Installer profile
Simple Power
Simple Power is the cleanest verifiable record of the three Reno area installers we graded. The licensed entity is Simple Power, Inc., NSCB license 0081359, C-2 Electrical, active since July 1, 2016, with a $4,000,000 monetary limit and a $30,000 surety bond, at 790 Louise St in Reno. Unlike the typical one person license, this one carries two qualified individuals: president Mark Gordon Dickson for CMS and Brandon Keith Strong for both CMS and Trade. The NSCB disciplinary result set from 2010 through August 2026 contains nothing against the company, and the board approved a $4,000,000 single project limit increase in December 2024 for a Kroger and Smiths job in Las Vegas, which says the license is being used for real commercial work.
It is also the only company in this set that publishes an actual workmanship term: a 10-year workmanship warranty stated on both its residential and commercial pages. Exclusions and transferability are not published, so get the written document, but a stated company term beats manufacturer coverage dressed up as a warranty. The company also sells a separate Solar Protection Plan starting at $25 per month for monitoring and maintenance; that is a service plan, not an extension of the workmanship warranty.
The gaps are about visibility, not conduct. No BBB profile could be located for the Reno company, so its complaint history is unconfirmed rather than zero. The site claims 326 systems installed, but Simple Power appears on none of the Solar Power World lists we checked, so that number stands as a company claim. Founding is fuzzy too: the verifiable Nevada anchors are the March 2016 incorporation and the July 2016 license, while third party listings claim 2008 or 2010. One OSHA record for a Simple Power Llc in Elko exists, but it is a different entity type at a different address with no matching state record, so we do not attribute it to this company. On the evidence available, this is the quote to get first in Reno.
The evidence
NSCB license 0081359 originated July 1, 2016 and the Nevada Secretary of State shows Simple Power, Inc. formed March 6, 2016, a ten year verifiable record. Third party listings claim earlier starts, 2008 on Indeed and 2010 on LinkedIn and PitchBook, and Mark Dickson's own LinkedIn lists Simple Power Solar from January 2008, but no Nevada record confirms activity before 2016.
Source: NSCB license 0081359
The NSCB disciplinary result set from 2010 through August 2026 contains no action against Simple Power or license 0081359, and no federal OSHA inspection is confirmed for the Reno entity; the only OSHA match is a Simple Power Llc in Elko, a different entity type at a different address with no matching Secretary of State record, which we do not attribute to this company. No BBB profile was located, so complaint history is unconfirmed rather than a verified zero.
Source: NSCB disciplinary actions search
The company site claims 326 systems installed and 9,381 of installed production capacity with no unit stated on the page. No Simple Power entry appears in the 2026 Solar Power World Top Solar Contractors, 2025 Top California Solar Contractors, or 2026 Top Solar Installers tables, so no independent source corroborates the claim.
Source: Simple Power home page
NSCB lists Simple Power, Inc. on active license 0081359, C-2 Electrical, monetary limit $4,000,000, expiring July 31, 2028, with a $30,000 American Contractors Indemnity bond and two qualified individuals, Mark Gordon Dickson for CMS and Brandon Keith Strong for CMS and Trade. A single project limit increase to $4,000,000 was approved December 18, 2024 for a Kroger and Smiths project in Las Vegas.
Source: NSCB license 0081359
A 10-year workmanship warranty is published on both the residential and commercial pages, the only explicit company workmanship term in our Reno set, though exclusions, transferability, and the obligor beyond the company are not published. A separate paid Solar Protection Plan starting at $25 per month covers monitoring and maintenance and assists with manufacturer warranty claims; it is not an extension of the workmanship term.
Company facts
| NSCB entity | Simple Power, Inc., corporation, no DBA on the record |
| NSCB license | 0081359, C-2 Electrical, active; origin July 1, 2016; expires July 31, 2028; monetary limit $4,000,000 |
| Address | 790 Louise St, Reno, NV 89502 |
| Contractor bond | American Contractors Indemnity Company, bond 100395820, $30,000; effective June 10, 2018 |
| Workers compensation | Not shown; NSCB public license records do not display workers compensation, a records limitation rather than evidence of no coverage |
| Verifiable founding | 2016 per NSCB origin and Nevada Secretary of State formation; third parties claim 2008 or 2010 |
| Stated service area | Reno, Tahoe, and Truckee |
| Crew claim | Says it hires and trains its own installers and does not subcontract work to random crews |
| Published workmanship warranty | 10 years, stated on residential and commercial pages; exclusions not published |
| Volume claim | 326 systems installed, per the company site; not independently verified |
Data pulled August 25, 2026 from NSCB license 0081359 detail, NSCB contractor license search, NSCB disciplinary actions search, Nevada Secretary of State business search, Simple Power residential solar page, Simple Power commercial solar page, Simple Power home page and Solar Power World 2026 list.
How to read this
A B here means the state record checks out and nothing adverse was found, not that every corner has been inspected. Nevada gives homeowners less to work with than California does: the contractors board publishes no workers compensation details, and its disciplinary search only surfaces complaints that became board actions. So ask Simple Power for the signed 10-year warranty document, a current insurance certificate, and two or three recent Reno or Tahoe installs you can actually call. 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.