A1 Solar

Well, I found that after having my system since 2012, that the «true up» payment to PG&E increased from $ 250 to $ 1,200 and it is due tomorrow. I believe that is way more than the increase than what was disclosed in reports. I tried calling PG&E and they will not tell me why, and I contacted A-​1 Solar and someone was supposed to get back to me by last week, Monday at the latest. Now it is Tuesday and still no call. This is what I call a total failure in communication. My advice to anyone looking to put in a solar system is to get your own system, with your own storage for excess energy. The amount in Taxes, interest to Sonoma County, and the $ 150 monthly bills still to PG&E for energy usage, and the end of the year true up payment which is now $ 1,200 is just WAY TO OVERPRICED for a solar system. Our neighbors did it for ²⁄₃ less than what we initially financed and they are 100% off the grid. This is what I call government racketeering at its finest. Guess what? It is legal for them to rip me off and the courts do not care because the government is laughing all the way to the bank.

We have had our Solar System installed by A1 for about 2 months now and I have to say I have been 100% satisfied with every step of the process!
From the very first meeting I have encountered nothing but knowledgeable, friendly and professional employees. The employees genuinely seemed concerned with figuring out if solar was in my best interest. I did not feel the sales pressure.
If I had to do it all over again, I would choose A1 Solar and I would definitely recommend them to a friend.

Wow. They lie about who they are, claim they are my energy company, PG&E. Continually call, even though I am on the Do Not Call Registry list and have told them not to call me. Lied and claimed the Do Not Call Registry does not apply to them. Use spoofed numbers to call so that they can get away with their illegal and unethical telemarketing practices. I could go on and on.
They blame this on their telemarketer and claim they will change their practices, and yet this has continued happening for years and nothing has changed. Check out the reviews for their main office:
Disgusting.

The office where i work gets robo calls daily from the Peteluma number. They don’t even respond when I answer to try to get us off their list. Here’s hoping people wise up and A1 Solar crashes and burns.

Lowlife call center calls several times per day. I’m going to start playing along, and making an appointment, then flaking once sales guy is enroute. Perhaps if their $ is affected, they’ll learn. And to the DB who responds as if they care: You know exactly what call center YOUR COMPANY uses, so spare us your BS damage control auto reply, and find a new job. Your company is low-​brow loser material. Have a crappy day!

My husband answered a cold call as well and we had an appointment (odd for us)! The salesman was very informative and not pushy at all. We interviewed other companies and decided on A1. They were fast, efficient, responsive and helpful. We are now saving lots of money each month!

I received multiple calls a day from The National Renewable Energy Center which is associated with this solar company. I am on the «Do Not Call List» and have asked the telemarketer several times to take my number of their call list. They usually hang up on me before I can get the sentence out of my mouth or they make a smart comment and hang up. If they are this sleezy to acquire customers I can’t imagine how crappy thier work would be. I would never trust this company to do any work on my house!

This company uses aggressive, unscrupulous telemarketing practices to trick/​bully people into buying their services. We receive calls daily, despite our number being on the Do Not Call list, and despite our direct requests to the company to cease calling. They use an array of spoofed numbers and caller IDs to get around call blocking. I find it astonishing that they’re even still in business.
Avoid this company like the plague!

These people are associated with an incredibally sleezy call center. Check it out: search National Renewable Energy Center.

I normally listen to and then hang up on tele-​marketers, I sympathize with the tough job the have and respect them for doing it. After a few minutes the woman that called me peaked my interest, she was so genuine and not pushy.
My husband and I met Ben, he was charming, professional and we couldn’t pin him to the wall on anything, he knew his stuff. They handle everything, they are designing the system, installing and monitoring it through the web.
So far so good! I feel we have chosen the right company.

Let me add my review to what will surely become a long list of positive reviews.
To be honest, we haven’t yet had our pending system installed. We’ve given thought (for years!) to the possibility of going solar, but the timing just never seemed right. Then too, we never went so far as to consult a representative.
It was a fluke that we got a cold call at our home (then again, maybe not); even stranger that my significant other picked up the phone. By the end of the call, an appointment was made and a representative was scheduled to meet us at a set time to evaluate and discuss options + cost. What a NICE guy and so informative! My fiancée and I SLAMMED this guy with questions and he was capable enough to answer each of them — competently.
We held him captive for probably somewhere around 4 hours… He earned his keep on this sale! But one day later and me and my fiancée are pretty stoked: D — no buyer’s remorse. An engineer will be meeting with us next week to start the process and I can’t wait.
And to anyone that may be on the fence about Solar and the cost, keep in mind that PG&E has filed its proposal for a rate increase scheduled to begin in 2014 and continue through 2016 — to the tune of 33% (I’d rather not be on the paying end of that rate increase thank-​you-​very-​much!). Follow the link if you don’t believe me:
I wish I could give 5 Stars, but thus far I’ve only just started the process. There will be more to come once the panels are installed and we have a chance to realize some savings on our electricity bill.