Owens Electric & Solar

This is an electrician first and a solar company second, and the record reads that way. The exact CSLB entity is J & J Owens Electric Inc, doing business as Owens Electric & Solar, license 464389, a current and active corporation with B General Building and C-10 Electrical classifications, issued October 17, 1984. The company says it has provided electrical repair services since 1965, and BBB records the same business start. Jeffrey Michael Owens has been the qualifying individual and a 10 percent or more owner since 1990. No publicly disclosable CSLB action appeared on the record when it was read, and BBB rates the business A+.

The license carries no C-46 Solar classification, and that deserves a plain explanation rather than alarm. California's C-10 definition states that an electrical contractor places, installs, erects, or connects electrical wires, fixtures, appliances, conduits, and solar photovoltaic cells. Owens' PV work rides lawfully on its C-10, the same classification thousands of California electricians use for solar. What the missing C-46 tells you is about identity, not legality: you are hiring an electrical shop that does solar, not a solar specialist. One practical note: this license expires October 31, 2026, the soonest of the four companies in this research batch, so confirm renewal before a fall or winter contract.

The gaps are all about thin public data. The solar page says panels "come with an extraordinary 25 year warranty, and a 40-year design life," which reads as a product warranty; no company workmanship term, obligor, or coverage detail is published anywhere. Yelp shows 3.6 stars from 39 reviews, notably below the 4.6 Google figure, and BBB reports 5 employees. No Solar Power World listing, no install counts, no megawatt totals. None of that is an adverse finding. It is the profile of a small Peninsula shop whose 60-year history is its strongest evidence, and whose paperwork you should firm up at the contract stage.