You’ve heard about the benefits of solar energy and you’ve heard about how much you can save. With a task like powering your home with solar energy, there are many components, many hoops to jump through, many permits to obtain, many rebates to get, and many questions you’ll have from start to finish. What’s the best thing to do? Contact a solar energy company. Solar energy companies are the experts in solar energy design, sales, installation, maintenance, and service. Trust me, you’ll need it! Below, we’ll introduce five of the top solar energy companies and give a little information about who they are and where they work.
Vivint Solar
Where They Service:
Vivint Solar operates in 14 states across the United States: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah. The good news if you’re not located in any of those states is that they’ll soon be expanding.
What They Service:
In operation since 2011, Vivint Solar specializes in the sales, installation, and maintenance of residential solar energy systems. And to finance the expenses, they offer solar loans, solar purchases (outright ownerships of the system), solar PPA (Vivint Solar owns the panels and you pay no upfront costs and low energy rate lock-in), and solar lease (Vivint Solar owns the system, you put no money down and get guaranteed energy production).
What They Offer:
Much lower energy rates than living off the grid. Vivint Solar claims their systems operate more efficiently than utility companies, saving you money from the get-go. To get the solar energy system up and running in your home, they offer a five-step process: Consultation, Design, Permitting, Installation, and Activation.
Check them out at: vivintsolar.com
SolarCity
Where They Service:
With headquarters in San Mateo, CA, SolarCity operates in 20 jurisdictions across the United States – to include 18 states across the West Coast, Northeast, and Southwest, and Hawaii and the District of Columbia.
What They Service:
SolarCity offers a distributed service model, providing solar energy system installations from local service centers across the United States. SolarCity does not only provide residential solar energy installation, they also provide solar energy for businesses, government agencies, and utility companies.
What They Offer:
They have been named as the United States’ number one residential and commercial solar energy provider and offer solar panels, powerwalls, and solar roofs. They conduct solar business through a five-step process: solar consultation, solar agreement, system design, installation, and activation.
Check them out at: solarcity.com
Sun Run
Where They Service:
Sunrun operates out of 15 states across the United States: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina.
What They Service:
Sunrun offers customized residential solar energy system solutions, working with you to factor in cost, home, savings goals, and lifestyles. They use their own BrightPathTM technology to customize these solutions through satellite imagery of your roof. And they offer options where you can buy your own system or use one of theirs – allowing customers to get services with zero down and less cash out of pocket.
What They Offer:
Customized, not cookie cutter, solutions. The provision of simple, inexpensive, and low risk solar energy systems with a lifetime warranty and support. If something breaks, you pay nothing. If the panel stops working, Sun Run will know before you do because of their constant monitoring. What if something happens to your roof during installation? No problem! It’s on them! Sunrun provides maintenance and performance guarantees, insurance, and system monitoring.
Check them out: sunrun.com
Sunnova
Where They Service:
Based in Houston, Sunnova operates in 16 states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Mexico, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Texas.
What They Service:
Sunnova offers both residential and commercial services and they streamline their processes by working with a select group of regional partners that have first-hand knowledge of local markets. The company offers cash purchases as well as financing through solar loans, solar PPA, and solar leases.
What They Offer:
To turn your home into an energy saving powerhouse, Sunnova first provides a consultation. If you agree on using the company for your solar services, you’ll sign a solar service agreement, they’ll design and install your custom solar system, and will provide continuous inspection, monitoring, and maintenance throughout the life of your system.
Check them out: sunnova.com
REPOWER by Solar Universe
Where They Service:
NRG Home Solar operates in: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, and Washington.
What They Service:
REPOWER by Solar Universe sells and installs residential and commercial solar energy systems, and allows you to buy, lease, or get the system on loan.
What They Offer:
REPOWER by Solar Universe offers smart home technology where your lights and temperature adjust automatically to start your day in comfort.
Check them out: repower.solaruniverse.com
