V3 Electric
- Installing since 2014
- 1 area served
- Licensed
Overview of V3 Electric
V3 was founded as a response to the stagnation within the energy industry. We are California’s largest local solar company and intend to become the nation’s best energy provider. We believe in choice; Americans should be able to choose where and how they buy their energy, the same way we choose to buy everything else. Without the driving force of competition, utility providers have become slow, overpriced monopolies. Join us in revolutionizing the energy industry and take back the power of choice with solar power. This is the future of energy. This is our way of life.
What V3 Electric customers say
MikeDizzle
Reviewed on Sep 3, 2026
Highly unreccomended. Dealt with years of roof leaks from a poor installation and still not resolved. Couple months ago solar completely stopped working. Had to call four times in three weeks to finally get a service tech scheduled. Tech not available for another month. Basically an entire summer of paying PG&E rates. Looking to cancel my contract now. No fun having to contact legal services.
Steve johnson
Reviewed on Aug 10, 2026
Absolute worst
This is the absolute worst company I have ever dealt with. It has been a fiasco from the lying sales pitch, 5 month over due project time, zero communication, production and monthly cost nowhere close to promised. Our latest issue, typical of V3, is a potential arcing or fire inside one of their electrical boxes on our wall. We sent photos of the torched box and requested emergency service on Friday and still havent seen a tech at our house on Monday afternoon. Safety hazard and we still can’t get proper service???!!! This is V3, period. Don’t fall for it
Mike
Reviewed on Jul 4, 2026
No service after sale
I wish there were negative stars! I have a problem with my system. V3 refuses to repair it under warranty. Also, they did not install system according to the manufactures recommendations! Which may be the underlying cause of problems.
Miguel Hernandez
Reviewed on May 7, 2026
Do not do business with this company. Still awaiting for the tech to call us and schedule service. Whenever we call they notate the issue, say a tech will call and schedule an appointment. And that’s where it ends. No contact at all from V3 until the next time you call asking them to please service the panels you are paying for them to service. They’re supposed to be monitoring my system but panels have been off for months and no contact from V3. I call and get the run around and I guess they just hope I forget I’m paying crazy electricity prices and not being able to utilize our solar panels we are STILL PAYING FOR. Do not do business with this company.
Jace Rogers
Reviewed on Apr 22, 2026
Beautiful Installation!
My Installation was done in a quick and easy manor - 2 weeks as promised, and hoping to have everything on before summer hits. the sales reps were very honest and straightforward about pricing and contractual obligation.
J H
Reviewed on Apr 7, 2026
Waste of time
Waste of time. Spend close to an hour explaining how much cheaper our bills will be , that first need an inspection blah blah and that there will be no hidden charges or upfront cost at any time. They hound you by text to see if your available and I still didn't get called until a week later just to find out that I was approved and that it would only cost $5500 on our part to have it installed.
Norma Dunn
Reviewed on Mar 21, 2026
We decided to go with V-3 and Bolin Roofing. signed a dual contract for Solar and roofing combo approximately in the summer of 2022. Roofing messaged V-3 several times asking, if they would like them to install brackets during installation of Roofing with no response and the job for Roofing Was completed around March of 2023. We were not told until Roofing was done that this had taken place and I was not happy because I could’ve reached out as well to get an answer cause I’d rather have had Roofing place the brackets for the solar company. I notified Roofing that they had created some damages to our property during the installation of the roof . The owner Tommy came out, accepted responsibility, but only came and completed one of the damages. Solar then had completed their job the end of summer of 2023. I was told by Calaveras County In 2024 that when installing gutters you have to provide means of gutter protection. The code was implemented in 2016 which Roofing never notified us, never asked us and we’re never placed during Installation of the gutters. I notified Roofing of the code, which is R337.5.4 under Roofing Guards. The owner came out. I spoke to him and he agreed that they would install the gutter guards for free. He said he would get back to me with a date. When i did not hear back, I notified him back in May 2025/ June 2025/And August 2025, never to hear from the Roofer again I reached out to V-3 made a complaint along with the plates of my solar were lifting up, that was in the beginning of 2025. They failed to follow through. I called again and it wasn’t until July 2025 Omnidian was involved. Once following through these claims on a weekly basis so I could continue to work with them because I kept slipping through the cracks finally after sending numerous times pictures and videos of the damages, they finally completed their end, which was the solar end and in August she told me to reach out to Roofing again, which I did second time in August 2025 to no follow through. When I initially filed the claim in regards to the roof, I had asked if they could come and put a drone up to show me the entire roof after V3 completed their job to make sure there was no damage or existing damage of the roof because I’m on a five year window for my warranty on the roof . We are now March 2026 and yet to get a committed follow through with The promise that V-3 Would send their people, not Roofing, but their people to come and do a full analysis and presented back to the company, the request that I was asking of V3 now, because I’m no longer getting the roofers to respond. Now they’re walking back their initial statements of sending a team from V3 to physically send out a team to do their own analysis and present it back to the Company and basically pass the buck and wipe their hands clean. I feel as both companies are trying to run out the clock on the 5 year warranty. So I say to anybody who’s looking to get solar from V-3 and your option for roofing is Bolin Roofing my opinion based solely on my experience with these two companies, I would not!
Thomas Edlund
Reviewed on Mar 7, 2026
I started my journey with V3 Electric in early FEB with a sales rep walking my street in Cameron Park, CA. Quite polite and professional with a sales pitch of solar and battery with no out of pocket expense, no loan and no leans on property. So I took the next step and they sent a solar system engineer to talk with me. Talked to Isaac Harrison and decided to get the system to come close to offsetting my PG&E annual true up cost. After some back and forth with the V3 Electric Solar design team and tall maple tree in the front yard the system was installed on FEB 27th. The install team arrived by 7:30 AM to install 13 solar panels, conduit, electrical components, consolidate a couple of breakers in the main panel for the house, and 2 batteries. The solar panel installers Kirill and Kong were friendly and professional. First they marked the outline of where each panel was to go. Then they installed all of the mounting brackets and connected the electrical connections between each panel segment. The solar panels were moved to the back yard for ease of getting up kn the roof. Once all the panels were up on the roof the were connected to the mounting brackets and their electric connectors. The team of A. Sanders and A. Voustaden were at the same time working on mounting two batteries and the necessary electrical components to collect the solar power and either supply the house or the batteries with converted solar power. These two installers were at the house the longest and similarly very friendly and professional. They asked me if I want the electrical conduit run on the front or back roofline which was nice. I opted for across the back roofline so it wasn't visible from the front. That required a considerable amount of extra work on their part. But in the end it was very nicely done. Overall the entire V3 Electric experience was very good.
Andy
Reviewed on Feb 25, 2026
Misleading salesman and terrible customer service
Was promised a sufficient system to get rid of my electric bill with a Solar discount program. Unfortunately the quick easy process I was sold on required seven visits in six months to do. Once they finally turned it on, I started getting two bills for the solar and then from my electric company. I found out after research on my own since they don’t answer the phones or help you out in any way shape or form that my batteries were vastly undersized, and I was buying power from the electric company still. I’ve asked for help multiple times, but they basically told me too bad you’re stuck with what you got. I would not use this company.
Andy
Reviewed on Feb 25, 2026
Misleading sales tactics and terrible customer service
Very misleading sales tactics to get me to sign. The process to get the system working took six months. Immediately started getting two bills when I was told my solar bill would cover everything. Found out they set me up with a PPA that’s ironclad and a tiny battery for a 22 panel system. Now Im stuck with two bills and good luck getting a hold of somebody to help. Complete joke.
Rod
Reviewed on Oct 31, 2025
Stranded
They hired a bunch of people, flew us all out to y'all, then tried to cancel our flight home, and kicked us out of our housing. Very unprofessional and almost made us go through hell
John Galt 49
Reviewed on Oct 15, 2025
Absolutely horrible service
Totally incompetent installers. Getting back out to fix the problem is like trying to raise the Titanic. Stay away from V3. You'll be sorry. I hope they go BK.
Kenny Davis
Reviewed on Sep 19, 2025
Zero accountability, Zero Leadership 5 years ago this was a much different company, it was one I would even recommend. Now you are connected to a call center with no way to talk to anyone who has any power or knows what is going on. V3's new way of doing things is that someone will call you back at some time eventually. They installed solar panels on my roof which the roof ended up need to be replace before 5 years. So they uninstalled the panels at a discount since they acknowledged that it was not meet there minimum viability of a roof standard. The roof was replaced within the week and then it took them over 6 weeks to reinstall. They showed up saying they were only going to install half of it because the other half should already be installed which it wasn't. Then tried to blame us that it was our fault because those weren't V3 panels, which was wrong. Then they mis-measured so they stopped and said we will be back within the week maybe if there schedule person cancels on someone else. No one to call, no one to fix the situation just wait to see what happens. The employee's said they couldn't get a hold of their field manager. I have no way of contacting anyone to solve this issue just wait a week and see if someone calls me or shows up. Leadership at this company are cowards that hide behind customer service so they never have to speak to a customer and aren't held accountable at there poor planning and management. The first time they installed panels there was a thunder storm and the only way I was able to get a hold of anyone was through my sales rep. the employee's were scared and I said that they needed to get off the roof if V3 wasn't covering the liability if something happened. The sales rep called the field supervisor and made him take his guys down till the storm passed. Issue like this happen over and over again. Do not recommend. The photos below show v3 quality with miss measuring, inability to match panels, and patching your roof of there mistakes without your knowledge or approval.
Love my solar
Reviewed on Sep 2, 2025
Fast response with customer support
Great company fast efficient and a+ on better business bureau
Rick Clarke
Reviewed on Aug 26, 2025
Proceed with EXTREME caution
V-3 installed 10 panels Sept 2022. Panels have not export electricity since Mar 2025. V-3 claims it is financing company responsibility to OK work order. Financing company says they have no responsibility with panels that do not provide power .
MTBirkmire
Reviewed on Jul 19, 2025
costing me a fortune
I've set up payments for the 3rd of the month but they've taken 2 payments out this month. Plus the tax assessors office is billing me another 515.00 for an "ESCAPED ASSESSMENT" for the panels being installed. Plus PG&E is charging me over and ABOVE the 179.86 payment. It's turned into a financial headache for me. DON'T GET SOLAR
jgc
Reviewed on Jun 4, 2025
Harassment
I've had at least three different incidents of V3 salespeople come to my house. All three times I told them I was not interested, and don't come back. The latest incident was by a salesman named Jonah. I was working on my truck and really didn't have the time, but he was very pushy. I finally agreed to speak to one of their engineers just to get him to go away. The appointment was for the next day at 3 PM. We received a call from Jonah stating that the engineer was running behind schedule and that he would arrive between 4 and 4:30. 4:30 came and went. We contacted Jonah and told him to cancel the appointment, and that we were not moving forward. He persisted by texting my wife three more times wanting to reschedule the appointment. I told him to leave us alone and not to contact us again. This harassment is in called for. No means no.
robin peterson
Reviewed on Apr 22, 2025
Giving them 1 star is more credit than deserved
where to start, there are so many concerns so many disappointments so many mis' deceptions and so much time wasted so much damage made to my home at the worse time for my family and still has not been addressed today. this started shortly after my husband passed the end of 2022 into 2023. my husband had prior arrangements with different company to install solar to our home and with his accident fatal death really left me in a very disoriented and unhealthy state of mind, basically I was checked out. so, our son who wasn't at his best of decision making at that time either losing his dad took on the role of trying to fill in for my husband with some of the responsibilities at the age of 18 V3 came to our home during this time and lead my son to believe that they were the company my husband had made prior arrangements with and my son trying to finish what his dad had started did whatever V3 advised him to do , so that lead to months of ongoing unscheduled or notified appointments to a year later installation of solar and roof repairs that I was unaware we even needed and very unprofessional roofing employees that were very inappropriate with my daughters and I coming in out of our home and our wood for our front porch used or cut up for i have no ideal cords strung across my back yar power tools saws plugged into power left while they went to lunch and over the weekend that I picked up and put in our garage because it was left here and roofing Shingles and nails all over my property around my house I had to pick up after 2 flat tires with roofing nails in them still picking up nails today. To top it off the shingles are not matching visible to the eye very tacky very upset and now for a ongoing of 7 months now my roof is leaking where they installed the solar and my roof has brick's and tarps on it blowing around every windy day and its damaged my ceiling in my living room my tv shorted out from all the water coming thru to my tv entertainment and now its damaged into my bathroom and around my vent fan cracks in the paint and thru my home bubbled paint from water damage and i have had many of appointments file complaints and so on and still nothing has been addressed or done to take care of any of this and to make it even more frustration I AS THE OWNER OF THIS HOME HAVE NEVER AGREED OR SIGNED FOR ANY OF THIS> What can i do at this point I'm so over whelmed and still sad about my husband and 3 other loss i had this past 2 years so I just don't know what to do anymore iv have sent emails and agreed to appointments and they never come my dogs flip out every time the wind blows making my life so stressful cause its is hard for me to separate 2 large pit bulls terrified of the sound of bricks on the roof rolling side to side hitting my house busted a bathroom window.
Eddie leyba
Reviewed on Apr 15, 2025
Fraud project
Tried to sell me 17 more panels and 2 batteries to maximize my roof. More than half my roof doesn't even get sun. Now that I don't want to proceed with their dishonest project assessment they are saying I owe them 2500$ for backing out of the project. Or they can revise my plan and lower my project. Basically they're trying to con me into a project either way. Why would they suggest such a big project if it wasn't accurate for my home? They're into ripping off customers and not letting us change our mind? 2500$ or get a system from a dishonoset company. Don't use v3! Make sure u get other companies to come out!
Jake
Reviewed on Apr 8, 2025
Complaint
When I got solar installed it tool 3 months longer from when they told me, I was told that I would recieve a tax credit when I got a power wall tesla battery credit every year to offset my power bill and I just found out that was LIE also! I was told that I would recieve roughly $1500 back per battery so I got 2 tesla battery's, this year I should of recieved the credits and just found out of cant because I'm leasing the equipment! The salesmen never told me that, and that's the reason I wanted 2 tesla battery's! It hasn't been good with the salesman or the communication! The installation crews were great but the salesmen tell you what you want to hear just to make a sale, Lies Lies!! This all started in 2023 and now it's 2025 and I'm just finding out about the tax credit/ re imburrsement now because the salesman told me I had to have the battery's for 12 months, Jan. through December of 2024 to claim it on 2025 taxes ang again Lies Lies.
Stop Harassing
Reviewed on Mar 4, 2025
Sales Harassment-Upland
I am writing to formally address an ongoing issue with your sales employee, William, who has continued to harass us despite our clear request to stop. On several occasions, we have informed him that we are not interested in his services and explicitly requested that he not return. However, he came back on both Friday and today, disregarding our prior request. During his visits, he falsely claimed to be a government employee, stating that he was required to inform us about rising Edison rates. I am unsure if this is part of your employee training, but his actions of misrepresenting himself as a government official and ignoring our clear instructions are completely unacceptable. We reiterated that we do not want him or anyone from your company on our property, yet he continued to insist that another salesperson might visit if there are any changes with the rates. Please ensure that your sales team, particularly those in your Upland office, are properly trained on the legal guidelines for sales practices in California. Misrepresentation and failure to respect a customer's request to not solicit are serious issues. For your reference, we have recorded this interaction, and we made William aware of this fact during the conversation. We expect immediate action on this matter and do not want any further contact from your company.
Yucca Valley Fred
Reviewed on Feb 28, 2025
Customer services and communication
I started the process of getting V3ELECTRIC to install solar power and a Tesla battery in Nov 2023. I asked them to delay the install until Jan 2025. They did that. They performed the install and a comment by one of the installers got me concerned about the company's knowledge of solar power and integration with existing solar on my residence. Since then I have asked to have someone explain exactly how the system is integrated and works with my existing solar. It has been over a month (currently Feb 28, 2025 and I have heard NOTHING back from them about my questions. PLEASE DO NOT GO INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THIS COMPANY WITHOUT INVESTIGATING THEM. Or just go with someone else. These guys are AMATEURS concerning solar power and customer experience.
Bonnie Lewis
Reviewed on Nov 3, 2024
False in misleading business practices
I am incredibly disappointed in all areas of this company. I was told that I would be purchasing my electricity through a hem and at a lower rate than PG&E. I was shown my monthly usage and promised my system would produce enough for my needs. However this was incredibly misleading and is not the case. I now pay two electric bills. One to PG&E and one to V3. This is one of my issues. I was never told that I was required to have WiFi for the system. I now have another bill for that. The instigation was incomplete and the rep i initially spoke with told me my panel would be replaced. At the first power outage I called V3 because I was having an issue. It was after hours and I was directed to call the after hours emergency number. I did so and no one ever called me back. I have had issues with the system and apparently who ever installed it wired it backwards and it was showing I was as drawing from the grid and not sending to the grid. I feel lied to and cheated. I hate this company
Hector
Reviewed on Nov 2, 2024
Do not use them
Horrible customer service, lack of communication, had a whole in my side wall 2x weeks with no communication on when it would be fixed
TOM
Reviewed on Oct 21, 2024
Service is less then par.
Great sales pitch.. And I fell for it.. Tom, the salesman who lives in Martinez, CA made promises his company would or could not keep! Solar was installed in June 2024. Service is still not up and running. V3 has shown up at my door multiple times with no appointment and yet when appointments are set, they just flake or cancel the 7am. appointments 10 min. before the showup time, in which Contra Costa County Permit office was also suppose to come to finalize the approvals for setup. I have now been flaked on 3 times by physical show up and 7 times by phone.. All on txt (records). Worst company I have dealt with in my life, for sure.. They either are the most incompetent at what they are doing or are just truly that awful of a company.
Not Happy with their service
Reviewed on Sep 19, 2024
Not recommend
Does not provide what promised. Not timely. No customer service. Not responsive. Do not recommend.
Sukh
Reviewed on Aug 7, 2024
SCAM company 8/7/24
Scam artist came to our door, knocking and explained how busy PG&E he is going to raise prices every year or even every six months. Explained us how we will be saving money on our trip bill. be already had 22 panels and threw up bill was around 1500. so be signed up for eight more panels and battery. it took them almost a year to install. But the biggest scam be found out this month August 2024. When we received a bill from PG&E for $586. on top of this we are paying hundred dollars to this company. What happened was we were at NEM 2 and because they installed more than 10% of the grid, it automatically changed us to NEm 3. so now we are struggling to find out what’s gonna happen to us because our bill is 500% more. OMg for the scam artists. They did not care that this would happen. It will change us to three, which is a rip off from PG&E. Now instead of getting through a bill from PG&E, we will be getting bill from them every month. God knows how much it’s going to be every month. Please do not use this company. I am in process of seeking legal help, and I will be complaining to BBB. it is a total mess. It is a disaster. if you want to save yourself, please do not ever let V 3 scam you. Their customer service also is in Philippines, who they will not even let you talk to the managers. BE CAREFUL AND BE EDUCATED BEFORE EVEN TALK TO THEM.
Roberto Aguilar
Reviewed on Jul 20, 2024
Trustworthy company
Z** and C****** knocked on my door and told me about their program that could save me 30% on my bill. I had looked at Solar previously but it was so costly. I liked this option because they simply provided the equipment and I pay a much cheaper price. They got my average rate from 48 cents down to 30 cents! They did tell me it would take 2-3 months to be completed… it took about 10 weeks from start to finish just like they told me. It’s been a smooth process. They have communicated well and the office keeps me updated. They did have to visit twice to complete the install but that’s expected with construction projects. Overall loved the process and I’m paying 30 cents for power now just like they had said!
emmanuel
Reviewed on Jul 20, 2024
great customer service
I have had a great experience with V3, everything was quick and professional. They informed me frequently of new project updates. The customer service was very helpful and available.
shane marshall
Reviewed on Jul 17, 2024
Overlooked my mothers install and contract…
They came in talked a good talk. We agreed on a battery backed system so when power is out (frequently) WE SHALL HAVE POWER!, Gave the candid we got you covered we will install what you want. SEVERAL INSTALLS AND WE HAVE TO DO THIS AND THAT NOW BECAUSE OF THIS AND THAT. I found out they signed everything off and she signed her contract months later. Well power went out……. GUESS WHAT SHE HAD NO POWER!!!!! You guys are prey for the non understanding you pieces of
About V3 Electric
- 2014
- Installing since
- 60
- Customer reviews
- 2.3
- Average rating
- 1
- Area served
What V3 Electric does
Services
- Installation
Licenses
- CA Contractor License #1000573
Reported by the company. SolarReviews has not independently verified these.
Where V3 Electric works
- California
Where to find V3 Electric
Head office
4925 Robert J Mathews Pkwy, #100, El Dorado Hills CA, 95762