A&R Solar

We have had the A&R Solar installation for four years now. Love it. Now considering moving more appliances off of gas and onto electricity. Appreciate the communication from A&R about the solar industry trends and changes. It has been a good experience.

After considering solar for a few years and doing research on companies in the area, we settled on A&R Solar. They are a B Corporation, employee owned and have a stellar reputation. From the planning, installation and execution of the system, we felt cared for! Our Design Consultant, Spencer Drew was friendly, knowledgeable and just wanted us to feel comfortable with the project. Solar is definitely an investment, however, I can already see the payoff. With the utility companies continuing to raise the rates each year, it's great to know that we are going to be in charge of what our own power cost and output. We had a 21KW system installed on both structures of our home and we were able to aggregate the meters to ensure that we would get maximum credits. We also purchased two Tesla batteries and had a Tesla EV charger installed on the home as well. The app is cool and shows us each day in real time what our system is producing and using! A&R Solar has been fantastic in their follow up and if we do solar again in the future, we will absolutely be choosing them again! Thank you for creating a beautiful system on our home and for making us feel like we are part of the team!

I had a system installed about three weeks ago and couldn’t be more pleased. Communication was excellent. The quality of workmanship was top notch. The installation crew was very careful, professional and friendly. Even the city inspector was impressed with the quality of work and materials. Thank you A&R. Our system has been in now for a number of months and is operating flawlessly. We are banking the predicted amount of credit with PGE which should see us through the winter months. I couldn’t be more pleased. Thanks again A&R.

A&R Solar scammed me when all I need was a thorough inspection for my first home. A&R was recommended to me by one of my coworkers and initially I thought I would give them a chance to support a business I hadn't heard of before. What a huge mistake, luckily I was at the home during the inspection or else I wouldn't have witnessed what I can only describe as the most pathetic and low effort inspection I've ever seen. It was a beautiful sunny day and the technician wouldn't even attempt to inspect the panels on the roof. I also expected them to walk through tips and way to better take care of the panels I had, nothing of the sort take place. Overall I cannot stress enough how disgusted I was by the whole experience and would heavily advise against working with this company.

In researching whether we wanted to invest in solar for our property we received 4 proposals. Of those, the proposal by A&R, while not the cheapest, offered the best quality of product and by far the best sales staff. They even presented the proposal in person and were NOT PUSHY at all. After making the decision to work with them, the installation process was superb. The installers were not only knowledgeable and efficient, but they actually cared. Being a sometimes DIY guy, I enjoyed watching the process and asking questions. They were so nice to explain everything to me. The system as been performing very well. We did have one warranty issue on an inverter, but A&R took care of it without hesitation. And when they came to install it...surprise, it was the same electrician that did the original install (Brendon). He is just a great guy and it's nice to see a company with employee retention. In fact, after several years of ownership, and after referring others to A&R and they still have the original sales person (Phoebe) that I worked with! I highly recommend A&R if you want a great quality solar system and you want excellent service.

After months of looking and shopping around for different solar companies we chose A&R. The price, warranties, clarity in the sales process, quality of work and product were all better than other companies, and so far our research has paid off. The experience of dealing with A&R has been great so far, with strong early communication and great attention to detail when installing our system. My system just got turned on today so I'm sure things will arise as time goes on but we are happy with A&R and would highly recommend them if you want to go solar.

We had a 16.5 kW solar array and 2 Powerwalls installed by A&R in April 2025. Great experience! The sales process and person (Isabelle) was great - knowledgeable, responsive, and no pressure. The design was good and adjusted per my request. The install planning was perfect and they showed up when promised and did the work. The on-site people were really good - friendly, knowledgeable, on time, focused, worked full days until done. Great clean up. The work is excellent - everything looks great. Coordination with the inspector, PGE, and ETO for incentives was perfect. We had permission to operate the day after installation was complete. The billing and financial part was seamless. Really couldn't have been better. The system has been operating flawlessly for 3 months. Easy peazy. My only constructive input is that A&R doesn't seem to fully grasp the value of PGE's Time-of-Day rate plan which significantly improves the ROI of solar and/or battery. All A&R's financials assume that your bill is reduced by the same amount your power consumption is reduced - that you are on a fixed rate per kWH. Our solar panels offset 60% of our annual power consumption, and on a straight rate plan they would reduce our power bill by 60%. However, because of ToD rate plan the kWH charge on our bill is reduced by 74%. EVERYONE WITH SOLAR ON PGE SHOULD BE ON TIME-OF-DAY RATE PLAN! With batteries our bill is further reduced to 85% offset! A MUCH better ROI than A&R pitched! Plus, on PGE's Smart Battery Pilot program I get about $30 as a bill credit each time PGE "borrows" our batteries for a few hours. This has happened 3 times in 3 months, further reducing our power bill! Again, A&R's sales pitch didn't include that.

I researched Solar power for several years, watched hundreds of hours of youtube videos on Solar and got bids during the process several times. After our utility had increased rates by a total of 43% over a three year period and announced plans to seek approval for an additional increase this year too we finally pulled the trigger. We obtained 4 bids by using Energy Sage and contacted A&R directly for a quote. With no knowledge of our other quotes A&R installed a 24.78kw system and did it for thousands less than the next lowest bid. In addition they are local to us which is a plus. When installation time came the crew was efficient, tidy and meticulous. They left the jobsite clean every day and answered any and all questions I had. It is winter and even so we have produced amounts greater than our average daily usage multiple times. Can't wait to see what it puts out during peak solar months. Watching our meter spin backwards even with our heaviest loads all operating is very satisfying. I enthusiastically endorse A&R Solar.

Was a great experience from beginning to end. From laying out the initial desires over the phone, coming out and measuring the house for ideal panel placement, working within our budget (and also the pity 15% off), handling all the paperwork, to finally installing the whole system in horrible winter weather, A&R made the process of adding a solar system to our house pretty dang easy and pleasant. Also, the system is awesome and watching our generation numbers is kind of a fascinating game... almost as fascinating as watching the electric bill reduce to almost nothing. For all of the above reasons and being a cool company set up to stand by their values, I'd 100% recommend A&R for anybody looking to dip their toes into getting their electricity from the giant plasma oven in the sky!

Our journey with solar and battery backup began November 2025 when we contacted 3 companies for bids. Of the 3, A&R was the only one that had the integrity to state that completing the project by the end of the year wouldn't be possible (we were trying to get the federal tax credit that expired end of 2025). A&R's process was well managed, from sales through installation, permitting, and final turn on with our utility. They worked closely with us on designing for our needed capacity, integration of the battery system, and pushing our utility to do the utility's end of the job when it got bogged down in the utility's processes. We did have an initial issue with the system but they were persistent in tracking down the issue and worked with us and their equipment supplier closely to get it remedied. Our experience with them as been worthy of the five star rating given here. Their awesome people and their experience in the industry was key to a very successful installation.