Northwest Electric & Solar Review
Solar, battery, EV charging and electrical contractorBased in Kenmore, WashingtonProfile updated October 14, 2026
Is Northwest Electric & Solar a good choice?
Northwest Electric & Solar fits Washington homeowners who want an electrical contractor to install solar, Tesla Powerwall batteries, smart panels or EV chargers. It says it was founded in 2011, and its warranty page gives a 25-year workmanship warranty plus 2 years of equipment labor. That labor coverage is short, so ask who pays labor for inverter or battery swaps after year two.
- Price
- Quote required; no system price on the company pages we reviewed. Costs
- Coverage
- WA only: solar and batteries statewide; EV and electrical work in Puget Sound counties. Service area
- Warranty
- 25-year workmanship warranty; 2-year equipment labor warranty. Warranty
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Why choose Northwest Electric & Solar, and why you might not
What Northwest Electric & Solar (NWES) does well, and where to be careful, compared with the installers it competes with most.
Reasons to choose NWES
It covers its own work for 25 yearsNWES lists a 25-year warranty on its own work. A&R lists 10 years. Puget Sound Solar lists 25 years in one place and 10 in another.
It names its equipment brandsNWES names REC, Qcells and Solaria panels, SolarEdge inverters and Tesla Powerwall batteries. A&R names only its battery brands. You can look up the equipment before a sales visit.
It is an electrician tooNWES is an electrical contractor. It also puts in smart electrical panels, EV chargers and the Tesla Solar Roof. Its Washington license was active when we checked on October 13, 2026.
Owners praise neat, careful crewsIts head-office Google listing shows 4.9 from 330 reviews. Owners praise professional crews, project managers who answer, and neat wiring.
Reasons to look at others
Paid labor on equipment lasts 2 yearsNWES pays the labor to fix or swap failed equipment for only 2 years. A&R also lists 2 years. Ask who pays the labor if an inverter or battery fails in year three.
No set warranty for roof leaksNWES lists no separate warranty for leaks where the panels are bolted to the roof. Neither alternative below lists one. Ask who fixes a leak there, who pays, and for how long.
With the prepaid plan, it owns the panelsIts prepaid plan is a 25-year rental you pay upfront in stages. NWES owns the panels. It says you may buy them from year 6 at market value. Ask how that price is set.
Some owners paid early and then waitedIts negative reviews describe a faulty inverter that delayed one system six weeks after most of the price was paid. Others describe missed calls and a slow repair. Ask how payments are timed.
Northwest Electric & Solar reviews: what customers say
Each review site shows its own score; we read them on October 12 and 13, 2026 and do not combine them or add our own rating.
- Google4.9 / 5330 reviews · Kenmore, WA office listing only, not company-wideRead reviews
The five positive reviews below praise professional crews, responsive project managers and neat wiring on battery, solar and EV charger installs. The five negative reviews describe missed scheduled calls, slow quotes, a faulty inverter that delayed one system by six weeks after most of the price was paid upfront, a month-long unresolved repair with little contact, and repeated paperwork requests years after install. These are issues to ask about, not a measure of how often they happen. Ask Northwest how payments are timed and who updates you when equipment fails.
5 recent 5-star reviews
“This is an excellent company with great service, expertise, professionalism, and prices”
Stephanie M. · Read on Google
“Blake, David, Jafet, Kyle, and the rest of the team were very professional.”
Baj K. · Read on Google
“The electrician arrived on time and was very professional.”
hugo m. · Read on Google
“Parker was fantastic installing our home Level 2 EV charger quickly and professionally.”
Bruce R. · Read on Google
“Great communication, timely service, great system.”
J L · Read on Google
5 recent 1- and 2-star reviews
“Communication has been poor from the beginning, including two scheduled phone calls that the company failed to make.”
Sam C. · Read on Google
“6 more weeks of waiting for something that never should have been an issue to begin with.”
Paul S. · Read on Google
“There was no timely outreach to explain the issues, no proposed plan or solutions, and even after my repeated follow-ups, responses were delayed or nonexistent.”
Richard L. · Read on Google
“This slow response was extremely frustrating, especially since I made it clear I was serious about moving forward.”
Alfred E. · Read on Google
“Installation was straightforward, there were delays on our battery backup.”
Paul M. · Read on Google
How we picked these: the five newest 5-star and the five newest 1- or 2-star reviews with written text on Google and Trustpilot, as of October 2026 (200 reviews read, back to Dec 19, 2023). We found no Trustpilot page for Northwest Electric & Solar on October 12, 2026. Each quote is one sentence, word for word. Picking the highest and lowest ratings shows the range of experiences; it is not a representative sample, and we did not verify what reviewers describe.
How much does Northwest Electric & Solar cost?
Northwest Electric & Solar does not publish a system price on its solar page. Ask for an itemized quote showing the cash price, system size, equipment models and any electrical service upgrade. Its warranty page says quoted prices may exclude insurance, utility fees, permits and inspection fees unless noted, so ask that the quote include them. For state price ranges, see our solar panel cost guide; for how the plans compare, see loans, leases and PPAs.
Purchase
You own itYou pay for the system directly. Its incentives page notes Washington’s sales tax exemption for purchased systems of 1 to 100 kW.
Solar loan (Puget Sound Cooperative Credit Union)
You own itThe company recommends applying with PSCCU for a loan. The credit union sets the terms.
Energy Service Agreement (prepaid lease)
Participate Energy owns itA 25-year prepaid lease for Washington homeowners. You pay up front in milestone payments; the company says you may buy the system at fair market value from year 6, and NWES handles workmanship and warranty service.
Plans as described on Northwest Electric & Solar’s solar page FAQ and solar incentives page, read October 13, 2026, and its Energy Service Agreement page, read October 14, 2026. No PPA is listed.
Its warranty page lists equipment it installs: REC Alpha, Qcells Q.Tron and Q.Peak and Solaria panels, SolarEdge inverters and power optimizers, and Tesla Powerwall batteries. It also installs Tesla Solar Roof, SPAN smart panels, EV chargers and fuel cells (services page). Your written proposal should list the exact panel, inverter and battery models, the system size in kilowatts (kW) and the forecast yearly production in kilowatt-hours (kWh).
What does Northwest Electric & Solar’s warranty cover?
Coverage | What NWES publishes | What to confirm |
|---|---|---|
Solar panels | Maker’s warranty; the page links REC, Qcells and Solaria terms (Solaria: 30 years, including labor to replace modules) | Which panel model you get and its maker’s product term. |
Panel output | Maker’s warranty (Solaria: at least 86% of rated power after 25 years, per the page) | The output guarantee for your panel model. |
Inverter | SolarEdge inverters: 12-year limited, extendable to 20 or 25 years by the owner; optimizers: 25-year limited | Who pays labor to replace an inverter after the 2-year equipment labor warranty ends. |
Battery | Tesla Powerwall: 10 years, with 70% capacity at 10 years (maker’s term) | Who services the battery and pays labor for warranty work. |
Labor and workmanship | 25-year workmanship warranty; 2-year equipment labor warranty | That both terms appear in your signed agreement. |
Roof penetrations | Not listed as a separate term | Confirm in your proposal: whether the 25-year workmanship warranty covers leaks at panel mounts. |
Company-published terms from Northwest Electric & Solar’s warranties page, read October 13, 2026. Its page says maker warranties vary by purchase and install date. Your signed agreement decides what applies.
Home EV charger installs carry a separate one-year workmanship warranty, per the same page.
Where does Northwest Electric & Solar operate, and which licenses were checked?
Northwest Electric & Solar’s service area page says it serves all of Washington State for solar and batteries, including the Olympic Peninsula, San Juan Islands and Eastern Washington. Its contact page limits EV charger and electrical work to Snohomish, King (Eastside), Kitsap, Pierce and Skagit counties and nearby cities (both read October 13, 2026). A listed area does not mean every address qualifies or that EcoGen can connect you with the company there.
Showing Kenmore, WA (headquarters)
Office address (1)
- Kenmore, WA (headquarters)18001 73rd Ave NE, Kenmore, WA 98028Show on mapOpen in Google Maps
Address from NWES’s website, read October 13, 2026.
Licenses
We found 1 active license record in state registries (October 13, 2026). Check the license yourself under the exact business name on your contract. A license check confirms registration, not workmanship quality.
Washington1 recordActive, checked Oct 13, 2026
- License
- Electrical contractor
- Number
- NORTHES876MA
- Registry check
- Active, Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (contractor license data), checked October 13, 2026
- Note
- Registry lists NORTHWEST ELECTRIC & SOLAR LLC; expires 2027-07-02.
Its about page says Solar Power World ranked it the top solar and energy storage contractor in Washington in back-to-back years, and that its owner is a master electrician. Its warranty page shows Tesla Wall Connector approved electrician and ChargePoint certified installer references. These are company statements; we did not verify them.
Northwest Electric & Solar compared with three other installers
A&R and Puget Sound Solar are the only alternatives that share Washington, NWES’s only state. Both are based in Seattle. Every fact comes from the company profiles linked below.
| Northwest Electric & SolarThis page | A&R Solar | Puget Sound Solar | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Solar, batteries and EV chargers from an electrician | An employee-owned installer that also fixes older systems | Seattle-area homes, with clear written warranties |
| Head office | Kenmore, WA | Seattle, WA | Seattle, WA |
| States shared with NWES | Its only state | 1: WA | 1: WA |
| Roofing | Tesla Solar Roof only | Not listed | Not listed |
| Ways to pay | Buy, credit union loan, prepaid rent | Buy, loan, prepaid rent | Buy, credit union loan |
| Labor warranty | 25 years; 2 years on equipment labor | 10 years; 2 years on equipment labor | 25 years (its FAQ also says 10) |
| Roof leak warranty | Not listed separately | Not listed separately | Not listed separately |
| Brands named | REC, Qcells, Solaria, SolarEdge, Tesla | Tesla, Franklin (batteries) | Silfab, Enphase, Tesla |
| Google score* | 4.9 (330 reviews) | 4.8 (142 reviews) | 4.9 (95 reviews) |
*Each Google score is for the company’s head-office listing only, read October 12 and 13, 2026.
Full profiles: A&R Solar · Puget Sound Solar
Before choosing Northwest Electric & Solar
Ask for these in writing:
- An itemized quote with the cash price and the financed total, including the APR and all fees.
- The exact panel, inverter and battery models, the system size in kW and the forecast yearly production in kWh.
- The warranty documents for your payment plan: panels, inverter, labor and roof penetrations.
- Your local service contact, and who handles utility approval and warranty claims.
- The exact company on the contract, such as Northwest Electric and Solar LLC, and its license for your state.
Before you sign, read the quote line by line and bring our questions to ask a solar installer.
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How we researched this profile
We read Northwest Electric & Solar’s own pages at nwsolar.com on October 13, 2026: homepage, about, contact, service area, solar, warranties, solar incentives, services and FAQ. The domain in our older profile, nwelectricandsolar.com, now shows an unrelated Chinese-language site, so we did not use it. We did not check its license in a state registry. On October 14, 2026 we also read its Energy Service Agreement page. We did not buy a system, request a quote, visit an office or interview customers. Northwest Electric & Solar did not review this page.
Our installer methodology explains what we check.
Sources (9)
- Northwest Electric & Solar: Homepage (address, license), read October 13, 2026
- Northwest Electric & Solar: About us, read October 13, 2026
- Northwest Electric & Solar: Contact, read October 13, 2026
- Northwest Electric & Solar: Service and utility areas, read October 13, 2026
- Northwest Electric & Solar: Solar (FAQ, financing), read October 13, 2026
- Northwest Electric & Solar: Warranties, read October 13, 2026
- Northwest Electric & Solar: Solar incentives, read October 13, 2026
- Northwest Electric & Solar: FAQ, read October 13, 2026
- Northwest Electric & Solar: Energy Service Agreement (prepaid lease), read October 14, 2026