FLORIDA HOMEOWNERS · SOLD BY SUNNOVA
Sold by Sunnova? You Have Options — Even If They're Gone.
Faced major financial distress and federal scrutiny over its dealer network's sales practices. If your system never produced power, never received permission to operate, or your loan is still billing while nothing works — you are not stuck. We document the gap, connect you with a vetted Florida attorney, and remove the system if it has to come off.
What we typically see on Sunnova jobs
Common Lenders
Sunnova in-house financing and lease/PPA agreements.
Under the FTC Holder Rule, the lender that financed your install is legally on the hook for the installer's lies and broken promises — even if Sunnova is gone.
Patterns We Document
Leases and loans with escalating payments tied to production the system never delivered.
That paperwork — no PTO, no final inspection, the funding certificate that closed before the system worked — is exactly what an attorney needs.
The record on Sunnova — verified
Compiled from court dockets, Florida DBPR records, BBB profiles, and published reporting. Verified July 2026 — sources below.
Sunnova no longer exists as an operating company: its Chapter 11 plan was confirmed Nov. 12, 2025 and went effective Nov. 14, 2025, and its solar lease/loan portfolio was sold to Solaris Assets, LLC, with SunStrong Management, LLC now billing and servicing former Sunnova customers.
- Bankruptcy / court record
- Ch. 11 — In re Sunnova Energy International Inc., Case No. 25-90160 (jointly administered), U.S. Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Tex. (Houston), filed June 8, 2025. Substantially all assets sold Sept. 4, 2025 to Solaris Assets, LLC (formed by GoodFinch-affiliated DIP lenders) for ~$118M (credit bid + $25M cash); earlier carve-out sales to Atlas SP Partners ($15M) and Lennar ($16M, New Homes business). Third Amended Joint Ch. 11 Plan confirmed Nov. 12, 2025; effective Nov. 14, 2025; estates wound down and Sunnova ceased independent operations.
- Florida license status
- Not verified — Sunnova sold through a network of ~175 independent dealer-contractors who held the local licenses and pulled permits; the legacy Sunnova entities ceased operating after the plan effective date, so there is no live FL contractor license to point to.
- Complaint record
- BBB Houston profile: F rating, plus a formal BBB alert citing a pattern of complaints — deceptive sales practices, repeatedly canceled/rescheduled service visits, and poor customer service (bbb.org; Denver7 reporting on the BBB alert).
- Florida footprint
- Sold statewide in Florida through independent dealers; Sunnova named Florida as a key growth market. Important nuance: Sunnova's own disclosures state that in Florida it could offer only LEASES and LOANS, not PPAs (Florida law treats a third-party PPA as a retail electricity sale reserved to utilities). Portfolio at the bankruptcy sale: roughly 500,000 customers / ~4 GW nationwide.
- Financing seen on their installs
- Sunnova itself was the financing counterparty — it owned the leases, PPAs, and loans (about 31% leases, 28% PPAs, 24% solar loans, 12% service/accessory loans at end of 2024). Those contracts were sold intact to Solaris Assets, LLC and are serviced by SunStrong Management; payment amounts and terms did not change, and customers still owe them.
- What we see on their Florida jobs
- Florida customers with Sunnova leases or loans still owe every payment — the contract just has a new owner (Solaris) and a new servicer (SunStrong). The complaint record shows systems sitting offline for months while lease payments keep drafting, because service backlogs did not disappear with the sale. Workmanship and service promises made by the old Sunnova entities were left behind in the bankruptcy estate, so getting a roof leak or dead system fixed may depend on what SunStrong voluntarily honors, depending on the facts of each contract.
Sources (9)
- https://restructuring.ra.kroll.com/Sunnova/
- https://elevenflo.com/blog/sunnova-energy-bankruptcy
- https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/09/05/solaris-acquires-sunnova-assets-puts-sunstrong-in-control-of-legacy-systems/
- https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250904410809/en/Solaris-Completes-Acquisition-of-Sunnova-to-Secure-Long-Term-Continuity-of-Operations-and-Solar-Asset-Management
- https://www.utilitydive.com/news/residential-solar-installer-sunnova-files-for-bankruptcy-plans-to-sell-and/750387/
- https://www.denver7.com/news/contact-denver7/bbb-issued-alert-for-sunnova-citing-pattern-of-complaints
- https://www.bbb.org/us/tx/houston/profile/solar-energy-design/sunnova-energy-international-inc-0915-90035524
- https://restructuringnewsletter.com/p/sunnova-too-close-to-the-sun
- https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2025/09/acquisitions-now-complete-sunstrong-in-charge-of-legacy-sunnova-systems/
“But the lender already paid Sunnova — aren't I stuck?”
Usually it's the opposite. The fact that your financer handed money to Sunnova for a system that never worked is often where your leverage begins — not where it ends.
- The Holder Rule puts the lender in Sunnova's shoes. Nearly every solar loan contract carries the FTC's required Holder Rule notice. So “they never delivered a working system” can be raised against the loan itself — not just against a contractor that may be bankrupt.
- How they released the money is often the problem. Solar lenders fund installers on a completion certificate — frequently e-signed on a tablet. We regularly see proceeds released before the system was ever operational.
- You didn't get what you paid for. No working system is a failure of what you bargained for. Layered with FDUTPA (Florida's deceptive practices statute, attorney's fees recoverable) and TILA (federal truth-in-lending, hidden dealer fees), that funding gap is exactly what an attorney builds a claim around.
Important: don't just stop paying on your own — that can damage your credit and weaken your position. We document the gap first, then your attorney disputes it with the evidence already in hand.
Looking for a Sunnova lawyer or attorney in Florida?
We're not a law firm — but homeowners searching for a “Sunnova lawyer” or “Sunnova attorney” usually need two things first: a clean written record of what happened, and the right consumer-protection attorney to act on it. We document your case and connect you with vetted Florida attorneys, — many work on contingency, and you pay us no referral fee.
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