Sea Bright Solar

Yes, get a quote, and go in with two specific questions ready. Sea Bright Solar is the strongest documented company in our New Jersey research and the only one in this batch holding both New Jersey credentials. Sea Bright Solar LLC, 23 Cindy Lane, Ocean NJ, holds Home Improvement Contractor registration 13VH01847600, Active, issued January 24, 2006 and expiring March 31, 2027, owner Brian Kelly. It also holds electrical business permit 34EB01757500, Active since June 5, 2013, with named qualifier Nicholas W Martinelli, individual license 34EI01757500, whose state record reads "NO Board Actions". That second credential matters. Most of the companies we profile in this state sell under an HIC number and subcontract the electrical work; Sea Bright can legally pull its own electrical permits. Founding is consistent at 2003 across the site and the New Jersey BBB profile, which records the business as started and incorporated October 1, 2003.

First question: what happens when panels die. The New Jersey BBB profile, A+ but not accredited, shows 6 complaints in the last 3 years with 4 closed in the last 12 months. Two from 2025 stand out. A May 14, 2025 complaint, marked Resolved, came from a customer with 2 dead panels on a $48,600 cash purchase. A March 23, 2025 complaint, marked Answered, reported 5 panels dead since July 2024 with no response. For a company that says it has served thousands of customers since 2003, six complaints is not a crisis, but two customers in one year describing dead panels and slow service is a responsiveness signal, and you should ask directly how service tickets are handled and how fast. The Staten Island BBB profile, A+ and accredited since January 31, 2023, shows 0 complaints. No Attorney General action, lawsuit, or board action naming the company was found.

Second question: what the workmanship warranty actually says. Sea Bright publishes no duration on its homepage, its why page, or its about pages. The only number on record is a customer's quote, inside that May 2025 complaint, of a contract that "warranties the materials and installation for 10 years". That is a data point, not a published term, so get the warranty page of the contract before you compare it to anyone else. Two more context items. BBB lists "SunPower by Sea Bright Solar" as an alternate name, and the awards on its why page, National Dealer of the Year in 2020 and Regional Dealer of the Year in 2012 and 2014, are dealer awards whose grantor the page does not name. And the company operates in three states, New Jersey, New York, and Southern California, with the footer listing NYC General Contractor 602644, Westchester Home Improvement WC-26292-H13, California CSLB 900399, and Pennsylvania HIC PA176800. Only the New Jersey numbers were verified in this research; treat the others as the company's own statements until checked. It does not appear on either 2026 Solar Power World list, so the thousands of customers figure remains a claim.