Sunnova · all states · updated 2026-09-11

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 a group of its own bondholders, 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.

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.

What changed

Sunnova itself. The contracts for systems already running were sold to Solaris Assets, LLC, an entity formed by Sunnova's bondholders
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

What actually happened

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 Sunnova's noteholders, and SunStrong Management took over the day-to-day work of servicing the accounts. 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.

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, and many Sunnova leases carried a production guarantee that owes you a credit when the system falls short. Either way, knowing whether your system is making what it should is the number that gets SunStrong to roll a truck or pay a credit. 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

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Save the paperwork. Contract, transfer notice, permit, interconnection approval, and a photo of every equipment label. The Report Card 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?: Sunnova kept honoring guarantees during the case, and running leases and PPAs were sold as contracts, guarantee included. Ask SunStrong in writing whether yours carried over and how a shortfall is credited, and put a dated number on the shortfall first with the free check.
My system is broken and SunStrong is slow.: 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 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.

The one-page version. The Solar Report Card puts your production verdict, your equipment details, and the steps to get monitoring and service back in front of you on one dated document you can send to SunStrong or keep with the house papers. $19.

See the documents

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. Sunnova's financial restructuring page, sunnova.com/lp/financialrestructuring. If any of this is wrong for your system, email jon@solarstillworks.com and the page gets fixed.