Is Freedom Forever Still in Business? What the Record Shows

The record on Freedom Forever — verified

Compiled from court dockets, Florida DBPR records, BBB profiles, and published reporting. Sources below.

Freedom Forever — the #2 U.S. residential solar installer of 2025 (6.1% share, Wood Mackenzie) and the company that took over Meraki's Florida customers — filed Chapter 11 in Delaware on April 15, 2026; the court converted the case to Chapter 7 effective August 7, 2026, and Alfred T. Giuliano was appointed Chapter 7 trustee.

Bankruptcy / court record

Ch. 11, converted to Ch. 7 effective Aug. 7, 2026 (Chapter 7 trustee Alfred T. Giuliano) — In re Freedom Forever LLC, Case No. 26-10522, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, D. Del., Judge Brendan L. Shannon, filed April 15, 2026 (affiliates Freedom Forever Pennsylvania, LLC and Freedom Forever Procurement LLC added May 2, 2026). Assets $100M–$500M vs. liabilities $500M–$1B; ~$155M funded debt/trade; secured creditors led by SolarEdge (~$105.7M) and Tesla (~$23M). No new-money DIP financing; it operated on cash collateral until conversion. A June 15, 2026 bidding-procedures motion proposed selling substantially all assets; the debtors then moved to convert, and the court converted the case to Chapter 7 by order signed August 7, 2026. The filing projects no funds for unsecured creditors after administrative expenses.

Florida license status

Freedom Forever Florida, LLC lists these FL licenses on the company's own licenses page: Certified Electrical Contractor EC13008056, Certified Roofing Contractor CCC1332814, Certified Solar Contractor CVC57157. Live DBPR status of each was not independently re-verified.

Complaint record

BBB (Temecula, CA HQ profile): 1,271 complaints closed in 3 years, with a BBB notation that the business failed to resolve the underlying pattern of complaints; not BBB accredited (rating shown around B+ pre-filing). Texas AG Paxton issued Civil Investigative Demands April 6, 2026 over alleged deceptive sales practices, citing 100+ complaints about misrepresented savings and contract terms.

Florida footprint

Operates statewide through Freedom Forever Florida, LLC (BBB lists a Palmetto, FL location), part of a 35-state + Puerto Rico + D.C. footprint; became the official subcontractor for Meraki's Florida customer base in July 2024 — though BBB complaints report some Meraki-legacy accounts were dropped by Jan. 2026.

Financing seen on their installs

Installer, not a lender — customers financed through third parties, chiefly Mosaic (Mosaic Funding entities are its largest unsecured creditors: a $60M single scheduled claim, with total Mosaic exposure reported around $114M) and GoodLeap, plus system owners like Sunrun on lease/TPO deals. Hardware creditors SolarEdge and Tesla hold the secured debt.

Reported problems

For Florida customers the open question is warranty coverage: Freedom Forever's 10-year-plus workmanship and roof-penetration warranties were obligations of the debtor, while manufacturer equipment warranties (Enphase, Tesla, Q CELLS, SolarEdge) run to the equipment owner. Open service tickets and unfinished installs are stalling while the case runs, and Meraki-legacy customers are now standing in their second insolvency line in two years. The loans (Mosaic, GoodLeap) are separate contracts with the lenders.

“But the lender already paid Freedom Forever — aren't I stuck?”

That is a question only a Florida attorney can answer for your loan. Here is what the rules and the records say in general:

1. The FTC Holder Rule notice. Many consumer loan contracts that finance a sale carry the notice the FTC requires, which states that the holder of the loan is subject to the claims and defenses the buyer could raise against the seller, with recovery capped at the amount paid. Whether it reaches a particular loan is a question for a Florida attorney.
2. The funding paperwork. Solar lenders usually release money to the installer on a completion certificate, often e-signed on a tablet. The certificate's date, and whether the system had a final inspection and permission to operate by then, are in the records.
3. Florida and federal consumer rules. FDUTPA (Florida's deceptive and unfair trade practices statute) and TILA (federal truth-in-lending disclosure rules) set out what sellers and lenders must disclose and may not do. Whether either reaches a particular sale or loan is a question for a Florida attorney.

Stopping payments can damage your credit, and whether to keep paying is a decision to make with a Florida attorney. We do not advise on whether to pay. We put the records in one file, yours to keep.