installed by South Coast Solar and would definitely recommend them to others. Rebekah was very professional and knowledgeable. She walked us through the different options and what we could expect to see. The installation was high-quality, and the panels have been performing at or above predicted levels.
  • 5★ · around August 2026

    Rebekah Olinde of South Coast Solar reviewed my existing system and made her recommendations. Instead of trying to sell me something else she spent time analyzing my system and gave me the necessary information to make changes if I felt …
  • 5★ · around June 2026

    Review for: South Coast Solar Sales Consultant: Rebekah Olinde I recently had a full solar panel system installed by South Coast Solar, and the entire experience has been outstanding. From the very beginning, Rebekah Olinde provided the highest level of service I’ve experienced from any company in years. Responsiveness & Communication Rebekah has been consistently responsive—answering calls and emails usually within the same day. Her explanations are clear, thorough, and thoughtful, and she never hesitates to go into detail to make sure I fully understand my system. Even now, months after inst

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

  • powerwalls 6
  • work quality 5
  • prompt responses 4
  • planning process 3
  • system design 3
  • courteous staff 3
  • professional crew 3
  • backup power 3
  • support after installation 2
  • battery storage 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

    “aesthetics in mind. LEAK PROOF Our guaranteed leak-proof flashing system protects…”

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

Elsewhere

  • It is also reviewed on ConsumerAffairs and 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 Instagram, X 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
7:30 AM to 5 PM
Tuesday
7:30 AM to 5 PM
Wednesday
7:30 AM to 5 PM
Thursday
7:30 AM to 5 PM
Friday
7:30 AM to 5 PM
Saturday
9 AM to 12 PM

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.

Other installers around Columbia

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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