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Blackout Electric — licensed solar and electrical contractor
(480) 939-0234
About

Built by people who did the installs.

A licensed Arizona contractor covering solar, electrical, construction and cooling — founded in 2023 by people who spent their careers on the roofs and in the panels first.

AZ ROC #344757 · CR-11 · dual scope Founded 2023 Based in Mesa, AZ

Why this company exists

Jonathan Garcia spent twelve years inside the solar industry before starting this one — from installer at 19 to foreman at 21 to project manager over more than 60 crews. Then he moved into sales, and saw the gap from the other side: homeowners being sold systems by people who had never been on a roof, with numbers nobody intended to stand behind.

Blackout Electric was founded in 2023 to work the other way round. The people who quote the job are the people who do it. Nobody here is on a commission plan that pays more for a bigger system than the one you need.

What the company turned out to be best at was the least glamorous part of the trade: getting arrays off roofs and back on them, correctly, on someone else’s schedule. That work brought the roofing companies, and the roofing companies brought everything else.

Jonathan Garcia, founder of Blackout Electric, in front of a company truck
The team

The people behind the work

Jonathan Garcia, Founder at Blackout Electric

Jonathan Garcia

Founder

Twelve years in solar before founding the company — SolarCity at 19, foreman at 21, project manager over 60 crews by his mid-twenties.

Jonathan grew up around the trades; his father spent over a decade in electrical and another in roofing. He started with SolarCity at 19, made foreman at 21, and relocated to Nevada as a project manager overseeing more than 60 installation crews — the youngest to hold that role there. After finishing at Tesla at 31 he moved into solar sales, and saw from the other side how homeowners were being sold to. He founded Blackout Electric in 2023 to do it differently: the people who quote the job are the people who do it, and nobody works on a commission plan that rewards a bigger system than the one you need.

Fabian Rodriguez, Director of Operations at Blackout Electric

Fabian Rodriguez

Director of Operations

More than 20 years in solar, including six years running multiple installation crews as a branch manager.

Fabian brings over two decades of hands-on solar experience to operations, covering installation, operational leadership and team development. Before this role he spent six years as a branch manager overseeing multiple installation crews and several departments, where he focused on streamlining operations and getting projects completed safely, on schedule and to standard. He leads day-to-day operations with the same priorities.

Alexis Valenzuela, Director of Internal Operations at Blackout Electric

Alexis Valenzuela

Director of Internal Operations

Ten years in solar operations, permitting and interconnection — the part of a project most homeowners never see.

Alexis has spent more than ten years in solar operations, permitting, interconnection and project management, and has an in-depth understanding of what keeps a project moving from initial planning through utility approval to final completion. She specialises in navigating complex permitting requirements and coordinating interconnection with utility providers, and has built long-standing relationships with customers, contractors and utility partners. She is the reason projects here do not stall waiting on paperwork.

Edwin Hernandez, Project Manager at Blackout Electric

Edwin Hernandez

Project Manager

In solar since 2015, specialising in residential service, troubleshooting and O&M since 2017.

Edwin has diagnosed and repaired thousands of residential solar systems, across a wide range of inverter, battery and monitoring platforms. He takes pride in solving problems and restoring systems to full performance — and in the part that comes after: taking the time to explain what went wrong, answer questions, and leave a homeowner actually understanding how their system works. On a system whose original installer no longer exists, that is most of the job.

Luis Gutierrez, Field Supervisor at Blackout Electric

Luis Gutierrez

Field Supervisor

Field supervisor, running crews on site across the Phoenix metro.

Miguel Rojo, Project Manager at Blackout Electric

Miguel Rojo

Project Manager

Solar PV installer and project manager, ten years across California, Texas and Arizona.

Miguel leads many of Blackout Electric’s solar projects, guiding crews to consistent results with efficiency and precision. He brings hands-on experience from working across California, Texas and Arizona, which has given him a deep familiarity with different systems, codes and installation practices. After years on the road he returned to Arizona to be closer to his daughters, and is proudly a girl dad. Outside work he cooks, and is known on site for his seafood.

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  • Several of your crew were photographed and never added here. There are fifteen professional headshots on your server and six people on this page. Who is missing?
  • Luis Gutierrez has no bio. The current site publishes Alexis Valenzuela's bio word-for-word under Luis's name. We have left his blank rather than repeat the error or invent one.
  • Rogelio Ulises Granados Sanchez is the Qualifying Party on all three ROC licences and is named nowhere on the site.
  • Karen is thanked by name in a customer review and listed as Office Manager in the AZ Roofing Contractors Association directory. She is not on the team page either.
What clients say

5.0 stars across 64 Google reviews

Pearce Baker Roofing company owner

Blackout Electric came out quickly and took care of my broken lights, plus added a dimmer. The install is super clean and looks really nice. They also detach and reset a lot of solar panels for my roofing company, and they are hands-down the best in the valley.

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Erik Caballero Google review

They came out to my home and installed a brand-new service panel, and the quality of their work was exceptional. Their communication was top-tier. Every single day they were here, they made sure I was completely taken care of and understood everything that was happening.

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Jose Buendia Google review

Last month I had my roof replaced. Black Out Electric came in and removed and reinstalled the solar panels. Both jobs were completed rapidly and professionally. I had two damaged panels that I wasn’t aware of until techs alerted me. Karen coordinated all work graciously and quickly found replacements.

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