Installer closures

If your solar installer went out of business

More than a hundred residential installers have closed since 2023, including the biggest national names. The pattern is the same every time: the monitoring app goes dark, the support line rings out, the workmanship warranty becomes a bankruptcy claim, and the loan keeps coming. What you should do depends a little on which company it was and a lot on what brand of inverter is on your wall.

Run the free check right here

Four numbers from your inverter or old app. The result compares what your system has produced with what one like it should have produced at your address. No account, no sales call.

ZIP code Used only to look up typical sunlight for your area.

System size, kW On your contract, permit, or utility interconnection letter. Or count panels and multiply by 0.4.

Install date The month is close enough. Use the first of the month if you're not sure.

Lifetime production, kWh (usually thousands, not the system size) The "lifetime" or "total energy" number on your inverter's screen, or in the old monitoring app if it still opens. Where to find it, by brand.

Roof details, optional

Roof pitch, degrees

Direction panels face, degrees South is 180. West is 270. East is 90.

Email, to save your result We'll send the result and a reminder in a year to check again. Nothing else. No list is sold, ever.

Your result

of expected

Your system has produced
A system like yours should have produced
Time in service
Weather station used

How this was calculated

Expected production comes from PVWatts, the federal solar model from the National Laboratory of the Rockies (formerly NREL), using typical-year weather for your area, your system size, and a fixed roof mount at the pitch and direction given. It's summed month by month from your install date to today, with a small allowance for normal panel aging. Your actual number comes from you. The comparison is only as good as those inputs.

Thresholds: 85 percent or above reads as normal, because weather, shade, and dust easily account for that much. Between 65 and 85 percent is worth a look. Below 65 percent, something is usually wrong.

This is a production comparison, not an inspection. It cannot detect electrical faults, wiring damage, or safety problems, and a "normal" result does not mean the system is safe. If you smell burning, see scorch marks, or hear buzzing at the inverter, turn the system off at the disconnect and call a licensed electrician.

Getting a quote from another company? Run the quote check before you sign: price, production, financing, tax credit, and whether they will be around.

Installer	What happened	Customers	Guide
Freedom Forever	Chapter 11 in April 2026, Chapter 7 since August 7, 2026; claim deadline October 16, 2026	~190,000	Florida · Texas · Arizona · California
SunPower	Chapter 11 in August 2024. Support, portal and app went offline September 20, 2024	~600,000	All states
Lumio	Chapter 11 in Delaware September 3, 2024; assets sold to Zeo Energy November 2024; liquidation plan effective February 2025	tens of thousands	All states
Sunworks and Solcius	Chapter 7 February 5, 2024 (Provo, Utah; 15 states); EnergyAid bought the customer data and monitoring sites in March 2025	thousands	All states
Titan Solar Power	Shut down June 13, 2024; Chapter 7 a week later. EnergyAid bought the customer data in 2025	~100,000+	All states
Sunnova and Mosaic	Chapter 11 in June 2025. Mosaic loans are now serviced by Solar Servicing LLC under Forbright Bank	Leases, PPAs, loans	All states

Whoever it was, the first step is the same

Find out whether the system is still producing. It usually is. Run the free check with the lifetime energy number from your inverter, then get your own monitoring access back using the guide for your brand. Everything after that is paperwork, and paperwork can wait a week. A dead system can't.

Don't see your installer?

The list above is the start. If yours closed and isn't here, the steps on the Freedom Forever page apply almost word for word. Email us the installer's name and we'll write the page.

Your installer is gone and something is wrong? Who to write to depends on one thing:

You own it (cash or a loan)I write the warranty claim letter for you to send to the panel or inverter maker, with your serials and production numbers, and settle who pays the labor before any repair.

You lease or have a PPAI write the dispute letter for you to send to the company billing you, quoting the service and any credit your agreement describes.

You read and approve it, then send it yourself from your own email. $99, one time. Ready in 3 business days.

Write it for me, $99 How it works