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Sunnova · all states · updated 2026-09-12

Sunnova went bankrupt. Here's what it means for your lease, PPA, or loan.

Sunnova, of Houston, was one of the biggest names in home solar, but it was not usually the company on your roof. A local dealer sold and installed the system; Sunnova owned it or financed it and sent the monthly bill. On June 8, 2025 Sunnova filed Chapter 11 in the Southern District of Texas. It sold its customer contracts to Solaris Assets, an entity formed by GoodFinch Management, the court confirmed the plan on November 12, 2025, and the plan took effect two days later. Your contract did not disappear. The company that answers the phone did. This page is the calm version of what that means.

Sunnova and SunStrong owners: which fits you? Three quick questions

1. Do you own the system, or is it a lease or a PPA?

2. What's wrong?

3. Do you have your agreement (the contract you signed)?

Have your system size and lifetime kWh handy? Go straight to the free production check.

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.

Used only to look up typical sunlight for your area.
On your contract, permit, or utility interconnection letter. Or count panels and multiply by 0.4.
The month is close enough. Use the first of the month if you're not sure.
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
South is 180. West is 270. East is 90.
We'll send the result and a reminder in a year to check again. Nothing else. No list is sold, ever.

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

What changed

  • Sunnova itself. The contracts for systems already running were sold to Solaris Assets, LLC, an entity formed by GoodFinch Management
  • Sunnova's production guarantees and its own customer warranties. The purchase agreement lists them as liabilities the buyer did not take on, and customers report the annual underproduction credits have stopped
  • Who you deal with. SunStrong Management now handles billing, collections, monitoring, and customer service for those accounts. It is the same company that took over SunPower's leases
  • Anything Sunnova promised that was not in the written contract, and any claim you did not file by the August 6, 2025 deadline

What did not

  • The terms of your lease or PPA: the rate, the escalator, the length, the buyout schedule. A new owner takes the contract as written and cannot rewrite it without you
  • The equipment warranties from the panel and inverter makers. On a lease or PPA they belong to the system owner, which now means the new owner, and it is their job to use them
  • Your utility interconnection and net metering agreement
  • Your obligation to pay. Stopping payments does not end a lease; it ends up on your credit and, sometimes, on your title

Want the letter written for you? 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, $99Not sure it's underproducing? Run the free check first
What actually happened in court

A Sunnova subsidiary that handled tax-credit projects filed first, on June 1, 2025. The parent company, Sunnova Energy International, and two other entities followed on June 8. The cases are jointly administered as case 25-90160 before Judge Alfredo R. Perez in Houston. On its first day in court Sunnova got permission to keep honoring leases, PPAs, loans, service agreements, warranties, and production guarantees while the case ran, so customers who kept paying saw little change at first.

The sale hearing was on July 31, 2025. The buyer was Solaris Assets, LLC, formed by GoodFinch Management, and SunStrong Management took over the day-to-day work of servicing the accounts. The signed purchase agreement, dated June 13, 2025 and filed with the SEC, lists "all Liabilities in respect of customer warranties and production guarantees" among the obligations the buyer did not take on. That is why customers who used to receive a yearly underproduction credit from Sunnova report that SunStrong has stopped paying it. The plan was confirmed on November 12, 2025 and went effective on November 14, 2025. A creditor trust is still working through claims and lawsuits in the case, but for a homeowner with a running system the practical story ended there: the contract moved, and SunStrong is who you call.

One part of the sale order cuts the other way, and it is worth knowing before you call. The order entered on July 31, 2025 (docket 599) approved the assumption and assignment of contracts under section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, and paragraph 16 says the assigned contracts "shall be transferred and assigned to, and remain in full force and effect for the benefit of, the Purchaser in accordance with their respective terms." The same order shields the buyer from successor liability and from the excluded liabilities. The practical line between the two: money Sunnova already owed you, including an unpaid production credit from before the sale, is a claim against the old estate, while the terms of the contract itself, including whatever it says about maintenance, repairs and service, travel with the contract to the new owner. Which agreements were assigned is a defined list in the court filings, so if SunStrong tells you a duty in your contract is not theirs, ask them in writing to confirm whether your agreement was assumed and assigned in case 25-90160, and keep the answer. This is not legal advice.

Lease or PPA: why the free check matters more for you

On a lease or a PPA you do not own the panels, so the manufacturer warranty claims, repairs, and monitoring are the owner's job. That is the good news. The catch is that nobody tells you when they stop doing it. Under a PPA you pay per kWh, so a system that underproduces costs you in a higher utility bill. Under a lease you pay a flat amount no matter what the roof makes. Many Sunnova leases carried a production guarantee, but the buyer did not take that obligation on, so do not count on the old credit. What the lease still says is who maintains the system, and a system that has quietly failed is a service problem, not just a lost credit. Knowing whether your system is making what it should is the number that gets SunStrong to roll a truck, and it is the first thing a state attorney general or a lawyer will ask for. Run the check above, and if it comes back low, send the result to SunStrong in writing and ask for service under your agreement.

This week

  1. Run the free check above. Four numbers, about a minute. If the monitoring app is dark, the exported kWh on your utility statement works as a stand-in.
  2. Find your contract and read three lines: the monthly payment and escalator, the production guarantee if there is one, and the buyout or transfer section. Those are the parts that matter now.
  3. Confirm who you are paying. Look for a transfer notice from SunStrong and make sure autopay points where that notice says. If you are unsure, log in at sunstrongmanagement.com rather than calling a number from an email or a search ad; scammers target bankruptcy customers.
  4. Check the monitoring. If your app still shows production, you are fine. If it went dark, ask SunStrong in writing to restore it; on a lease or PPA that is their system and their obligation.
  5. If you have a loan, not a lease, the servicer's name is on your latest statement. You own the system, so the manufacturer warranties are yours to register. Mosaic, a separate solar lender that also filed in June 2025, now has its loans serviced by Solar Servicing LLC.
  6. Save the paperwork. Contract, transfer notice, permit, interconnection approval, and a photo of every equipment label. The Owner answers puts the production verdict and the details on one dated page.

Questions Sunnova customers keep asking

Can I get out of my lease because Sunnova went bankrupt?
Usually not. The bankruptcy moved the contract to a new owner rather than ending it. Anyone promising to cancel it for a fee should explain in writing exactly which clause lets them; if the answer is vague, keep your money.
Is my production guarantee still good?
Probably not, at least not from SunStrong. Sunnova kept honoring guarantees while the case ran, but the purchase agreement with Solaris lists liabilities for customer warranties and production guarantees as excluded, meaning the buyer did not take them on, and customers report the yearly credits stopped after the sale. A claim against the Sunnova estate had to be filed by August 6, 2025. If you believe you are owed credits, your state attorney general or a consumer attorney can tell you whether any route is left; put a dated number on the shortfall first with the free check. Thanks to a member of the Sunnova customer groups who corrected an earlier version of this answer.
My system is broken and SunStrong is slow.
You are not alone, and regulators have noticed. In February 2026 the Connecticut Attorney General sent SunStrong a civil investigative demand after about 65 complaints that it was failing to uphold warranties, not answering customers, and charging $10 a month for production data. Put every request in writing through your online account, keep the dates, and attach the free check result. If weeks pass with no response, a complaint to your own state attorney general and to the Better Business Bureau creates a record and often gets a callback.
What if I'm selling the house?
The buyer either takes over the lease or you buy it out, and SunStrong is now who approves the transfer and issues the payoff. Start that request early; it is the slowest paper in the sale. The selling guide covers the rest, and the Home Sale Packet puts it on one page the buyer can read.

Rather not write it yourself? 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, $99How it works
Sources

Sunnova Energy International Inc., case 25-90160 (ARP), U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, case site at restructuring.ra.kroll.com/Sunnova (petition dates June 1 and June 8, 2025; general claims bar date August 6, 2025; sale hearing July 31, 2025; plan confirmed November 12, 2025; effective date November 14, 2025). Sunnova press release of June 8, 2025 on the filing and first-day relief. Sunnova's plan confirmation announcement of November 12, 2025 naming Solaris Assets, LLC and SunStrong Management, LLC. Asset Purchase Agreement dated June 13, 2025 among Solaris Assets, LLC, Solaris ABS, LLC, Solaris Borrower, LLC and the Sunnova sellers, filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Sunnova's Form 8-K, section 1.4(g). Solar Power World, "Acquisitions now complete: SunStrong in charge of legacy Sunnova systems," September 4, 2025, on Solaris Assets as the entity formed by GoodFinch Management. Sunnova's financial restructuring page, sunnova.com/lp/financialrestructuring. Connecticut Attorney General press release of March 17, 2026 on the civil investigative demand to SunStrong Management. If any of this is wrong for your system, email jon@solarstillworks.com and the page gets fixed.

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