Overview
Energy Plus Solar, also known as SunPower by Energy Plus Solar, is a big solar installation company based in Lancaster, California. They also provide services in the Antelope Valley and North Los Angeles County. The company focuses on helping residents and business owners cut energy costs up to 100% by providing innovative off-grid solar panel installations, quality turnkey solar solutions and incentives. This is reflected by customer reviews.
Founded in 1997, the company has over 4000 employees and a current revenue of $3 Billion. Despite this, Energy Plus Solar is not BBB accredited and, after an extensive search, no verified licenses could be found. These may factor into the legitimacy of the company. Read on to find out!
Energy Plus Solar Services and Specifics
Specific Solar Panels Offered
Energy Plus Solar is “powered” by SunPower, an industry recognized Tier 1 solar panel manufacturer, and uses E-Series, X-Series, M-Series and U-Series. According to experts, despite being costly, SunPower solar panels has an Elite ranking in SolarReview’s official solar panel review – offering excellent module quality and performance.
Specific Types of Solar Offered
One aspect that makes Energy Plus Solar stand out is their range of products, the main three including:
Solar Panel Systems
Energy Plus Solar install residential and commercial solar photovoltaic panel systems, providing custom solar solutions for a variety of roof types – flat, pitched and canopy roofs – and materials – clay, slate, metal, and asphalt.
Solar EV Charging
Energy Plus Solar installs Level 2 residential chargers. Most residential EV chargers are water and dust resistant, and the installation process takes around 5 days.
Solar Storage
Energy Plus Solar install the SunVault™ Storage System and full information regarding the system can be found on the company’s website. Additionally, their solar calculator shows that customers can get solar storage systems with solar photovoltaic panel systems, or with as a package with solar photovoltaic panel systems and the solar EV chargers.
The company also provide re-roofing and smart-home products.
Energy Plus Solar Installation costs and process
Costs
Energy Plus Solar’s website allows customers to use a solar calculator to get a quick or thorough rough idea of the cost. For a general analysis, the average price of the company’s systems around 5kW is $25,000. Against the average solar panel cost of a 5kW in California, this pricing is above the market average.
Some customer reviews, however, state that the company’s pricing is very competitive, and this could be due to the various ways the company cuts down costs:
| A free quote on solar panel installation to power either your business or home. |
| The company provide different financial payment options. |
| Helps customers take advantage of the 26% Federal Incentive Tax Credit of the total system cost. |
| The company provides no-upfront cost loans. |
| Offers a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) to customers that cannot take advantage of the investment tax credit. |
| Helps commercial customers take advantage of the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) model, 5-Year Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS), Strategic Net Metering and Rate Structure Incentives. |
| The company provides solar lease with no out-of-pocket costs. |
| The company has a referral program that allows customers to earn financial rewards. |
| $0 down payment. |
Legitimacy
There is some evidence to support the legitimacy, including:
- The company is a Eguana Certified Partner, Sungage Financial Certified Partner, and a Generac PWR Partner.
- The company’s associated product manufacturer and partner is SunPower.
- The company is contact details, providing the company’s location, email, phone number, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook on its website for ease of contact.
- Customer reviews across multiple platforms highly recommend the company.
- The company is a California State Licensed Contractor.
The company, however, is not BBB accredited and does not have any verified and active licenses. They do not rank in the top 50% of California contractors on BuildZoom, and while their website states that all employees have advanced certification, no information regarding what these certifications are could be found.
Maintenance
Energy Plus Solar state on their website that they provide excellent service expertise with quality parts and superior warranties. These services include full solar upgrades, solar tune-ups, solar repairs, removal and reinstallation of systems, the removal and recycling of systems and buyer or seller inspections for real estate agents. Their warranties include the SunPower Complete Confidence Warranty and a 10-years Workmanship Warranty.
Majority of customer reviews agree with this sentiment, a few referring to them as “the best warranties” by far or that could be found. Customers also refer to the ease and professionalism of the employees through all stages of the installation process and found the sales team to be low-pressured and the installation and maintenance team to polite and excellent, most customers referring to employees by name.
Customers also find their customer service to be excellent. While we do not have first-hand experience, the contact page does display their email address, phone number and social media pages, new customers can get an immediate free quote and estimation on their home page, and old customers can apply for a repair service or alert the company about issues easily.
These show Energy Plus Solar’s high-level of maintenance.
The SolarEmpower View
While there may be a few concerns regarding their legitimacy, Energy Plus Solar’s backing by one of the top-rated solar panel manufacturers, highly favourable customer reviews, excellent warranties, and incentives available, we highly recommend the company and deem them as a worthy long-term investment.
| 💲 COST: 8/10 | ✅ LEGITIMACY: 7/10 |
| ⭐️ QUALITY: 10/10 | 📞 CUSTOMER SERVICE: 10/10 |
Contact Details
Phone: (661) 463-8460
Email: [email protected], [email protected]
Address: 1051 W. Columbia Way #205, Lancaster, California 93534
Website: https://energyplussolar.com
Facebook: SunPower by Energy Plus Solar
Instagram: @sunpowerbyenergyplussolar
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sunpower-by-energy-plus-solar/about/?viewAsMember=true
