Sunrun Reviews

This was a seamless process from sales to install in getting our panels up and running. Everyone from SunRun has been too-notch. I highly recommend them.

Don’t buy any services or products. They just lie left and right. Their sales rep was helpful at first and promised to help to solve issues and do some reimbursement but later ignored my messages and never called back. His name is Michael T, pure liar. I noticed severe decline in production after the first month of installation. After 6.5 months the production is only 1933 verses their 10980 annual estimates and they claim nothing is wrong with the system. I’ve contacted them requiring to remove the system immediately from the house. Just filed a complaint with BBB and will take also legal action if they don’t remove it.

I have one years experience leasing Sunrun panel and battery. In this time I have found their equipment to be faulty, their customer service to be atrocious and feel that I was miss led during the contract signing process. I understood that per the contract if I had difficulties, these difficulties would be resolved in arbitration. What I know was if there was a problem with their equipment, they would deflect and try to make it all my fault. Every problem was answered with I am using too much power. I live in a small 2 bedroom house and asked for them to build a system that would be big enough so I could turn my spa back on (which I haven't done) and would also handle an electric car if I got one. My appliances are energy star and all my lights are LED. I am not a big energy user. The last few months have been horrendous. In the middle of Dec. they asked if they could come out to inspect my battery. After the inspection I was told that everything was in good working order. The next day it stormed and my power went out for two hours. I let Sunrun know via email that their battery failed. They made no contact. I then got hit the next week with a $700.00 bill from PG&E. I asked PG&E solar customer service to come out and inspect their meter. They came and did a 3 hour inspection. They came to the conclusion that the problem was on Sunrun's side. They even offered to connect with Sunrun and share their findings. This could go on and on like it has for me, so I'll bottom line. Many emails have gone back and forth. I ask questions, they don't answer the questions. They just talk about how much they want to help and go back to their blame-game process. Next PG&E bill, $441.00. The final blow was the big storm that went through this last weekend and I had no power until this morning. I am 77 year old disabled woman that needs oxygen at night and often during the day. No power, no oxygen and I am paying for a battery that offers me no protection. By the time my neighbors checked on me I was in bad shape. What really galls me is that, I have learned is I am stuck in a 25 year contract with this awful company.

The two is based on the missing service for installing a new system for a new customer. 1) The installation did not pass inspection. The Sunrun crew stayed a few hours, applying fixes for the reported faults, and stated the follow-up should be in about a week. 2) No appointment was set up. After no call-back, for two weeks, I scheduled an appointment. They NEVER updated the available days - for a while it was only 2 days a week - which became full week like everyone else. I told them twice - they NEVER updated their work order. 3) I was NOT informed that staying around to label the breakers was part of the PGE inspection. 4) The installation was Oct 14, 2023. With all the delays, and the reschedule to pass the inspection - the best they can offer is Dec 14, just before christmas break. 5) If solar panels are approved and activated before 2024, I will consider it a lucy day and buy a lottery ticket. 6) No solar power until half of winter has passed - with the winter heating bills. The flexible payment plans are great. Everything is great until installation has be corrected before the service is actually available.

Great experience. Everything was done properly and efficiently! Dealt with Justin B! He was the best, he did everything! I didn’t have to do a thing. 1000% recommend Justin.

Shane and Sunrun are great. Ive had Sunrun on two homes and all my expectations were met. I havent had an APS bill in years. Shane and his team truly cared about our projects and took care of us! Highly recommend!

Shane P and Sunrun were fantastic! 100% recommend you connecting with Shane for any and all questions. There’s a ton of solar options out there and I would recommend starting with Shane for guidance and options.

Buyer Beware of Sunrun. While a solar system is based on their KW "production" not your KW "usage" like the electric company and the solar cost $ per KW is less then the electric company what Sunrun did to run up my bill was over installing the # of solar panels I needed. Sunrun installed (32) panels for my 1667 SQ Ft house + pool with a south facing roof so the system is overproducing the amount of KW that I actually need so I am now paying Sunrun more than I was paying the electric company by at least $50 per month on an avg Sunrun solar bill of $300 mo vs $249 for the electric company. Additionally, it took 1 year for the electric company to make the adjustments to my monthly bill so I paid both bills for 1 year and finally got a credit from the electric co of $1,415 for 1 yr overbilling. When I asked Sunrun to help they said it was not their problem and when I asked for my Sunrun mo bill due date to be changed by 2 days to help my double payment issues, they flat-out refused. Bottom line I would not trust Sunrun on the number of panels needed. When I walk around my So CA neighborhood I have 2x as many panels as all my neighbors and we have a lot of solar installs on houses with pools here. I am a single woman home owner so not sure thats why I got ripped off so bad but I did... so beware of how they run up your bill.

Inverter stopped functioning within 6 years of use. Have waited over 3 months for Sunrun to address the issue while our system remains down in the high production months. They estimate over 2 months for the inverter to arrive (could be 6 months?!) and up to 30 days to schedule installation ("depends on region" and no ability to provide a better estimate). The service is untimely and the communication has been pitiful. After sending emails for weeks and receiving no response, I spent 40 minutes on hold and speaking to an overseas agent without a clue (not her fault) only to finally reach a "case manager" who confirmed that indeed an inverter was on order and that we could wait a couple more months before the system would be functioning again.

I am very surprised how disjointed this company is. My first salesman was good at presentation and understanding his product. I signed a contract with him, then he left the company. It has been a joke ever since. My new sales person was nice but when he tried to put his name on my contract he voided my contract and could not get it back on the system for me to see. Implementation called and said the contract was active regardless. However, it was not accurate with my expectations of what I signed. They proceeded to get the county approval for installation from the county. Then the contract person called and confirmed my contract was what I expected. HOWEVER, I just got an automated email that said they were sorry that I was cancelling my contract and would I do a survey. Really? I have cash in hand and their automated system is cancelling me! You really want me to answer a survey at this point? Talk about the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing. I've never seen a company that is this poorly run. If I didn't have an approval from the county (they only thing I worried about) I would change companies.

Salesman did a good job of selling the leasing plan. He got my social security number to calculate my credit score. He also got my checking account information to make required automatic leasing payments after installation. This information is stored on his computer. (Has my personal identity information now been comprised and no longer safe because...) A technician came to my home and reported that my roof was inadequate for installation. Then after all of this the salesman emailed that Sunrun will not install on roofs more than 10 years old. The salesman could have saved me and his company a lot of time by telling me about the 10 year requirement from the get-go. I have several years of life left on my existing roof. Now I am concerned about the safety of my personal identity.

I had a solar system installed on my property in Jan. 2019. It was sold through Horizon Solar who is under contract with Sunrun. They came out to the house and laid it out and installed the system in about 3 days. Very professional. It was after they left the problems started. They told me that they were going to leave materials (5) 2"x 10"x 16' boards and a piece of metal trim 10' long in front of my property. They said a bigger truck would pick it next week. That was fine. I left the country and did not return till the first of May. While I was gone my neighbor was watching my home and taking in the mail. She contacted me at one point and said the sprinkler system for part of the yard was not working. I told her I would check it when I returned home. Went to get my mail the following day that I returned and noticed they had not removed the material from my property. I contacted the salesman about this and I also told him I had not received the Incentive Chk. For $1768.00 which was supposed to take 4 to 6 wks. to process and it was now more than 12 wks. The salesman said I would have to contact the head office. I thought maybe the sprinkler system was a stuck valve. Pulled the cover off the valves and turned on the system. Nothing, so I tapped each valve. The valve kicked in and I heard a rumble then water started shooting everywhere. Turned it off and that is when I found as I was digging that the pipes were all broken. They had filled the trench and I am guessing that I would have it fixed. Oh the concrete patch job they did on the side walk looks like crap also. I contacted Sunrun help desk and told my story to a person in that department. He said the incentive check was not part of Sunrun. He thought it was through the company they sub contract with. He did say they would contact Horizon Solar to find out what they were doing in regards to the removal of the material and repairs to the sprinkler system. Sent him and Horizon photos. I then called Horizon. They said the Incentive checks were now taking 8 to 12 wks. Asked to speak to a supervisor. Was told one would have to call me back & they never did. I also told both companies about the sprinkler system. They did have another company contact me saying they were a sub for Horizon and they would be out in 10 days to fix everything. A worker did show up. He said he was not told what was wrong. He said his truck was too small to remove the material & someone else would have to come with a bigger truck. We then went to where the sprinkler system was. I showed him where they had used the trenching machine and broken the pipes when they trenching. I have photos showing where they back filled the trench. It had settled and you can see where it went through the grass an into the flower bed and next to the main valve system for the sprinklers. What made me mad was they threw away the broken pieces and covered everything back up like nothing had happened. The guy could not figure how the pipes were connected and did not have the material to try and fix the system so he would have to come back. That was 4 wks. ago & have not seen him again. I have been watering everything with a hose which is a big job as it is a big yard. The salesmen brought the incentive check out on June 3rd. He saw what had happened said be patient. I have contacted an attorney and have an appointment to see if I can cancel the contract and have them remove their equipment. Have also contacted the better Business Bureau and am in the process of filing a complaint with them.

Do Not get into this process expecting it will be a quick turnaround for your service turn-up. do not expect good communication from your coordinator/manager, and do not expect any form of competence from their installation teams. i started my process in January 2019, it is now May 2019, and construction completed first week of March 2019. you may ask why it has taken so long, well it is because their project management is completely mediocre, their communication is almost non-existent, and their construction teams forget too many things. here is a timeline of this "install": January - Signed contract - was advised this would be up and running by May 1st, and start being billed June 1st so i could skip the outrageous prices of my local provider. first week of March - construction completed (was promised someone would be out for inspection within 1-2 weeks max) first week of April - oh no we realized that we forgot to submit pictures of our work to the inspectors to get the inspection scheduled, this will take more time. Mid April - photos sent out first inspection failed completely they used the wrong wires. late April - Failed second inspection (have no idea why) May 7th - Third Inspection (today in fact) - hopefully this one passes because there are still 2 other steps before i can even turn it on and start producing. this has been a complete mess with no accountability from sunrun.

Very happy and impressed with Sunrun. Installation took just one day. I will highly recommend them to anyone interested in solar sunrun.Excellent company that actually cares about their customers.

Excellent Customer Service, especially at the beginning of the process with introductory meeting. We are very happy with the product and we have recommended Sunrun to others.

When I signed the contract, I was told to to 3 weeks for installation. Five weeks later they finally did the install. It then took another 3 to 4 weeks before they would come out and inspect it. When they inspected it they found something wrong and I was told it was supposed to be fixed that day that a mechanic would come with the inspector. A mechanic did not come with the inspector and that took a Nother 2 to 3 days. After that was done we need the inspection from our power company and that is another 3 to 5 weeks out. Every time I called my salesman he would only return my call maybe one out of three or four times. I’m not happy with this company I was hoping to get it before Christmas and it’s not going to happen. I would not recommend them to anybody

I am in the process of getting a 10 plus kw system. My sales man is awesome and there are a lot of people involved in my lease agreement. I am concerned about all the negativity on this site. I haven't agreed to the final version yet. I narrowed my solar company's to two form four. Both are good company's. I really like my sales man.

After making payments to SunRun for approximately 8 years, late last year their accounting department started applying our payments to another customer's account and kept billing us for more and more each month. We have never been told exactly how much of the nearly $ 2,000.00 we paid last year was diverted and when, nor have we been told how much or the dates of a correction to our account. I have demanded this information in writing to SunRun but have not received any answer. So much for TRANSPARENCY they claim. J. Gordon Kennedy Madera, CA

My Wife and I choose Sunrun due to their affiliation with Coscto. I was initially skeptical due the negative reviews I read online however given the sales pitch, design presentation and overall reputation of the company - we decided to move forward. I have broken my review into three categories: 1. Installation The Team arrived on time and represented themselves in a professional demeanor. The team worked continually throughout the day with minimal down time and were very respectful of our lawn and landscaped areas in which they were working around. The Foreman was well versed in the products his team was installing and even shared with me some concerns he had with the design layout. Upon completion of their work, The Team cleaned up and made sure no debris was left behind. (I give the installation team a 5/5 star rating) 2. Production Our system was designed to produce roughly 11,500kwh - which equals 23 panels all on one side of my roof. A. 11,500kwh breaks down (with all things being equal) to 958kwh/month 1. We are producing on average 28kwh (average daily temperature in my area is 95 degrees with roughly 13 hours of sunlight) a. Based on this average (in June we produced 850kwh) we will produce during the Summer months 875kwh/month which equals 10,500kwh roughly 1000kwh less than what our system was designed produce. 2. System began producing May 9th and averaged 20.8kwh for a total of 438kwh for the month. If we produced for the entire month of May, the system would have generated 644.8kwh (if you take the average x 31 days. It is important to note production is dependent upon direct sunlight and length of day). B. Concern – given that Summer provides optimal sunshine and longer days, it is hard for me to believe our system will generate close to 11,500kwh when you take into consideration what our current average is along with what we produced in May. C. On-line IM chat with Sunrun customer service outlined Our system should be producing 58kwh/day (there words not mine and I have transcripts on all interactions to support this claim). (I give production a 2/5 star rating for failing to meet production standards) 3. Customer Service/Resolution A. We have been in constant contact with Sunrun Customer Service and as of today, have not had any of our concerns brought to a resolution. 1. We have had multiple “shade surveys” completed and removed trees Sunrun outlined hampered production. However, after removal we have not seen an increase in production. B. During installation we were told: “if shade covers any of your panels, the entire row will stop producing” and “Im surprised the design called for all panels on one side given the lack of direct sunlight to this side of the house”. 1. This information was relayed to Customer Support and included in the Foreman notes and yet still no willingness to address these issues. C. We have also been told we have to wait one (1) year to determine if the system is underproducing at which point Sunrun may make adjustments to the current design (however I am still paying the same amount of money for a system to produce a specific amount of Kwh). (As of now, I give Customer support 1/5 stars) Other areas to note: 1. Tax rebate – if you owe back taxes or have any pending tax issues, please note – your rebate will be used to pay off any of your tax debt. So if you owe $8,000 in taxes and your rebate is $6,000 you will not receive any of that money – it will go to paying off your taxes. 2. If possible, get a power production guarantee in writing and do not move forward until that is locked in (if purchasing). 3. Be mindful of your electricity usage and any overage from what you are producing and what you are using from the grid. For example, if you produce 800kh for the month and use 300kwh from the grid – understand you will be required to pay that difference at whatever rate you agreed to at the time of sale. The above has been our experience and our hope is that Sunrun takes proactive steps to help address our concerns.

My experience with the sales person and the site inspector was a very good one. The information presented was detailed and easy to understand, but I decided not to go with the company because interviewing a competitor I found a better deal on financing and product warranties.