Sunnova, one of the largest residential solar and battery service providers in the U.S., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in June 2025 under heavy debt and shifting market conditions. By late 2025, a court-approved sale transferred substantially all of its assets to Solaris Assets, LLC. If Sunnova holds your lease, PPA, or service agreement, here's what it means for you.
The most important thing to understand
Most Sunnova customers don't own their systems — Sunnova does (or did), through leases and power purchase agreements. In an asset sale like this one, those customer contracts are assets: they were sold to the acquiring entity along with the obligation to service them. In practice:
- Keep making payments. Your lease/PPA contract remains binding, now administered by the successor. Stopping payments puts you in breach, not them.
- Watch for official servicer notices. Legitimate transfer notices come by mail/email referencing your account — not by door-knock or urgent phone call.
- Save everything: your original contract, payment records, and any transfer correspondence.
If you own your system (Sunnova loan or cash purchase)
If you bought your system outright with Sunnova as installer/servicer, your situation looks like a standard installer closure:
- Manufacturer equipment warranties survive — file directly with panel/inverter makers.
- Sunnova service plans and workmanship coverage depend on what the successor honors; get any commitments in writing.
- Loans continue with your lender, unaffected by the installer's bankruptcy.
Service delays are the real pain point
Through bankruptcy transitions, customers commonly report slow or unresponsive service departments: long waits for repairs, monitoring outages, and unanswered tickets. You have options:
- Document your requests to the servicer in writing (dates, ticket numbers).
- For system-down emergencies, an independent pro can diagnose the problem and produce a written report — useful both for getting the servicer to act and for any dispute.
- Know your contract: leases/PPAs typically obligate the owner to maintain production. A documented, sustained production failure they won't fix strengthens your position considerably.
Steps for every Sunnova customer
- Confirm who currently services your account and how to reach them
- Verify your monitoring still works and you have login access
- Keep a written service-history file from today forward
- If you own your system: register equipment with manufacturers and get an independent system audit
- If you're buying a home with a Sunnova system: get the lease/PPA status and servicer identity in writing before closing
For the broader playbook, read What to Do When Your Solar Company Shuts Down — or find a vetted independent pro for diagnostics, audits, and owner-system repairs.