Installer profile
New Day Solar
Yes, get a quote from New Day Solar. The record here is the cleanest of the four Southwest Riverside companies in this research set. CSLB license 812958 has been active since September 24, 2002 under C-10 Electrical and C-46 Solar classifications, and the same license number previously carried the names Carlson Solar and Carlson Solar Electrical Systems, which CSLB confirms directly. BBB rates the company A+, accredited since August 27, 2012, with zero complaints in the last three years. No CSLB complaint disclosure was displayed, and no government enforcement action was found.
The warranty is the standout. The published turnkey price includes a full 10 year workmanship warranty from New Day Solar itself, alongside 25 year module and 25 year inverter manufacturer warranties. That is a specific, company-backed workmanship term with a stated duration, which neither Freedom Forever, Celestial, nor Current Home publishes. Still get it written into your contract.
One thing this profile will not do is tell you a single founding year, because the sources genuinely disagree. The company says Scott Carlson started Carlson Solar in October 1997 and describes New Day Solar as founded 23 years ago. BBB records incorporation on August 24, 2001 and a business start of September 24, 2002, the same day the CSLB license issued. LinkedIn and PitchBook both say 1988, which conflicts with every other source read. The licensed, checkable record starts in 2002; the 1997 claim is plausible but company-stated; 1988 is unverified. Two smaller wrinkles: BBB lists a Winchester Road address and names Eric Jones as president, while CSLB lists 30770 Wealth St and shows Cory Ray Johnson as the certified owner with Robert Scott Carlson bonded as a qualifying individual. And no Solar Power World list includes the company, so installation volume rests on the company claim that Scott Carlson installed more than 1,000 systems.
The evidence
CSLB confirms license 812958 issued September 24, 2002 and confirms Carlson Solar and Carlson Solar Electrical Systems as previous names on the same active license, which verifies roughly 24 years of continuous licensure. The founding year beyond that conflicts: the company claims an October 1997 Carlson Solar start, BBB records 2001 incorporation, and LinkedIn and PitchBook state 1988, a date no primary source supports.
Source: CSLB license 812958
CSLB displayed no complaint disclosure link for license 812958, which under B&P 7124.6 means nothing publicly disclosable in the record read, not a guarantee that no complaint ever existed. BBB states 0 complaints in the last three years and 0 closed in the last 12 months. No attorney general, district attorney, CPUC, or FTC action was found; a December 2015 contractor HIS letter in the record relates to salesperson registration, not discipline.
New Day Solar appears on none of the three reviewed Solar Power World lists, and no independently published kilowatt total or project count was found. The company says founder Scott Carlson installed more than 1,000 photovoltaic systems, but that is a company claim about an individual, not audited volume.
License 812958 is current and active as a corporation with C-10 Electrical and C-46 Solar classifications, expiring September 30, 2027, backed by a $25,000 contractor bond, a $25,000 qualifying individual bond for Robert Scott Carlson, and Berkshire Hathaway Homestate workers compensation through September 1, 2026. Cory Ray Johnson is certified as a 10 percent or greater owner.
Source: CSLB license 812958
The published pricing page states the turnkey price includes a full 10 year workmanship warranty from New Day Solar plus 25 year module and 25 year inverter manufacturer warranties, with financing of 7 to 25 years and a power purchase agreement offered. The term is specific and company-published; confirm it appears verbatim in the signed contract.
Source: New Day Solar pricing page
Company facts
| CSLB entity | New Day Solar, Corporation; previous names Carlson Solar and Carlson Solar Electrical Systems |
| CSLB license | 812958, C-10 Electrical | C-46 Solar, current and active; issued September 24, 2002; expires September 30, 2027 |
| Address | 30770 Wealth St, Murrieta, CA 92563; BBB lists 39252 Winchester Rd Ste 107 PMB 410 |
| Contractor bond | American Contractors Indemnity Company, bond 100174063, $25,000; effective January 1, 2023 |
| Workers compensation | Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Insurance Company, policy NEWC619708; September 1, 2025 to September 1, 2026 |
| Founding year | Conflicting: company claims October 1997 as Carlson Solar; BBB incorporation August 24, 2001; CSLB license issue September 24, 2002; LinkedIn and PitchBook state 1988, unverified |
| Published warranty | Full 10 year workmanship warranty from New Day Solar; 25 year module and 25 year inverter manufacturer warranties |
| Service area | Murrieta based, described as local and family owned; weekday office hours with weekends by appointment |
| Crew model | Not stated on the pages read |
Data pulled August 25, 2026 from CSLB license 812958, New Day Solar BBB profile, New Day Solar history page, New Day Solar pricing page and Solar Power World 2026 contractor list.
How to read this
This grade weighs a 24 year unbroken license, a spotless recent complaint record, and a workmanship warranty specific enough to hold someone to. What it cannot weigh is scale, because no independent volume figure exists for this company, and it cannot settle the founding year, which four source types state four different ways. Ask for recent local installations and confirm the 10 year workmanship term lands in your contract, not just on the pricing page. 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.