I am generally not one for leaving reviews of the businesses and services I use. However, I am compelled in this case because I am so overwhelmingly impressed by the quality of communication, work, and product delivered by SEM. From our initial conversations with Randy 18 months ago, design visit and consultation with Jeremiah, the panel install by David and his team, the electrical install by Hunter, the inspection coordination with Sean, and your weekly updates and communications - every single interaction with SEM has been competent, considerate, and professional. I regret not getting the names of all team members on site during the install day, but I talked to all of them and found the same to be true across the board (special shout out to Wes, whose name I did get). As you likely know, that combination of attributes is rare across such a diversity of people and skill sets and I am impressed - even harder to bring it all together in a complicated product. You have in me a very satisfied customer, confident in the functionality of the system we have purchased and any ongoing support we may need over time. You have a great team there, no doubt a product of high quality and supportive leadership. Please keep it up, and please extend my deepest thanks to the entire team!
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Scot Yeager
Apr 27, 2026
Great company. Works with their customers to provide what they want/need, take care of everything with permits, scheduling with your electric provider, explaining what’s involved, all the hurdles you have to make/do to get everything working properly.
Great communication throughout and help with all the rebates after everything is installed. Love having the app that explains what’s going on with the batteries, solar, grid and your home.
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Stella Boswell
Apr 7, 2026
We have loved working with Southern Energy Management for the design for our solar panels and battery system, installation, and monitoring. They have been great at educating us on how to tailor our system to our energy needs and goals. They are knowledgeable and extremely accessible. They did not try to oversell us but helped us figure out what made the most sense for our dual goals of being committed to minimizing the environmental impact of our home and saving money on our energy bills.
Communications and design with both 4-5 stars hands down.
Austin, quoter, is a class act and takes he time to answer any and all questions. As a new builder in the area, I got bids from Yes Solar, 8M, and SEM. Once we determined the placement and size, I made sure all 3 quotes directly quoted all the same materials and specs (27kW ballasted ground system, 3 Tesla Powerwalls 3 backing a critical panel, site preparation to include gravel base and weed sceen prevention, and a small fence around the perimeter of the field). 8M was the only company to come onsite and do measurements numerous times to make sure the quote was accurate but Yes and SEM were easily able to work up their quotes as well.
Price 1 star
This is where SEM gets a downgrade. Perhaps they are big enough that they just don't care if their pricing is higher than others. But for this project it was $60K over the 2nd closest bid. That's some extremely pricey labor for sure and when asked if they would cover the $7.5K site prep, they did not offer or even blink (of which the others did) meaning closer to double the price of the Yes and 8M.
Maintenance ??
Couldn't rate this as I ended up picking one of the other 2 area providers
It was a delight to partner with Southern Energy Management. The company stood out among the rest by having knowledgeable personnel who explained the process from start to finish and managed expectations with clarity and honesty. I would gladly work with them again for future solar and/or battery needs.