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Senga Energy LLC

D
D grade. The license is active and the BBB record is decent, but CSLB issued a Letter of Admonishment on November 12, 2025 for departing from trade standards, and issued state discipline caps the grade at D under our rubric.

Start with the item that decides the grade. On November 12, 2025, CSLB closed complaint N A 2024 9664 against Senga Energy with a Letter of Admonishment, citing Business and Professions Code 7109.A, departed from trade standards, and 7159.D7, no description of project, materials or equipment to be used in the contract. An admonishment is the mildest disciplinary outcome the board issues, well short of a citation or revocation, and license 1033247 remains current and active through November 2027. But it is issued state discipline, it sits on the public record, and it is recent. Our rubric caps any company with government enforcement at D regardless of how the rest of the file reads.

The rest of the file reads better than the grade suggests. The company has operated since 2016 per BBB and its own site, holds C10 Electrical and C17 Glazing classifications, and carries an A+ BBB rating with 4 complaints in 3 years. Those complaints have substance, though: an add-on where 9 new panels ran independently of the existing 13 and produced a true-up bill near $1,700, a financing and inverter-size dispute on a Sunnova contract, install delays, and a contract signed by an elderly stroke patient that the company cancelled on request. In each case Senga responded and in several it paid, reimbursing two months of solar bills in one and offering to cover a PG&E balance in another. That pattern, problems followed by fixes, is consistent with the contract-paperwork violation the board cited.

Two more things before you take a quote. Despite the Folsom listing, both CSLB and BBB place the office in El Dorado Hills, at two different addresses; Folsom is simply a city it serves in its Gold Country footprint. And the published warranty splits sharply by deal type: PPA and lease customers get a 25-year full system warranty covering parts, labor, monitoring, and performance, plus a 25-year roof penetration warranty, while cash and financed buyers get only the manufacturer warranties. The license also saw churn in 2025, with a new qualifying individual associating in July and another QI bond posted in November. If you engage, get the project description, equipment list, and warranty scope in the signed contract, which is exactly what the state said this company failed to do.

The evidence

LongevityVerified

BBB dates the business start to June 24, 2016 and the site says reliable service since 2016, while CSLB issued license 1033247 on November 22, 2017. Roughly a decade of operation, though qualifying-individual changes in 2025 (Melvin Merrill Martin associated July 15, 2025; a new QI bond for Austin Stewart Carmichael effective November 4, 2025) show recent turnover at the top of the license.

Source: CSLB license 1033247

Complaints and enforcementAdverse record

CSLB discloses a Letter of Admonishment issued November 12, 2025 on complaint N A 2024 9664, citing B&P 7109.A, departed from trade standards, and B&P 7159.D7, no description of project, materials or equipment to be used. That is state licensing discipline. BBB separately rates the company A+ with 4 complaints in 3 years and states no government actions on its page.

Source: CSLB complaint disclosure, license 1033247

Verifiable volumePending verification

No install counts are published on the fetched pages, and no Senga entry appears in the 2026 Solar Power World Top Solar Contractors table of 388 entries or the 2026 Top California Solar Contractors table of 91 entries. The site claims an Inc. 5000 listing, which speaks to revenue growth, not installation volume.

Source: Solar Power World, 2026 Top Solar Contractors

License statusVerified

CSLB lists Senga Energy LLC of El Dorado Hills as a current and active limited liability company under license 1033247, C10 Electrical and C17 Glazing, issued November 22, 2017 and expiring November 30, 2027, with a $25,000 contractor bond, a $100,000 LLC employee/worker bond, two QI bonds, workers compensation with State Fund through June 2027, and $1,000,000 in liability coverage through Lloyd's of London.

Source: CSLB license 1033247

Warranty termsCompany claim

The solar page publishes a 25-year roof penetration warranty for everyone, a 25-year full system warranty covering parts, labor, monitoring, and performance for PPA and lease customers only, and manufacturer limited warranties for cash or financed buyers. No general solar workmanship warranty for purchased systems is published; the roofing line carries a lifetime workmanship warranty.

Source: Senga Energy solar page

Company facts

CSLB entitySenga Energy LLC, Limited Liability Company, El Dorado Hills CA
CSLB license1033247, C10 Electrical | C17 Glazing, current and active; issued November 22, 2017; expires November 30, 2027
CSLB disciplinary recordLetter of Admonishment issued November 12, 2025, complaint N A 2024 9664; violations B&P 7109.A (departed from trade standards) and B&P 7159.D7 (no description of project, materials or equipment to be used)
Address2222 Francisco Dr Ste 220-287, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 per CSLB; BBB lists 4650 Golden Foothill Pkwy Ste 135, El Dorado Hills
Contractor bondOhio Casualty Insurance Company, bond D10300C, $25,000; effective January 1, 2023; plus a $100,000 LLC employee/worker bond with Western Surety
Workers compensationState Compensation Insurance Fund, policy 9256549; June 28, 2026 to June 28, 2027; includes code 5140 electrical wiring field labor
Founding year2016 per BBB and the company site
Published warranty25-year roof penetration warranty; 25-year full system warranty for PPA and lease customers only; manufacturer warranties for cash or financed purchases
Stated service areaGold Country within about 50 miles of El Dorado Hills, including Folsom, Placerville, Cameron Park, Granite Bay, Roseville, Rocklin, Fair Oaks, Orangevale, Rancho Cordova, Loomis, and Auburn
Business linesSolar, batteries, roofing, and windows; markets an SBU pay-for-power program and has used third-party financing including Sunnova

Data pulled August 29, 2026 from CSLB license 1033247, CSLB complaint disclosure, BBB profile, Senga Energy LLC, BBB complaints page, Senga Energy solar page, Senga Energy about page and Solar Power World 2026 list.

How to read this

This D is a rubric cap, not a scarlet letter. A Letter of Admonishment is the lightest form of state discipline, the license stayed active, and the company's complaint responses show it fixing problems it caused. What the D records is that a state regulator looked at this company's work and paperwork in 2025 and found both wanting. If the record stays clean, the picture improves at the next pull. Until then, treat the contract documents as the test: the violation was about what was missing from them. 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.