Skyline Energy Savers

Earl G.

I have been a customer for 12 years. Everything has been fine until the last 3 weeks. My Envoy ""r"" monitor system stopped working, I contacted enphase and they started trouble shooting. They verifyed it is not working. I was told to contact Skyline energy savers to get a new one.I called 916 933 2773. And left the message. I have received several texts but no phone calls. They always say they are working on it and they will let me know today or tomorrow, they don't return any calls and have quit responding to my texts. THIS has been 2 WEEKS! Still no answer!

Marisa F.

We had great service from the crew and even the owner himself. I would recommend them to others for solar. I didn't give a 5 because when it was installed we hit a few bumps in the road with getting it up and running initially.

Brian W.

In 2016 I called several companies to come out and give me an estimate on a new home solar energy system that would meet my needs. A lot of companies tried to oversell their products and force their selling tactics on me.... Skyline was different, they told me what they could do for me, gave me better pricing compared to the others, and told me to think about their offer. After receiving estimates from four solar companies, I decided to go with Skyline as their quote was superior to all other companies. Furthermore, the owner sat down with me before signing any documents; a true sign of ownership and customer satisfaction!

At the time, my electric bill was approximately $230 a month. I told the Skyline appraiser that I wanted to eliminate my electricity bill. I had 26 solar panels installed which completely eliminated my electric bill. At the end of the year, I get about $100 from my electric company from selling electricity back to them throughout the year.

I am very satisfied with my decision to go with Skyline. A few months after I had Skyline install my solar panels, I had them install my tankless water heater as well as a new HVAC system. Initially, I had some problems with my HVAC system; the owner personally ensured that a technician came out to my home, troubled shoot the problem, and fixed the issue FREE of charge! I personally recommend Skyline to anyone who is in the market for solar, a tankless water heater, or a new HVAC system. If you have any questions, please feel free to inbox me, I will be happy to answer any questions.

John A.

The owner Mort told me the same type of sales pitch that he told to some of the other folks that gave Skyline a bad rating. Sold me a 2k system for almost 17k on a ""cash deal."" I found out when I received my ""trueup"" bill of almost 4K, that a 2k system was hardly worth the 17k that I paid and that he charged about double what it was actually worth.

Mort was the first person I called after I got the bill at the end of the year, and he pretended like these trueup charges were a shock to him as well. I later found out that The owner of a solar company not knowing about trueup charges is like an auto mechanic not to knowing what an engine is.

We've since moved and found most other solar companies that offer twice as big of a system for the same price.
Shame on me for not shopping around and shame on the owner Mort, for grossly overstating what the system could do and not fully explaining that I would be getting a whopping PGNE bill (trueup charges) at the end of the year.

Learn from my mistakes, shop around and avoid this company!

Rian W.

I had a whole house fan installed and it was done very quickly and has been working great for three years now. I didn't really shop around the price so not really sure if I got a good deal or not but I'm satisfied with all other aspects of the process.

Shiny K.

I was called by a computer with a spoofed phone number, then transferred to a person with a thick accent who switched me to a man named Doug claiming to be with Home Solar Solutions, a solar brokerage. Home Solar Solutions is not the real name and no name like that is registered. Doug set me up with Skyline. I would not do business with a company that hires telemarketers that break a bunch of laws including the Do Not Call list. If you call the 800 number on their web page you will hear ads for all kinds of things.

Jane H.

I bought 8 panels from Skyline Energy Savers. I was told that 6 would cover 80% of my electricity usage. As part of my deal they threw in an extra one so I got 8. I was told this would cover 80, 90 or 100 % of my electricity usage. I was thrilled. I felt blessed. They got me financing for $12,000 and I paid it up front, hoping to see zero or little energy charge. Imagine my surprise when SMUD told me that my panels only averaged 20% of my usage! My bills feel just as large. This is insane and a rippoff. Don't go with Skyline. $12,000 for 20%??? That's no deal. Bad company. They gave me false promises.

David M.

I had checked into solar and I was quoted a ridiculously astronomical amount of money. I had decided not to peruse solar but, recently a close friend had told me about his experience. How the staff at Skyline Energy Savers were friendly, knowledgeable and seemed to possess a genuine understanding of the consumer. I went out on a limb and decided to give them a call. I called them on a Saturday afternoon and they called me just shortly there after. I with Mort who set up a consultation a few days later. During the consultation he explained to me the inner workings of solar and then offered several financing options. He explained to me how I could maximize my savings while having the ability to write my system off each year. After he left I did some research and I was sold. Later on during the week the installers were there putting panels on my roof. The process was far faster than I expected. The staff even explained the solar components as they were installing them. I couldn't be happier. I am always on my app checking to see my solar production now. Can't wait to do my taxes....which is a first. Thank you Mort for being straight forward and extremely helpful. I would definitely recommend Skyline and to anyone. They are straightforward and no nonsense. It is something that as a veteran I appreciate.

Robin E.

Skyline Energy Savers is very professional, courteous and prompt. Their customer service as well as their sales dept. and installation technicians went above and beyond. Their solar services far exceeded our expectations. We highly recommend this company.

John W.

All I can say is BUYER BEWARE.

I heard their radio ads that said that a person could pay off their solar system in five years. So I called them and made an appointment to have someone come explain it to me.

My wife and I had two meetings with Skyline Energy's fast talking, high pressure salesman. At the end of the second meeting we were shown a system that we were told would reduce our bills from PGE. I said that if I was going to pay for solar, I wanted to not pay anything to PGE. We were then shown a system that we were told would not only provide enough energy to not pay PGE anything but would create excess energy that PGE would credit to our account.(""our meter would run backwards"").

In addition, because we would be generating so much electricity, we were sold a tank-less water heater. We were told that we would have instant hot water at all outlets and we would never run out of hot water. We would save money because the water heater would not have to keep running keeping the water hot.

We went ahead with it all. The installers were on time and did a good job of installing the solar panels and the water heater.

As we started using the solar system we had to jump thru some hoops with PGE getting them to acknowledge that we had a solar system. Then it was a couple of more months before we saw any change in our bills.

Imagine our surprise when we started getting PGE bills showing ""true up"" amounts in the hundreds of dollars. This means that at the end of the year we were going to have to pay a large lump sum to PGE for energy we used over and above what our solar system generated.

At the end of the 1st year we had a bill of over 800 dollars that we had to pay to PGE on top of the cost of the solar system. The previous year our PGE bill totaled $1560 for the year. So with a saving of $760 a year there is no way to pay off this system in five years.
It would take us almost 20 years to pay this solar system off. Had be know this information we would not have made the investment.

Now for the tank-less water heater: We do not get instant hot water at our faucets but have to wait as much time or more than with our old water heater. We can not turn on more than one faucet at the same time or we lose water pressure to the point that one will only be a trickle. In addition, when a faucet is turned on (hot or cold) the water heater makes whistling noises. All of these things did not happen with our old water heater.

These issues have been brought to the attention of the owner of Skyline Energy and he has come to the house several times trying to fix these issues. To date they have not been fixed.

Skyline did add two more panels to our system for free but it still does not replace our PGE bill.

The owner told us that the system was not designed to ""replace"" the PGE bills but just to reduce it by providing enough energy to offset the top tier cost of our PGE bill. That is not what our understanding was from the fast talking, high pressure salesman that was at our house.

We feel that we were swindled, duped, hoodwinked.

Be careful with these folks. Get in writing exactly what the system is suppose to do.