Gus’s Solar in Tennessee
Gus’s Solar brings owner-operated solar installation to homeowners across Tennessee, from the rolling hills of Middle Tennessee to the ridgelines of the east and the river counties of the west. Gus Petrakis puts his own name on every truck, quotes your system off your actual utility bill, and tells you to take two weeks before you sign anything. As part of the Locally family, every Gus’s Solar job in Tennessee carries our trademark promise: the owner’s name, a local address you can drive to, and a license number you can look up before you ever pick up the phone. No out-of-state sales crew, no disappearing act after the panels go live.
Why Tennessee Homeowners Choose Gus’s Solar
Tennessee homeowners between 50 and 70 have learned the hard way that a smooth phone quote and a pushy door-knocker are not the same thing as a company that’ll still answer in year ten. Gus Petrakis built Gus’s Solar to be the alternative. He’ll show you real year-25 production numbers based on your actual usage, not a brochure estimate. He’ll hand you a written quote and tell you to sleep on it. And when something goes wrong, he’s the one who calls you back.
The 90-Day Done Right Promise covers every solar job in writing. If it’s not right, Gus makes it right. That’s not a slogan on a billboard; it’s the terms he signs. His crew are background-checked, uniformed, and his own, not subs pulled off a platform. They flash every roof penetration properly because Gus is going to see you again at the hardware store, and that’s the oldest accountability mechanism there is.
A live person answers the phone 24 hours a day, not a voicemail tree, not a ticketing queue three states away. The price you hear is the price you pay, period. Gus works with the equipment brands that last: Tesla, Enphase, SolarEdge, SunPower, Panasonic, Qcells, REC, Canadian Solar, JinkoSolar, and FranklinWH. He’ll tell you which makes sense for your roof and your bill, not which pays him the fastest.
Founded in 2011 and locally owned since day one, Gus’s Solar has been serving Tennessee communities for over 29 years as part of the Locally network. That’s a real shop with a published address, not a pop-up sales crew that vanishes once the paperwork clears.
Backed by the Locally Family
Every Gus’s Solar installation in Tennessee carries the Locally guarantee. We started in 1997 when Ward Selby, a retired county extension agent, got tired of hearing the same story: out-of-state plates, a quote that tripled at the door, and a phone number that stopped working. He wrote down what a homeowner could verify in five minutes: a local area code that a person answers, an address you can drive to, the owner’s name and face, and a license number you can look up. Gus Petrakis meets that standard, and then some.
Our L.O.C.A.L. values code means Gus has roots here, not a call center elsewhere. He shows up in the window he gives you. He hires here, buys here, and puts his name on the work. He’d rather keep you for twenty years than win one big ticket. That’s why the Locally family stands behind Gus’s Solar across Tennessee. Ask anyone on your street.
Written by Gus Petrakis, Owner at Gus’s Solar, serving Tennessee as part of the Locally family since 2011.