LA Solar Group Reviews (2026): They Make Their Own Panels (Mixed Reputation)

LA Solar Group is genuinely unusual in California residential solar: the company manufactures its own black-on-black panels in addition to performing the installations. Most installers in our comparison (Palmetto, Sunrun, Sunnova, Solar Optimum, Baker Electric, etc.) all use Tier-1 third-party panels. LA Solar Group is the only one that is vertically integrated; one vendor owns panel manufacture, install, warranty, and ongoing service.

For reviews of other solar companies, see all California solar company reviews.

This page states no star rating and no complaint count. The figures previously shown here could not be re-verified at their own sources when the page was checked on September 18, 2026, so they were removed rather than carried forward with a stale date. What the page does carry is a dated search of the federal court record, set out below, and the structural consequence of the vertical-integration model for your warranty.

Footprint and Profile

LA Solar Group is headquartered in Sun Valley (LA area) with significant operations across Southern California. Privately held, with its own panel manufacturing operation separate from the install business but under common ownership.

Equipment and the Vertical Integration Story

LA Solar Group manufactures its own panel line, typically black-on-black monocrystalline panels marketed on aesthetic appeal. Third-party inverters (Enphase, SolarEdge) and batteries (Tesla, Franklin) are paired with the house-brand panels. The integration story is appealing on paper: one vendor owns the warranty stack from manufacture through install. In practice, buyers should note that a vertically integrated warranty is only as strong as the long-term viability of the manufacturer — LA Solar Group panels are not a Tier-1 mainstream brand with deep secondary-market support if the company faces future financial stress.

Reviews and Reputation

• No rating or complaint count appears on this page: none was re-verified at its own source on September 18, 2026. Check Yelp, Google, BBB and the solar review aggregators yourself and note the date you looked.
• Read the recent one- and two-star reviews rather than the headline score. Complaint themes are more durable than a rating, and they are what you can put to the salesperson before signing.
• Roof penetrations and post-install response times are the two themes worth asking about directly on any roof-mounted system, with the answers written into the contract rather than given verbally.
• Reviews and litigation are separate checks. The federal court record is summarised below and searchable at CourtListener.

What the court record shows (checked September 2026)

A case-name search of the federal court record on September 18, 2026 returned two dockets naming LA Solar Group, Inc. as a defendant:

• Harvey Denson v. LA Solar Group, Inc., U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, No. 2:23-cv-07074. Filed August 28, 2023; docket shows terminated August 6, 2024. Nature of suit recorded as “710 Labor: Fair Labor Standards” — an employment matter, not a consumer claim.
• SunEdison Litigation Trust v. LA Solar Group, Inc., U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, No. 18-01446. Filed April 19, 2018. Nature of suit recorded as recovery of money or property — preference under §547 and fraudulent transfer under §548. This is an adversary proceeding in another company's bankruptcy, of the kind commonly brought against many suppliers and vendors of a failed business.

As of that date, no federal consumer class action against LA Solar Group appeared in that record. Source: CourtListener, searched September 18, 2026.

The limits matter as much as the findings. This covers federal dockets and published opinions in that database only. It does not cover California state courts, where a homeowner dispute against a California contractor would normally be filed, nor small-claims matters, arbitration, or CSLB licence discipline. A docket termination date records that the case closed, not who prevailed. For the licence-discipline record, use the CSLB lookup at the foot of this page.

Common Complaints

• Roof leaks. Recurring across multiple review sources. Workmanship-quality variance on roof penetrations is the specific issue.
• Timeline slippage — 3-week fast installs contrasted against 9+ month drags.
• Net-metering coordination delays after install.
• Unexpected additional charges at install, extra electrical work, trenching, or rewiring not clearly disclosed at quote.
• Communication friction once issues surface post-install.

Financing

LA Solar Group offers cash, loans, and leases / PPAs. In the PPA model, LA Solar Group or a financing partner may own the system and you pay for power produced. Financing terms and ownership structure vary by contract; read carefully and clarify who actually owns the panels at close.

Warranty

25-year standard. The panel warranty is backed by LA Solar Group itself rather than a Tier-1 manufacturer like Qcells or Panasonic, which is the tradeoff of vertical integration. The company has been operating for some years, but long-term panel warranty honor depends on the manufacturer still existing in decade-plus timeframes.

Where This Profile Fits, and What to Verify

This page does not recommend or rank installers. The distinguishing feature is structural: because the panels are the contractor's own product rather than a third-party manufacturer's, the panel warranty and the workmanship warranty rest with the same company. That concentrates the risk on one entity for a 25-year term instead of spreading it across a manufacturer and an installer. Ask for the panel warranty and the workmanship warranty as separate written documents, ask who honours the panel warranty if the company ceases trading, and get the response time for a reported roof leak stated in the contract.

Frequently Asked Questions