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Southern Energy Management

Solar energy company · Raleigh, NC

What the listing shows you

4.9★

274 Google reviews

What it doesn’t

under 1%

rated 1–2★

typical in Raleigh, 0%

Newest review held

Aug 2026

newest held review this month

Google's rating breakdown · all 274 reviews

Rated 1–2★
under 1%
typical in Raleigh, 0%
Posted an update
20 days ago
the company posting to its own Google profile
Replies to reviewers
100%
of the 274 reviews we hold

Its one and two star share is 1 point above the typical installer in Raleigh. Across North Carolina, 69 of the 130 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 274 review texts for this company, quoted below. Google publishes review ages rather than dates, so every date here is approximate.

On the North Carolina ranking

No. 4 of the 38 rankable records in North 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 Raleigh, on one axis

0% rated 1–2★30%

Each mark is one company we hold in Raleigh whose Google breakdown has been read, placed by its share of one and two star reviews. Southern Energy Management 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 November 2025 · the company replied

    Contacted them to start the process of getting solar panels early august and the rep never got back to me. After a while contacted the company again to see what was going on and I received a text from the old rep saying they were already done with projects until 2026. Very unprofessional.

  • 1★ · around August 2019 · the company replied

    I wish I could give a zero rating. I'm a professional engineer licensed in multiple states and Southern Energy Management is one of the most unprofessional groups I've dealt with. I would strongly recommend you do not do business with this company.

  • 3★ · around April 2026 · the company replied

    Communications and design with both 4-5 stars hands down. Austin, quoter, is a class act and takes he time to answer any and all questions. As a new builder in the area, I got bids from Yes Solar, 8M, and SEM. Once we determined the placement and size, I made sure all 3 quotes directly quoted all the same materials and specs (27kW ballasted ground system, 3 Tesla Powerwalls 3 backing a critical panel, site preparation to include gravel base and weed sceen prevention, and a small fence around the perimeter of the field). 8M was the only company to come onsite and do measurements numerous times

  • 5★ · around August 2026 · the company replied

    Capable and committed team. They did a great job on a ground-mount solar project for us.

  • 5★ · around August 2026 · the company replied

    The people at SEM were great to deal with from start to finish on my home solar+battery project! The installation crew headed by Josh and electrical crew headed by Jason were notable - unlike many work crews, these guys all get along - they were fun to have around, and both crews finished their parts ahead of schedule. The B Corporation certification of this company actually shows in the attitude and energy of the employees - how refreshing! I highly recommend SEM.

  • 5★ · around July 2026 · the company replied

    Very good at explaining the process from development of a proposal to showing how the monitoring app works once the installation is complete. With all of the paperwork (engineering designs, communications with utility, permits, etc.) they did a good job of keeping me updated on the process and completing 95% of all the paperwork. The utility agreements are confusing and unfortunately are a moving target as the rules change from year to year. Installation crews were good at communicating their needs and were respectful to our requests so that we could limit problems for our neighbors. They were

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 installation 56
  • rebates 38
  • design 33
  • project management 27
  • tesla powerwall 25
  • installation team 12
  • battery installation 10
  • considerate staff 8
  • efficient installation 8
  • timely responses 5

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.

  • Years in business

    “in North Carolina since 2001. With over 20 years of experience in the industry,…”

Its website also mentions warranty, free estimate and established, but not in a sentence we can quote cleanly.

Elsewhere

  • It is also reviewed on the Better Business Bureau 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 YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn and Facebook. A page that stopped posting years ago tells you something a listing will not.

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 Raleigh

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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