Charlie Johnson - Founder of Green Energy EPC by Makello

Charlie’s approach to Solar is “Education overcomes advertising sales gimmicks” Makello delivers decision-making information you won't find anywhere else and acts as the powered by research entity behind the engineering and installation crew for superior designed and quality (and safe) installation. As President of Green Energy EPC by Makello he is also the company’s Ethical Energy Efficiency Expert. As a dedicated researcher of renewable energy and Plug-In Vehicles, Charlie's software engineering and database management includes authoring the California Solar Initiative solar hot water rebate website, Charlie is a former elected San Diego Renewable Energy Society Board Member and a Sun Edison/ESW@UCSD grant writer awardee for his mobile, off-grid, solar powered, electric vehicle & personal electronics charging station serving UCSD's community.

How We Got Here

After ten years of working as parallel companies in support of one another, Green Energy EPC was purchased by and integrated into Makello to form a new entity named Green Energy EPC by Makello! Charlie partnered with Laurence to co-own this new enterprise to continue to serve our existing customers on their renewable energy journey and to grow our family of customers with our “deep dive” methods of designing intelligent solar and battery engineered energy systems and superior installation techniques!

Our Mission

To improve the human condition on earth one smart home at a time with renewable energy from the Sun! We are committed to ethically guide our customers through the energy independence journey with clean, green electricity!

What makes Green Energy EPC by Makello different from other Solar Installation companies?

Ethics! We know this is not a term you associate with home improvement contractors but Green Energy EPC by Makello was created to serve and reach a higher standard of engineering and construction protocols and to help you on your sustainable lifestyle journey. We also seek higher standards for our workers safety, our homeowners, and for the surrounding areas of our work in progress.


Research: Makello does “deep dive” research and on-site assessments to determine our customers’ electricity use and future needs. We also go the extra mile to determine what rebates, reimbursement or discounts that we can facilitate for you. Your satisfaction with our completely customized assessment is the key to our work before the construction work even begins.


Quality workmanship: We are fanatical about ensuring that our installation work will maintains the integrity of your roof. Too many big and small installers have done sub-par work and created consumer caution about the risks of a roof mounted solar system. We take the worry away from the homeowner by training our team members to take every step and method to install with integrity and quality worksmanship.


We service all of San Diego County and beyond!

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