Atma Energy Inc

I was in the Solar business for many years and finally decided to put in on our new home. I came across EnergySage and loved the getting competitive quotes. Spoke to a few of them but selected ATMA and could not be happier. They took the project and ran with Rodrigo keeping me updated all along the way. The Electrician came out and installed the hardware and batteries and passed inspection first try. He was courteous and he explained how he was doing everything so I felt very comfortable. Then the panel team came out, Worked efficiently and even though we had lighting come and shut them down for the day, they were back the next morning to finish things up. CPS came out and did their inspection and powered us up. The Enphase App is great so I can see the configuration options and the production and usage real time. Happy to have gone with ATMA

Atma Energy was a good company to work with. Chris was helpful and was able to pull in other team members to answer any tough questions. Atma offered two different inverter options, as well as two different panel options. For inverters, they offered Enphase MicroInverters as well as Tesla String Inverters. I could tell they were very pro-Enphase, which was fine, but several other installers avoid Enphase due to a lack of Labor-Warranty if a micro-inverter should fail. Any while they offered Tesla, they didn't have many examples or show much confidence with Tesla. As for Panels, they offered the Rec405 and the QCELL405 (later the QCELL 425). They were the first installer I talked to, to bring up the newer QCELL model, but the higher 425 target didn't seem to affect the output since we were scoping a ~360W microinverter. I suppose general improvements in the panel would have been advantageous overall; some of that was unclear and it felt a bit like they let me assume the 425W panels would have been better beyond efficiency or degradation over time. My main constructive feedback would have been around Chris's knowledge of the Austin Energy metering setup. AE requires a second PV meter, and they don't have any net metering at all: They charge you for all you use and pay you for all you generate. This means that a battery backup is ONLY useful for outages, and does not let you save energy for nighttime or high-demand usage. It also does not allow you to avoid going up the tiered billing ladder. Chris was unaware of this and originally proposed a battery, saying it would let us avoid pulling from the grid from a pricing perspective. Overall, it was not a big deal, and I acknowledge there are many power providers out there, but not knowing Austin's setup was disappointing. All in all, I would recommend Atma Energy. We opted to go with an installer who knew Austin Energy better as well as had a more favorable relationship with Tesla since we did not think the cost of Micros was worth the ROI (our house and roof is a good candidates for String Inverters). Thanks!

I used ATMA and overall I am very satisfied. The city of Austin inspection went well but the city never gave a time. They just showed up. Very unprofessional. So the ATMA electrician wasn’t there and they flunked the inspection on some trivial items that could have been better handled if the city did a better job scheduling the inspection. Austin Energy was similar in that they verbally said everything was fine but then failed the inspection because of a missing warning label. So ATMA had to send someone to my house the next day to affix the label. This also could have been handled better by Austin. These type of delays made the timeline very long but ATMA did a good job of dealing with them. Sometimes the communication to me was incomplete but given the trivial issues that Austin handled poorly ATMA did great. System is up and running now with 26 panels and 2 batteries. I would highly recommend them.

My solar project was completed Aug 3rd, and I wanted to wait and see how well the system performed prior to writing a review. I always base a large purchase on "if I had the opportunity to make this decision again, would I make the same decision?" Absolutely! I am 100% satisfied with Atma Energy and the quality of work and system performance. When I decided to go solar, the next step was finding the "right" company for the job. I live in Georgetown and narrowed the search down to two companies, one in Austin and Atma Energy in San Antonio. After speaking with sales from both, I decided on Atma Energy. However, I was a bit concerned that Atma was still a "young" company, but my wife who was a Corporate Operations Officer for a software development company said to go with Atma "They will earn your business." She was right and Atma Energy has been incredibly responsive in all areas from the sales process, engineering, installation, and follow up to ensure I am completely satisfied. I seldom give a 5 star rating, but Atma Energy definitely "earned" 5 Stars.

Everyone we dealt with at ATMA was very professional. Emails were always returned promptly. System design and installation documents were detailed and easily understood. The one change I wanted on installation was quickly accommodated. Installation was quick, and the electrician was particularly knowledgeable and thoroughly explained the system.

From start to finish, Supratim, Rodrigo and the entire team at ATMA were fantastic and exceeded our expectations. Gave us a realistic expectation of what adding solar would entail and answered our numerous questions and concerns. Very patient as we worked our way through the decision. Expertly worked our project (which was very large and not typical for a residential installation) through CPS, kept us informed the entire time. Once approved, installation was easy, on time, no surprises. We now have $20 CPS bills for a 10,000 square foot home!!!! I highly recommend ATMA for your project whether small or large. You can trust their word and their desire to do a great job!