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Joey the rep and myself
Jeannette E.

My experience from start to finish was very interesting.... But, my sales representative Joey Vega was great! He was very patient while answering my many questions and very knowledgeable. Even when he didn't know the answer to a question, he would do some research and find it for me. Thanks Joey from Kota!!

Stay away from this company! To start, they promote a low monthly price with the assumption that you were going to submit your solar and your new roof for a tax rebate. You're only allowed to submit the solar portion of your project for a rebate. Thus, your monthly payment will wind up being higher than advertised. It's a bait and switch scheme. I tried calling them to address this after I found out I cannot submit the roof, they told me "our other clients do it all the time, they submit it as one big package.". So they are basically profiting from their clients committing tax fraud. That was just the icing on the cake. The solar installation process was a joke. They have no project manager onsite for quality control, no internal inspectors either. I had to go on my roof to inspect daily. I'm glad I did because I found many issues that needed attention along the way. The roof leaked during the first rainstorm. They returned to fix it, but it leaked again. They had to send another guy to repair the leaking roof again. This time needing to repair a whole section. He replaced the section with different colored roofs my material! Now my new roof looked patched. I had to complain again to get them to match the colors. They also ran the ground wire, a thick copper wire along the front of the house. Visible to anyone entering my house! I had ti suggest other options!?! They also pulled my solar tubes out of the house completely without any plan to enter my house to replace them. They left my gutters filled with trash as well. I can go on and on. Just stay away from them. I will be seeing them in small claims court I would hate to see you there too.

Ryan Rodas with Kota Energy and me the happy customer!
Liese A.

Ryan Rodas is the best! Many solar salemen knocked on our door, but Ryan was the most personable and knowledgeable. The installers where also excellent! We are thrilled with our solar system which is getting turned on next week. We can't wait to save some money! Thank you Ryan...

Here is the KOTA team DJ and Hunter from the Carlsbad ca location  We can't be anymore excited about this solar journey
Rachel H.

Today I had an appointment with DJ and Hunter and I couldn't be more pleased. They were very professional and I felt very confident in what they explained to us. My biggest worry with solar was trusting anyone. I've spoke with multiple company's and KOTA has been hands down the best !!!!! She and Hunter explained everything 100% and showed me how much I'll be saving, how the solar works, estimates on how many panels I'll be needing due to us building a pool. The computer program they used was very helpful and super easy to follow. These two were so personal and made my fiancé and I feel so comfortable with out any pressure and gave us the feeling of trust with this company. We have decided to choose KOTA and can't wait for this exciting journey and to start saving money and being part of the green community.

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