Installer profile
Eminent Energy
Say it plainly: no CSLB license record was found for this company under the names searched. A business-name search for EMINENT on the state's Check a License system runs alphabetically from Eminent Electrical Inc straight to Eminent Floor Covering Inc with no Eminent Energy entry, and neither Eminent Energy nor its BBB alternate name Eminent Energy Solutions LLC appears anywhere in the results. Personnel searches came up empty too: no Anthony Castillo in San Marcos, the city where BBB places the owner, and no Brynn Hicken at all. A stray license number that surfaced in web search, 1053823, was checked and belongs to an unrelated Reno company. The company itself markets rooftop solar installation, roofing, and HVAC, and publishes no license number on its site.
The rest of the record is thin and partly contradictory. BBB rates Eminent Energy an A with a business start of May 10, 2022, so this is a two-year-old company. But BBB disagrees with itself: the profile page read on August 27, 2026 shows accredited since May 2024, while the complaints page read the same day carries a banner that the company is not accredited. No complaint counts or text are published. There is also an identity tangle a homeowner searching for this company will hit: the map listing in our source dataset points to eminentwaterco.com, a water softener and filtration site with no solar content, while the solar brand actually lives at eminentenergy.org. Two different businesses, one confusing trail.
In California, a contract to install rooftop solar requires a CSLB license, so the absence of any locatable record is not a paperwork quibble. It may mean the company operates under a legal name this research never surfaced, or it may mean something worse; the evidence read cannot tell you which. Until Eminent Energy produces a license number that checks out at CSLB, do not sign anything. If it does, ask them why it appears nowhere on their site or BBB profile, then verify the classifications, bond, and workers comp yourself before comparing it against installers whose records are already public.
The evidence
BBB dates the business start and incorporation of Eminent Energy Solutions LLC to May 10, 2022, two years in business, and the company site states no founding year, so the only age evidence is a single BBB record for a very young company.
Source: BBB profile, Eminent Energy
The BBB complaints page read on August 27, 2026 displays no complaint counts, text, or statuses, the profile shows an A rating while the profile and complaints pages contradict each other on accreditation status, and the searches run found no government enforcement action against Eminent Energy or Eminent Energy Solutions LLC; with no CSLB record, no state complaint disclosure exists to check.
Source: BBB complaints, Eminent Energy
No Eminent Energy entry was found in the populated 2026 Top Solar Contractors, 2025 Top California Solar Contractors, or 2026 Top Solar Installers tables, and the company publishes no install count, so there is no volume evidence of any kind.
A CSLB business-name search for EMINENT returned no Eminent Energy or Eminent Energy Solutions LLC entry, personnel searches found no Anthony Castillo in San Marcos and no Brynn Hicken at all, the company publishes no license number, and the one number surfaced by web search, 1053823, belongs to an unrelated Reno company, so no verifiable license exists under any name searched on August 27, 2026.
Source: CSLB Check a License search
No workmanship or labor warranty duration or scope is stated anywhere on the fetched company site, which markets rooftop solar, roofing, HVAC, panel cleaning, and smart automation with award-winning professional installation language but no warranty document.
Source: Eminent Energy website
Company facts
| CSLB record | None found under Eminent Energy or Eminent Energy Solutions LLC as of August 27, 2026 |
| BBB entity | Eminent Energy, alternate name Eminent Energy Solutions LLC; principals Anthony Castillo, Owner, and Brynn Hicken, Manager/Member |
| Address | 251 North City Dr, San Marcos, CA 92078 |
| Founding-year evidence | BBB business start and incorporation May 10, 2022; no founding year on the company site |
| BBB status | A rating; profile page shows accredited since May 21, 2024 while the complaints page shows not accredited, an unresolved discrepancy |
| Published warranty | None; no duration or scope stated on the fetched site |
| Stated service area | None published; the site names no cities, counties, or states and lists weekday hours and phone (858) 524-9435 only |
| Website note | The solar brand's site is eminentenergy.org; the similarly named eminentwaterco.com is a water treatment business with no solar content |
Data pulled August 27, 2026 from CSLB Check a License search, BBB profile, Eminent Energy, BBB complaints, Eminent Energy, Eminent Energy website, Eminent Water Co website and Solar Power World 2026 Top Solar Contractors.
How to read this
This D is about what cannot be found, not about documented bad work. No complaint, lawsuit, or enforcement action against this company appeared in anything read. But a solar installer with no locatable license, no published warranty, no service area, and a two-year history gives you nothing to verify and everything to take on faith. A single document changes that: a CSLB license number that matches the name on the contract. Ask for it first. If it checks out, this profile is out of date and the record deserves a fresh read. Our full rubric, including how our own installation business gets graded on the same scale, is on the methodology page. We are a solar installer and we partner with other solar companies. Grading is structurally separated from revenue; see disclosures.