What Happens to Your Solar Contract When the Company Goes Bankrupt

75%

Of California solar companies were reported to be under financial duress in early 2024, according to research from solar warranty provider Solar Insure

Your Warranty

An installer's bankruptcy usually doesn't touch your equipment warranty — that's tied to the manufacturer, not the company that put the panels on your roof. But if the equipment maker is who went under, that's a different story. We help you figure out which warranties are actually still standing.

Your Lease or PPA

If you have a lease or power purchase agreement, it's typically sold off as an asset to another company during bankruptcy — your payments don't just stop, they get redirected. The catch is you rarely get a clear explanation of who owns your contract now, or what changed in the fine print when it moved.

COMPANIES THAT WENT UNDER

These are the solar companies, lenders, and installers that have filed for bankruptcy or shut down operations in recent years — and what that means if your lease, PPA, or loan is tied to one of them. For the bigger picture on how this wave has reshaped California's solar market, see our full breakdown:

Solar Company Went Bankrupt in California | What to Do Now.

1. SunPower — Chapter 11, August 2024
Sold most assets to Complete Solaria; relaunched under the SunPower name in late 2024, leaving many customers unsure who now services their lease or loan.
๐Ÿ”— SunPower Cancellation in California

2. Titan Solar Power — Chapter 7, 2024
Liquidated with no successor — unlike a Chapter 11 sale, there's no new company inheriting the warranty or the loan.
๐Ÿ”— Titan Solar Power Is Gone for Good. Your Contract Isn't.

3. Freedom Forever — Chapter 11, April 2026
Filed with an estimated 190,000 systems nationwide affected; homeowners were left with unactivated panels and unanswered service calls.
๐Ÿ”— Freedom Forever Bankruptcy: What Solar Homeowners Should Do

4. Sunworks — Chapter 7, February 2024
Liquidated outright; its customer base and monitoring sites were later picked up by EnergyAid in 2025.

5. Pink Energy (Power Home Solar) — Chapter 7, October 2022
Filed for liquidation amid a wave of consumer complaints and lawsuits in North Carolina and beyond.

6. Vision Solar — Chapter 7, December 2023
Shut down entirely, leaving an active state attorney general lawsuit against it on hold.

7. Lumio — Chapter 11, September 2024
Continued operating through the filing and was ultimately sold to Zeo Energy Corp. in November 2024.

8. Sunlight Financial — Chapter 11, October 2023
A lender, not an installer — it still services existing solar loans today under new ownership.
๐Ÿ”— Sunlight Financial Bankruptcy: What CA Homeowners Should Know

9. ADT Solar — Business exit, not a bankruptcy, January–June 2024
ADT's board chose to fully exit residential solar; the parent company remained financially sound throughout.

10. Sungevity — Chapter 11, March 2017
Sold off in a court-supervised sale; the brand was later revived, then shut down completely for good in late 2020.

11. Solcius — Folded into Sunworks' 2024 bankruptcy
Its customer base and monitoring accounts were also picked up by EnergyAid in 2025.

12. Sunnova — Chapter 11, 2025
Assets sold to Solaris Assets, LLC; existing leases and PPAs are now serviced by SunStrong Management, not Sunnova.
๐Ÿ”— If You Have a Sunnova Lease or PPA, the Company That Owns It Isn't Sunnova Anymore

Your Solar Company Is Gone. That Doesn't Mean You're Stuck.

Whether your installer liquidated, got acquired, or vanished without a warranty department to call, your lease, PPA, or loan is still your legal problem to solve — and still one we can help you solve. Get a free review of your contract before you assume you have no options.