Orphaned system rescue
Sunnova is gone. Your panels are still on the roof.
Sunnova Energy International filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in June 2025. Sunnova was one of the largest lease and power-purchase-agreement providers in the country, so a lot of Florida homeowners have a Sunnova agreement on a system that some other company physically installed. We are an independent Florida solar contractor. We take over systems like yours, tell you in writing what is actually wrong, and get them producing again.
✓Licensed & insured
✓Any roofer. Any installer. Any brand.
✓Orlando to Miami, one crew
✓Written quote before a panel moves
What it means for your roof
What happens to a Sunnova system now
A lease or PPA is a contract about who owns the system, and that is separate from who can service it. Read your agreement before anyone touches the array, because on some leases the equipment is not yours. We will tell you straight whether we can work on it and what your agreement allows.
What we usually find on these systems
- ✓You pay a monthly solar bill to a company you cannot reach
- ✓Service requests going unanswered for months
- ✓System down but you are still being billed for it
- ✓Nobody will re-roof the house because of the lease
- ✓You are selling the house and the agreement is blocking the closing
Straight answer first
We have never been part of Sunnova
Art of Solar is an independent, licensed and insured Florida solar contractor. We were never a Sunnova dealer, subcontractor or affiliate, and we are not taking over its obligations. What we do is service the equipment that company left on your roof, the same way we service every other brand.
- Panels and inverter warranty
- Held by the manufacturer, not the installer. Usually still good.
- Workmanship warranty
- Belonged to Sunnova. Gone when the company went.
- Your loan or lease
- Separate contract. It does not end because the installer did.
On the record
What is known about Sunnova
Sunnova filed for Chapter 11 on June 8, 2025, in the federal bankruptcy court for the Southern District of Texas. The court let it keep honoring loans, leases, power purchase agreements and warranties while the case ran.
At the end of July 2025 the court approved a sale of nearly all of Sunnova's assets to a group of its lenders. The work of servicing customer accounts moved to SunStrong Management, the same company that took over many SunPower leases the year before.
In plain terms, a Sunnova lease or PPA did not disappear. The agreement is still in force, and the company billing and servicing it may now be SunStrong. On a leased system the equipment belongs to the lease holder, so any repair starts with their permission.
From court filings and trade press reports.
Who to ask about what
- Billing or a lease question
- The servicer named on your latest statement, now often SunStrong Management.
- Permission to repair a leased system
- The system owner, through that servicer.
- A system you own outright
- Any licensed solar contractor.
- Selling the house
- The servicer, early, so the transfer paperwork does not hold up the closing.
How a takeover goes
Step by step
- 1
Read the equipment
Panel labels, inverter serial, optimizer count, monitoring. We work from the roof, not from paperwork that no longer exists.
- 2
Written inspection
What is installed, what is failing, what is still under a factory warranty, and what the roof under the array looks like.
- 3
Claim what is covered
Manufacturers only take claims from a licensed contractor. We file them so parts come free where they should.
- 4
Fix and verify
Repair, restart, and prove production in writing before we leave. Then you have one number that answers.
FAQ
Sunnova customers ask us this
My solar company went out of business. Is my warranty gone?
Only part of it. The workmanship warranty belonged to the company that closed, so that one is usually gone. The factory warranties on the panels, the inverter and the optimizers belong to the manufacturers, and those are still good, normally 10 to 25 years. They just need a licensed solar contractor to file the claim, because manufacturers will not take one from a homeowner.
Can you take over a system another company installed?
Yes. That is most of what we do. Any brand, any original installer, in business or not. We inspect what is actually on the roof, tell you in writing what is wrong and what is still covered, and then quote the repair.
Do I have to replace the whole system?
Almost never. In most orphaned systems the panels are fine and the problem is one inverter, a handful of optimizers, a bad connector, or a mount that was never flashed. Anyone who opens with a full replacement quote before inspecting it is selling, not diagnosing.
What does it cost to find out what is wrong?
We quote the inspection up front and it is a flat number, not an hourly meter. You get a written report of what is installed, what is failing, what is still under a factory warranty and what the repair costs. The report is yours whether or not you hire us for the fix.
I still owe money on a system that does not work. What now?
The loan and the equipment are two separate things, and the loan does not go away because the installer did. Get the system producing again first, because that is the part you can actually control, then take the written inspection report to the lender or the finance company. A report from a licensed contractor is worth far more than a phone call.
Are you connected to any of these companies?
No. Art of Solar has never been part of, owned by, or a dealer for any of them. We are an independent licensed and insured Florida solar contractor that services other people's systems.
Where we do this
Sunnova system service across Orlando to Miami
Orange County
Seminole County
Brevard County
Indian River County
St. Lucie County
Martin County
Palm Beach County
Broward County
Get it looked at
Tell us what the system is doing
The address, roughly how many panels, and what stopped working. A photo of the inverter screen helps most. You get a written answer, not a sales pitch.
Other installers we take over from
Your installer is gone. We are not.
One licensed crew that answers the phone, any brand, any original company. Orlando to Miami.