Blue Raven Solar - Company of the Year - Energy
Company: Blue Raven Solar, Orem, UT
Company Description: Blue Raven Solar is a residential solar company headquartered in Orem, Utah, and is one of the fastest growing solar companies in the nation. Our mission is to make homeowners’ lives better by reducing their energy bills, by increasing their reliance on clean and abundant renewable energy, and by providing a world-class customer experience through a reliable sales process and installation.
Nomination Category: Company / Organization Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Company of the Year - Energy - Large
Nomination Title: Blue Raven Solar
Blue Raven Solar is a residential solar company headquartered in Orem, Utah, and one of the fastest growing solar companies in the nation, with over 3,500 5-star reviews. Blue Raven Solar was founded in 2014, has since grown from three to over 1,300 team members and become the largest originator of homeowner-owned solar panel systems in the US. As Blue Raven Solar has grown, we have been relentless in pursuing a strategy that sets us apart. With the tricky transition period between traditional-grid power bills and a new energy independence with monthly solar payments, Blue Raven provides an option that helps everyone go solar. Blue Power Plus is a unique financing plan that allows families to go solar for $0 down and no payments for 18 months, enabling them to enter their solar energy credit cycle without worrying about paying two bills during the transition phase.
Blue Raven was the most reviewed solar installer in 2018 and 2019 on solarreviews.com and has 4.61 rating with 1020 reviews, thousands of reviews across Google (4.5 stars, 2400 reviews Best Company (4.4, 651 reviews), Energy Sage (4.5, 350 reviews), and maintains an A+ BBB rating.
Blue Raven Solar was named as one of the fastest-growing private companies by the INC 500 (2019, #258), one of the fastest-growing companies in Utah by Utah Business Magazine (2020 Fast 50, #6) and Utah Valley Business Quarterly Magazine (2018 UV50 #1, 2019 #6), a top startup by MountainWest Capital Network (Emerging Elite 2018, 2019), and received a Green Business Award for our energy conservation efforts (Utah Business Magazine 2019). Also, recently, Blue Raven Solar was named the 20th Best Place to Work by Glassdoor (2021 US large companies list).
Blue Raven Solar has shifted more than 3.3 Billion kWh of energy to clean renewable solar energy, which is the equivalent of ~2.6 billion pounds of coal burned, over 265 million gallons of gasoline consumed, or taking over half a million cars off the road for a year. We are proud to be impacting the planet in a positive way and we know our customers are too. We also pride ourselves on our high-trust culture, efficiency, and our efforts to continuously improve our process and customer experience.
Blue Raven is growing quickly as demonstrated by many growth awards, but it is also committed to giving back. We have donated over $200,000 worth of solar systems to families. Since 2019, we have partnered with Givepower, an organization that provides clean water to communities through solar-powered water purification farms. Through this partnership, we’ve been able to help provide long-term access to water to over 15,000 people in need.
Solar is growing quickly, but still only makes up for 2% of energy sources in the nation. Every year, hundreds of new solar companies pop up, but many don’t last more than a few years, leaving their customers high and dry. As Blue Raven Solar has grown, we have been relentless in pursuing a strategy that sets us apart from others in the solar industry and sets us up for long term success. Our customers own their solar panels instead of leasing them, have a fixed monthly payment and interest rate for the life of the loan with no prepayment penalty, and they claim the federal solar tax credit and any state tax credits. Our business strategy is set up to benefit the customer and for the mass adoption of solar. It is not only for the wealthy; everyone can save money by going solar.
We’ve experienced a three-year growth of over 300% and 2020 revenue of $130+ million. We handle everything in-house from sale to energization, and we are actively engaged with state and utility solar stakeholders and advocates. Although uncommon for solar companies, all our installers are W2 employees. We believe that treating our field employees well allows us to deliver a better customer experience. We also offer a 10-year workmanship warranty, a 25-year equipment warranty, a production guarantee, and only the best equipment, including tier-1 black-on-black panels. In short, Blue Raven is helping the solar industry move forward by helping thousands of homeowners to make the switch.
On the Blue Raven website, customers can see a 3D rendering of their home, learn all about the installation process and solar in general, and read weekly blogs. See below forpress releases,a page that showcases customer reviews and other customer reviews sites, andlinks to press releases and other achievements. Despite 2020 being a challenging year for many industries, Blue Raven Solar grew and helped thousands of homeowners save money during a difficult year through switching to solar power.
PR on Salt Lake Tribune Top Workplaces: https://blueravensolar.com/?press=blue-raven-solar-is-a-top-workplace-in-utah
PR on Best in Biz Most Customer Friendly Company of Year: https://blueravensolar.com/?press=blue-raven-solar-wins-gold-in-10th-annual-best-in-biz-awards-for-most-customer-friendly-company-of-the-year
PR on Glassdoor Best Places to work for work life balance: https://blueravensolar.com/?press=blue-raven-solar-is-one-of-the-highest-rated-companies-for-work-life-balance-during-covid-19
PR on CO Biz Top Company: https://blueravensolar.com/?press=blue-raven-solar-declared-a-2020-co-top-company
PR on Inc 5000 list inclusion: https://blueravensolar.com/?press=blue-raven-solar-ranks-on-inc-5000-list-of-fastest-growing-companies-two-consecutive-years
Inc profile: https://www.inc.com/profile/blue-raven-solar
Glassdoor 2021 Best Places to Work list: https://www.glassdoor.com/Award/Best-Places-to-Work-LST_KQ0,19.htm
BluePower Plus+ page: https://blueravensolar.com/bluepower/
Reviews pages: https://blueravensolar.com/reviews/
Google HQ reviews: https://www.google.com/search?q=blue+raven+solar&;oq=blue+raven+solar&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i59l2j69i60l3.4590j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#lrd=0x874d83ebfca09c75:0x6caccf0aabfff46a,1,,,
Energy Sage profile: https://www.energysage.com/supplier/22524/blue-raven-solar/
Best Company profile: https://bestcompany.com/solar/company/blue-raven-solar
Solar Reviews profile: https://www.solarreviews.com/installers/blue-raven-solar-reviews
Glassdoor profile: https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Blue-Raven-Solar-EI_IE1090285.11,27.htm
Indeed profile: https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Blue-Raven-Solar
About Us Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Mh6zWlkYXc&;t=2s
Working at BRS video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8El4JqDaAk&;t=21s