Installer profile
Solar Shine
Do not ask Solar Shine for an installation quote, because it does not install solar. Its own pages describe panel cleaning, solar pest abatement with pigeon netting, gutter cleaning, pressure washing, and window cleaning, with a de-ionized deep clean of every panel. The about page says the founder installed and inspected panels before starting the company. That is his prior work history, not a service Solar Shine sells today. BBB, LinkedIn, and Yelp all categorize it the same way: cleaning and bird abatement.
The license picture fits a cleaning business, and homeowners should read it that way. A CSLB business-name search returned no Solar Shine record, and a personnel search found no Joshua Laine, the founder named on LinkedIn. A panel washing business is not necessarily required to hold a contractor license, so this is an absence of a contractor license, not a finding of unlicensed contracting. One wrinkle worth asking about: the about page and LinkedIn both call the business fully licensed and insured without naming a license number or an issuing agency. Ask which license is meant before work starts.
Two housekeeping notes. The company is in Oakley, at 1140 Quail Valley Run, not Antioch as some directories place it. And at least two unrelated businesses use the same name, including a Solar Shine LLC advertising around Antioch and a Solar Shine Inc based in Menifee. Confirm you are hiring the Oakley company, launched in 2018, with a 4.8 Yelp average from 16 reviews and an A+ BBB rating without accreditation. For cleaning and bird proofing, the record found here is clean. For anything involving wiring, roof penetrations, or permits, this is the wrong company by its own description.
The evidence
Three sources agree on 2018: the company describes itself as a small family owned business that launched early 2018, LinkedIn says founded 2018 by Joshua Laine, and BBB gives a business start of May 14, 2018.
Source: Solar Shine about page
BBB rates Solar Shine A+ but publishes no complaint count, so complaint volume is unconfirmed rather than a certified zero, and there is no CSLB record through which a state disclosure could be checked. Searches for DOJ, AG, county DA, CPUC, FTC, or contractors board actions found nothing.
Source: BBB profile for Solar Shine
Installer volume does not apply to a cleaning company, and Solar Shine is absent from the reviewed 2026 national, 2025 California, and 2026 installer Solar Power World tables, which is expected. The available activity evidence is a claimed Yelp listing showing 4.8 from 16 reviews for cleaning work.
A CSLB business-name search for SOLAR SHINE returned no record, with the alphabetically adjacent entries confirming the search ran, and a personnel search found no Joshua Laine. The company nonetheless calls itself fully licensed and insured without naming a license or agency, so the basis of that claim is unverified.
Source: CSLB Check a License
The site offers a satisfaction guarantee and says customers are guaranteed an increase in production, but publishes no duration, scope, exclusions, or obligor. No workmanship warranty with a stated term exists in this evidence set.
Source: Solar Shine home page
Company facts
| Business type | Solar panel cleaning, solar pest and bird abatement, gutter cleaning, pressure washing, and window cleaning |
| Installation work | Not offered on the reviewed pages |
| CSLB license | No record found under the business or founder name |
| Address | 1140 Quail Valley Run, Oakley, CA 94561 |
| Legal entity | Solar Shine LLC per LinkedIn; no California entity filing was located |
| Founding year | 2018 |
| Founder | Joshua Laine, per LinkedIn |
| Stated service area | Northern and Southern California per the company site; Yelp shows the Oakley and Pittsburg area |
| Published warranty | Satisfaction guarantee only, no stated term |
Data pulled August 25, 2026 from Solar Shine, CSLB Check a License, BBB and Yelp.
How to read this
No grade means no comparison, not a hidden fail. Our letter grades weigh license history, enforcement, and installation volume, none of which applies to a company that washes panels and hangs pigeon netting. If you hire Solar Shine, judge it as a cleaning vendor: ask what the licensed and insured claim refers to, what happens if a panel cracks during a wash, and get the production guarantee in writing with a number attached. If you need an array installed, repaired, or rewired, start over with a CSLB-licensed contractor. 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.