Installer profile

Johnson Solar

C grade. The active C-10 license, sole-owner match, and absence of BBB complaint records published are positives. But there is no public workmanship warranty, no independent volume figure, and the company does not publish its license number on the site.

Johnson Solar is tied to a real California C-10 record held by Clinton Johnson, doing business as Johnson Solar Electric. It is a sole ownership, not a corporation, and the license has been active since 2018. BBB reports an A+ rating and its complaints page publishes no complaint records. That gives the company a decent base. But small operations need crisp documents, not just a clean-looking record. The company site describes an in-house permit and design team, yet does not say whether installation labor is in-house or subcontracted. It also publishes no workmanship warranty and no license number. There is no independently reported installation volume. The result is a C: a verifiable local operator with gaps a buyer needs to close before a deposit changes hands.

The evidence

LongevityVerified

CSLB issued license 1035308 on January 29, 2018. The company website does not publish a founding year, while BBB reports eight years in business. A third-party directory says 2018, but the state license date is the firmer marker used here.

Source: CSLB license 1035308

Complaints and enforcementVerified

BBB lists an A+ rating and publishes no complaint records or three year complaint count. Its profile shows no government-action alert. CSLB shows no disciplinary actions or citations. A published absence of complaints should not be treated as an audited zero, but no adverse record was found in the reviewed sources.

Source: BBB complaints page

Verifiable volumePending verification

No employee count, install count, or megawatt figure was found, and Johnson Solar is absent from Solar Power World's 2026 national and 2025 California lists. The company says most installs are completed in one to two days, but that describes a claimed schedule, not independently verifiable volume.

Source: Solar Power World, 2026 Top Solar Contractors

License statusVerified

CSLB lists Clinton Johnson, doing business as Johnson Solar Electric, as a sole ownership with active license 1035308 in the C-10 Electrical classification. It expires January 31, 2028 and has listed contractor bond and workers compensation coverage. The company about page calls Clinton Johnson a C-10 Electrical Contractor but does not publish the license number, so the state match comes from the business-name record.

Source: CSLB license 1035308

Warranty termsPending verification

No workmanship warranty was published on the reviewed home, about, services, or quote pages. Warranty terms, a roof-leak responsibility, transfer rights, and the service process were not found. Do not assume equipment warranties solve those installation obligations.

Source: Johnson Solar services page

Company facts

CSLB legal name	Clinton Johnson, doing business as Johnson Solar Electric
Entity	Sole ownership
CSLB address	2514 Jamacha Road, 502, El Cajon, CA 92019
CSLB license	1035308, C-10 Electrical, current and active; expires January 31, 2028
Stated service area	Southern California, including San Diego, Orange, and Riverside Counties
Install labor model	Not published or found. The company says it has an in-house solar permit and design team.

Data pulled August 22, 2026 from CSLB license 1035308, BBB complaints, Johnson Solar about, Johnson Solar services and Solar Power World.

How to read this

A sole-owner business can be a strength when the person on the license is close to the job. It can also make the contract details more important. Ask Clinton Johnson's team to identify the installing crew, the person responsible for permit corrections and service calls, and the written workmanship term. Get the license number printed on the contract. This profile has no evidence that a public warranty fills those blanks. 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.