Orphaned system rescue
Vision Solar is gone. Your panels are still on the roof.
Vision Solar filed for bankruptcy in January 2024. Before that it had been sued by attorneys general in several states, Florida included, over how its systems were sold. Many of its jobs were finished in a hurry or never finished at all. 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 Vision Solar system now
A lot of Vision Solar systems in Florida were left with paperwork problems rather than equipment problems: permits never closed, interconnection never finished, or a system that was switched on but never approved. That is fixable, but it needs a licensed solar contractor to walk it through the county and the utility.
What we usually find on these systems
- ✓System runs but was never approved for permission to operate
- ✓Open permit sitting on the property record
- ✓Net metering never set up, so the meter never credits you
- ✓Production far below what the sales sheet promised
- ✓Nobody ever came back for the final inspection
Straight answer first
We have never been part of Vision Solar
Art of Solar is an independent, licensed and insured Florida solar contractor. We were never a Vision Solar 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 Vision Solar. 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 Vision Solar
Vision Solar was based in Blackwood, New Jersey, and sold home solar in several states. Court records show it filed under Chapter 7 in the federal bankruptcy court in Camden, New Jersey, case 23-21939, and a trustee was appointed on January 2, 2024. Chapter 7 is a liquidation, so no buyer stepped in to finish its jobs.
Connecticut's attorney general won a judgment against the company in 2024 made up entirely of civil penalties, and said Vision Solar did not have the assets to pay it. Other states and the Federal Trade Commission also took the company to court. None of that put money back toward unfinished systems.
For a homeowner, the paperwork Vision Solar left open stays open until someone licensed closes it. The fix runs through the building department and the utility, not through the bankruptcy court.
From court filings and trade press reports.
Who to ask about what
- An open permit or a failed final
- The building department that issued the permit.
- Permission to operate
- Your utility's interconnection team, with a licensed solar contractor.
- Money you are owed
- A claim in the New Jersey bankruptcy case, 23-21939.
- Equipment faults
- The maker on the label, with the claim filed by a licensed contractor.
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
Vision Solar 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
Vision Solar 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.