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Westcoast Solar Energy

Solar energy equipment supplier · Santa Rosa, CA

What the listing shows you

3.7★

7 Google reviews

What it doesn’t

29%

rated 1–2★

typical in California, 1%

Newest review held

Aug 2025

no held review in a year

Google's rating breakdown · all 7 reviews

Rated 1–2★
29%
typical in California, 1%
Posted an update
—
we saw no owner post, which is not the same as none existing
Replies to reviewers
43%
of the 7 reviews we hold

Its one and two star share is 28 points above the typical installer in California. Across California, 157 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 7 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 California, on one axis

none

1–5%

6–10%

11–20%

over 20%

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

What reviewers said

  • 1★ · around August 2022 · the company replied

    I'd not recommend even spending your time speaking with them. I reached out and the only thing the appear interested in is selling big, large and more expensive systems. My wife and I, only the two of us, want to electrify our home and plan for future families should we sell. We were told it would be cheaper to change to PG&E's 4pm - 9pm rate plan and use less electricity. Wow, what a sales pitch! That was basically their way of saying "We don't want your business because we won't make any money". I'd not recommend anyone even reach out about a solar quote, you can do better.

  • 1★ · around August 2016

    I contacted Westcoast Solar Energy on Sept 29th asking if they could handle a generator install for an off-grid location, along with some electrical work, and hopefully some solar improvements. I was directed to, and spoke with, co-owner Jeremy who specializes in off-grid situations. Jeremy was friendly, courteous, and professional. He quickly gave me an initial cost range on the job, and scheduled to meet me the following Saturday to see the site. At the end of the visit Jeremy told me he would have a quote to me early in the next week. Unfortunately after the visit Jeremy evaporated. I email

  • 5★ · around August 2025

    I finally found a company to replace my old inverter. They saved my so much money. I am so grateful to them. They were fast efficient and affordable. I trust them with all of my solar needs. Thank you!

  • 5★ · around August 2024

    When Westcoast Solar Energy reviewed my home’s energy use, they gave me options. They didn’t try to sell me, they informed and educated me about the long-term benefits, as well as the short-term costs. What I especially enjoyed about my interaction with this company is the way they left me to make my own decision on what would be best for my country home, and gave me the information needed to make that decision. Westcoast Solar Energy is an exceptional solar company.

  • 5★ · around August 2022

    I had an issue that came up and of all the places I called they were by far the most professional and accommodating. Knowledgeable, friendly, and very service/customer oriented.

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

  • money 2
  • company 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.

  • Licensed

    “is too great for those who are non-licensed to attempt repair of solar electric…”

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

Elsewhere

  • It is also reviewed on Houzz. 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 Facebook and LinkedIn. 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 Rohnert Park

1–2★3★4★5★gauge 0–20%typical here, 1%

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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