About Solar Installer Guide
Solar Installer Guide helps you see who actually installs solar near you before you ask for quotes. We are an independent comparison and referral site built on public utility interconnection data. Coverage starts in the Fresno and Bakersfield areas. We do not sell, price or install solar, and we are not a contractor.
The short version
- Public utility records give homeowners a starting point for comparing the installers working in their area.
- Our coverage begins with the Fresno and Bakersfield areas, where you can compare local activity by town.
- Referral fees support the site, while the data alone determines the ranking order.
Start with evidence of local work
When you are choosing whom to contact, it helps to know which installers have connected systems nearby. Public utility interconnection records provide that starting point. We turn those records into local comparisons you can use before requesting proposals.
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A company's presence in a search result does not tell you how much solar it has installed in your town. Our comparison starts with recorded connections instead. That gives you a concrete question to bring to an installer: what experience do you have with projects near mine? The data helps you begin that conversation with local activity already in view.
Connection counts measure activity, not workmanship or customer service. Use the tables to identify the most active installers, then check the license and compare quotes. The How We Rank page explains the source, the method and its limits. Read it alongside a town table so you know what the figures can tell you before choosing whom to contact.
Coverage begins around Fresno and Bakersfield
Our first focus is the Fresno and Bakersfield areas. Town-level comparisons help you look close to home instead of treating activity across a broad region as the whole answer. Start with your town to see the local picture.
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Solar is a decision about your home, so a useful comparison needs a local starting point. An installer can be active across the region without having the same presence in every town. Use the town pages to narrow your research, then take your own project questions to the companies you choose to approach. Check the license and compare quotes before deciding.
How referrals support the site
Installers in our network pay a referral fee when a homeowner we introduce goes solar with them. Solar.com links may earn a commission. Neither changes the order of the rankings, which is set only by the data.
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Network partners get a quote button so you can request an introduction. A button tells you there is a referral relationship; it is not an assessment of workmanship or customer service. Read the activity data and the referral option as separate pieces of information. You can use the comparison to prepare questions before deciding to submit a request.
Our role ends short of selling, pricing or installing your solar system. A referral begins a conversation with an installer, who must review your project and provide its own proposal. You make the decision about whom to hire. Use the site's information to prepare for that decision, then check the license and compare quotes from the companies you approach.
Get in touch through the contact page
Use the contact page form to reach Solar Installer Guide. It is the place to send questions about the site or point out something in a comparison that needs attention. Contacting us does not provide a project price.
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If you have a question about a table or how the site works, describe it in the contact page form. Include the town or page you are asking about so the subject is clear. Questions about the scope or price of a proposed installation belong with the installer reviewing your home, because Solar Installer Guide is an information and referral service.
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