Solar Alternatives, Inc.

Solar Alternatives has built one of the broadest dedicated residential solar practices in the Gulf Coast region, and the company's Louisiana footprint is genuinely substantial rather than a satellite of a Texas or Mississippi operation. The company maintains physical offices in New Orleans, Shreveport, and Lafayette, and serves Baton Rouge and the rest of Louisiana from those three in-state locations, with additional offices in Jackson, Mississippi, and Houston and Tyler, Texas. The in-house team includes NABCEP-certified technicians, electrical engineers, licensed electricians, certified roofers, and plumbers — a multi-trade composition that addresses the full residential solar project envelope without subcontracting the most consequential scopes.

What stood out to our research team is the breadth of capability assembled under one company. Beyond standard rooftop PV design and installation, Solar Alternatives installs Tesla Solar Roof, performs ground-mount installations, integrates Tesla Powerwall and other battery backup systems, and runs an active solar operations-and-maintenance practice for Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas customers. That O&M depth is one of the most under-rated qualitative signals our team examines, because it indicates the company expects to service systems years after the original sale rather than simply chasing new business. Solar Alternatives also publishes Louisiana-and-Mississippi-specific incentive guidance and integrates federal Investment Tax Credit math into its customer proposals.

Prospective customers should ask pointed questions about which crews physically install in their parish — Solar Alternatives uses regional crews dispatched from the nearest of its three Louisiana offices — and should pin down which specific NABCEP individual is credentialed for their project design. Reasonable diligence questions also include Entergy or Cleco interconnection experience for the homeowner's territory, hurricane-related warranty exclusions, and how the company's Houston and Tyler Texas footprint affects engineering and warranty truck-roll logistics if a homeowner needs post-install service. The fundamentals — three Louisiana offices, NABCEP credentialing, a published multi-trade in-house team, demonstrated Tesla certification, and a regional O&M business — make Solar Alternatives the second-ranked Louisiana option for 2026.

With a composite score of 73.0 out of 100, Solar Alternatives holds the second-ranked position in Louisiana for 2026.