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Top Hat Energy Inc.

Solar energy company · Redding, CA

What the listing shows you

4.9★

164 Google reviews

What it doesn’t

1%

rated 1–2★

typical in Redding, 0%

Newest review held

Aug 2026

newest held review this month

Google's rating breakdown · all 164 reviews

Rated 1–2★
1%
typical in Redding, 0%
Posted an update
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we saw no owner post, which is not the same as none existing
Replies to reviewers
3%
of the 164 reviews we hold

Its one and two star share is 1 point above the typical installer in Redding. Across California, 755 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 164 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 Redding, on one axis

0% rated 1–2★10%

Each mark is one company we hold in Redding whose Google breakdown has been read, placed by its share of one and two star reviews. Top Hat Energy Inc. 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 2019 · the company replied

    Being forced to give 1 star. Had a lot of problems with my system not responsive either I do not recommend Top hat If I could give zero stars I would

  • 3★ · around August 2018

    What a pleasure to work with Top Hat Solar. I had specific needs for a solar system and they took all of the information on what I was running electrically and were able to design a system that was large enough to meet all my needs. The work was done quickly and professionally and I could not be happier. I saved $2500.00 a month going solar. Great Company and great people.

  • 5★ · around April 2026

    Very accommodating. Professional and courteous.

  • 5★ · around February 2026

    Gabe was amazing assisting me over the phone with ideas of how to seal my leaking stove pipe. I followed his direction and next time it rained it was leaking still. I called him and let him know. He came out the next day to check it out. He was great with exceptional customer service!

  • 5★ · around August 2025 · the company replied

    So I had Top Hat installed my system in 2019 and everything is great as of today 3/2/2025. And I feel its because they did a quality installation and didnt just use cheep parts or materials. It still is going strong as when I bought it. By the way...They didnt pay me for saying that either. Lol Anyways To this day I never had a roof leak, the panels are still producing the same as usual and the inverter is doing its job and I dont even have to do a thing. I did get upgraded panels but still I dont feel they sell junk. The biggest thing to me as that the install was great. I can always replace

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 system installation 13
  • inverter 10
  • competitive pricing 10
  • quick installation 7
  • family owned business 5
  • battery power 5
  • install team 4
  • generator upgrade 4
  • fast turnaround 3
  • permitting process 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

    “Our panels come with a 25 year warranty, and warranties on the other…”

  • Established

    “California with energy independence since 1978. We specialize in installing both…”

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
8 AM to 4 PM
Tuesday
8 AM to 4 PM
Wednesday
8 AM to 4 PM
Thursday
8 AM to 4 PM
Friday
8 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 Redding

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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