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Winters sits right where Yolo County’s orchards meet the Vaca Mountains, and that setting shapes almost every solar decision a homeowner or grower makes here. We serve the whole 95694 ZIP, from the streets around Putah Creek to the ranch roads off Russell Boulevard, and we’re usually on site within a day or two of your call. Gus Petrakis runs this company himself – his name is on the truck, his license number is published, and a live person answers the phone at (877) 550-6892 whenever you call, day or night.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Why Winters Homeowners Choose Gus’s Solar
In a town this size, word travels fast. We’ve worked on rooftops along Railroad Avenue, out in the Mission Road orchards, and through the older grid of streets near downtown where Victorian homes and Craftsman bungalows sit under mature valley oaks. Homeowners here call us after getting burned by out-of-state outfits that quoted one number on the phone and another at the door. Gus founded this company in 2011, and he still quotes every system himself – off your actual PG&E bill, not a brochure estimate. He’ll tell you to take two weeks before you sign anything. The price will be the same.
Every job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If something isn’t right, one call brings Gus back. His own crew does the install – background-checked, uniformed, no subcontractors. And when you call with a question after the system is live, you get a person, not a ticketing portal.
Solar Services We Offer in Winters
Solar Panel Installation
Our Solar Panel Installation - Winters team designs and installs rooftop and ground-mount systems sized to your actual usage and the year-25 output, not a day-one spec sheet number. For Winters homes, that means factoring in tule fog suppression from December through February and the long, high-production valley summers.
Learn more about our Solar Panel Installation in Winters.
Solar Battery Storage & Backup
Winters Solar Battery Storage & Backup matters here in ways it doesn’t in a coastal suburb. Farm accounts on PG&E agricultural rates carry demand charges, and a battery can cut those charges hard. For homes, the rolling blackout days of recent summers made backup power feel less like an option and more like a necessity.
Learn more about our Solar Battery Storage & Backup in Winters.
Solar Panel Cleaning
Valley dust, pollen from the almond bloom, and the fine silt that drifts off farm roads all settle on panels out here. A layer of winter fog residue plus harvest-season dust can knock 5 to 15 percent off production, and Winters Solar Panel Cleaning twice a year usually pays for itself.
Learn more about our Solar Panel Cleaning in Winters.
EV Charger Installation
More Winters households are adding EVs, and a Level 2 charger tied into a solar array turns a gas bill into fuel that’s already paid for. We handle panel capacity checks, wiring, and EV Charger Installation in Winters in the same visit where possible.
Solar Panel Maintenance & Monitoring
Gus monitors your system after it goes live. If production dips and you haven’t noticed, he’s the one who calls you. That’s the difference between a local owner-operator and a company that vanished after the paperwork cleared.
Solar Panel Repair
Inverters fail, connections loosen, panels get damaged by storms or wildlife. We repair all major brands, including Tesla, Enphase, SolarEdge, and FranklinWH systems, and the $40-off-any-repair-over-$200 standing offer applies in Winters.
Commercial Solar Installation
Olive mills, wineries, packing sheds, and irrigation pump stations all run hard during the valley’s peak sun months. We size commercial systems around real load profiles and utility schedules – not square footage guesses.
Neighborhoods We Serve in Winters
Our crews work across the entire 95694 ZIP. We’re typically able to have someone out within 24 to 48 hours for estimates, and same-day for urgent repair calls when weather allows.
- Downtown Winters – the historic grid around Main Street and Railroad Avenue
- The areas along Grant Avenue and Moody Slough Road
- Rural parcels off Russell Boulevard and Highway 128
- Streets near Winters High School and the Community Center
- Properties north of Putah Creek toward the orchards
Why Winters’s Climate & Housing Affect Solar
Winters gets some of the highest solar irradiance on the entire Sacramento Valley floor – roughly 5.5 to 6.0 peak sun hours daily through the summer – and that’s before you factor in the 30 to 40 days a year above 100°F. Air conditioning and irrigation pumps run hard here, which means solar offsets real, heavy loads and pays back faster than in foggy coastal markets.
But there’s a catch most out-of-town quotes ignore. The tule fog that settles over Yolo County from December through February isn’t a mild morning mist – it’s a dense, ground-hugging radiation fog that measurably suppresses solar output for weeks at a time. A quote that assumes year-round average production without building in the fog season will underdeliver. Gus builds it in. Likewise, the older housing stock downtown – Victorians and Craftsman homes from the late 1800s and early 1900s – frequently has 100-amp panels that need a service upgrade before any grid-tied system can pass permitting. On the rural fringe, aging wood-framed and metal-roofed farm structures often make ground-mount or pole-mount systems the smarter call than a rooftop install. These are local realities, not generic talking points.
Pricing for Solar in Winters
We don’t do brochure pricing. Every quote starts with your actual PG&E bill – the usage, the rate schedule, the export credit rate – and the number we give you is the number you pay. That said, here’s what homeowners and farm operators in Winters can generally expect:
- Residential rooftop systems: Most Winters homes land between $14,000 and $28,000 before the federal tax credit, depending on panel count, roof condition, and whether a panel upgrade is needed.
- Battery add-on: A single home battery typically runs $9,000 to $16,000 installed. For AG-tariff farm accounts, demand-charge savings often cover a meaningful share of that cost.
- Ground-mount systems on rural parcels: These run higher on materials and labor, usually $22,000 to $45,000 depending on array size and trenching distance.
- Panel cleaning: $150 to $350 per visit for most residential arrays in Winters, with scheduled twice-yearly service available.
No signature wanted tonight. Take two weeks. The price will be the same. If you’ve got a written estimate from another company, bring it in – we’ll give you a free second opinion.
Service Area – Cities Near Winters
We work throughout Yolo and Solano counties. If you’re in Vacaville, Dixon, Davis, or Woodland, our crews serve those areas too. Dispatch is coordinated from our Sacramento office, but the team you’ll see on site lives and works in this region.
Serving Winters, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Winters area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Solar in Winters
Most residential rooftop installations in Winters run $14,000 to $28,000 before the federal tax credit. Your exact number depends on your panel count, roof condition, and whether your home needs an electrical panel upgrade – common in the older downtown homes. Call (877) 550-6892 with your PG&E bill handy and Gus will give you a real number, not a range that shifts later.
Yes, and in measurable ways. The dense fog that settles over the valley floor from December through February can cut winter production by 15 to 30 percent compared to clear-sky forecasts. Any honest quote for Winters must build that into the annual yield estimate. If a salesperson’s number ignores the fog, their number is wrong. Bring us the bill and we’ll show you the real math.
We do it regularly. Many parcels in the 95694 ZIP run on PG&E’s agricultural rate schedules, which carry demand charges that a properly sized system with battery storage or load management can offset. Ground-mount and pole-mount arrays are often the better fit for farm operations, and we size those systems around your pump load, harvest-season usage, and the AG-tariff structure – not a residential template.
Many older homes in Winters do. The Victorian and Craftsman houses downtown and the mid-century ranch homes on surrounding streets often still have 100-amp panels, and most grid-tied solar permits require at least a 125-amp panel, often 200-amp. We’ll check your panel during the initial visit and tell you honestly if an upgrade is needed before we quote the system.
For urgent repairs, usually yes – we prioritize same-day and next-day response in Yolo County, and there’s no trip charge inside our own county. For estimates, we’re typically on site within 24 to 48 hours. Call (877) 550-6892 and a live person will answer, not a voicemail queue.
Written by Gus Petrakis, Owner at Gus’s Solar, serving Winters and the 95694 ZIP.
What happens when you call
- 1A real person answersNo phone trees - talk to a local solar pro.
- 2You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched. No surprises.
- 3A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, typically within 1-hour.
- 4You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
What Winters Customers Say
"He flashed every roof penetration properly and showed me the flashing before it went down. Three roof seasons on and not a drop anywhere."
- Philomena Achara"Panel level monitoring so I can see each one, proper stainless clips under the array rather than zip ties, and he walked me under it with a torch to show me before he signed off."
- Cassius Delacroix"Gus's own crew did the install. Not a subcontractor who had never met him, which is what the big outfit quoted me and could not tell me who would actually be on my roof."
- Aurelia Santibanez