FLORIDA HOMEOWNERS · SOLD BY SUNNOVA
Is Sunnova Still in Business? What the Record Shows
No. Sunnova's Chapter 11 plan took effect November 14, 2025; its contracts were sold to Solaris Assets, LLC, and SunStrong Management now handles the billing, with the same payments and terms. Start with a free records check: upload your paperwork and within one business day we report what the county permit and inspection record shows and whether the installer held a valid Florida license on your install date. The $99 records package puts those records and the documents you signed in one file, yours to keep.
Sunnova: financing and commonly reported problems
Common Lenders
Sunnova in-house financing and lease/PPA agreements.
Many consumer loan contracts carry the FTC Holder Rule notice, which states that the holder of the loan is subject to the claims and defenses a buyer could raise against the seller. Whether it reaches a particular loan is a question for a Florida attorney.
Commonly Reported
Leases and loans with escalating payments tied to production the system never delivered.
The paperwork that shows where a project stands — the permit and inspection history, the PTO record, and the funding certificate and its date — can be pulled and organized into one file, yours to keep.
The record on Sunnova — verified
Compiled from court dockets, Florida DBPR records, BBB profiles, and published reporting. 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.
- Reported problems
- Florida customers with Sunnova leases or loans are still billed under the same contract terms — the contract 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. What the new owner honors under any particular contract is a question for the documents and a Florida attorney.
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?”
That is a question only a Florida attorney can answer for your loan. Here is what the rules and the records say in general:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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