50 Solar Companies. 4 F's. 9 A's. Pull Your Installer's Grade Free.
We pulled the public records on 50 of the biggest names in solar — state attorney general filings, federal complaints, court bankruptcy filings. Then we built a free tool that grades them. Find out where your solar company stands in five seconds.
By Solar Home Advocate · May 5, 2026
Your solar company has a record. Most homeowners have never seen it.
We pulled the records for 50 of the biggest names in solar. State attorney general filings. Federal complaints. Court bankruptcy filings. Sales practice findings. Hidden dealer fees. Door knocking warnings. The patterns we found are not what most homeowners expect.
Some of these companies have already filed for bankruptcy and stopped picking up the phone. Some have been sued in five states at once for misleading customers about savings. Some are still ringing the bell at your front door this week. With no public record at all. That is a different kind of warning sign.
So we built something.
Meet The Eagle's Eye.
Type your solar installer, finance company, or salesperson's company. We'll show you their grade in five seconds. Free.
We built it. Because the time to find out something is wrong is before you need them to fix it.
**→ Look up your solar company at SolarHomeAdvocate.com/eagle-eye**
What We Found When We Looked.
We weren't going to ship this tool until the data demanded it. Here are the four numbers that earned its place on your screen:
50 companies graded. Installers, finance companies, dealer networks. The names on the contract you signed are likely on the list.
9 of them are already bankrupt or gone. Their workmanship warranties went with them. The financing did not.
29 states have brought public action against solar companies. Lawsuits, investigations, consumer warnings on file at the attorney general's office.
$0 to look any of them up. No email signup. No call. No obligation.
Take a moment with those numbers. Each one comes from a court docket, a bankruptcy filing, or an attorney general press release. We did not invent them. We only found them and counted.
Sal Says: Run your installer first. Then your finance company - they're often a different name on a different page of your contract.
How We Grade.
Every report card scores the same five categories. The math is the same for every company.
State AG record is what your state attorney general has on file. Lawsuits, settlements, public consumer warnings.
Federal compliance is what the CFPB and FTC have filed. Federal cases against the company.
Financial stability is whether the company is operating, restructuring, or gone. A bankrupt company cannot honor a warranty.
Sales practices is what statutes the company has been cited under. Deceptive sales acts. Home solicitation rules. Senior protection laws.
Recency of concerns is when the most recent action hit. Old news is different from a case filed last month.
An A means we found nothing concerning across all five. An F means we found something concerning in most of them. We do not weigh one company more than another. We do not soften results because a brand is a household name.
Sal Says: A grade isn't an opinion. It's what shows up in court records, BBB files, and bankruptcy filings. We just put it in one place.
9 of the Most Recognized Solar Brands Didn't Make the Grade.
We graded 50 companies. 4 of them earned an F. 5 more earned a D.
An F means a company that has been sued by an attorney general, named in federal complaints, or went bankrupt and left customers behind. A D means a company that filed for Chapter 11 and is restructuring or winding down. Either way, the warranty on your roof is at risk.
Here is what that looks like in real life. The roof leaks in year three. You call the number on the contract. The number is dead. The website redirects to a sales page for a different company. You call the finance company. They tell you the loan still has 22 years on it. The roof is still your problem.
Some of the names on the F and D list are household names. Some have national TV ads running this week. Some are still selling door to door.
We don't list them here. Pull your own report card and find out who you're dealing with.
**→ Look up your solar company at SolarHomeAdvocate.com/eagle-eye**
Sal Says: If your company is on the F or D list, document everything - bills, warranty paperwork, original contract. Do it before you call anyone.
If You Don't See Your Company, That's Also a Flag.
We track companies with public records. State filings, federal cases, bankruptcy dockets, business registrations.
If your installer has no AG history, no bankruptcy filing, no BBB profile, and no business registration we can pull, that is a separate concern. Because small operators vanish on homeowners every year and leave nothing behind to track.
The salesman who shook your hand in 2022 may already be gone. The phone may already be disconnected. The website may already redirect to nowhere. Tell us in the comments. We'll add what we can find.
Pull Your Grade Right Now.
How do you actually use it?
Type the name on your contract. The exact one. Hit search. You'll see the grade, the five category scores, and what we found in each.
Takes five seconds. Takes longer than that to find your contract in the kitchen drawer. And it tells you something the salesman never did: who you are actually doing business with.
Pull it today. Because the moment something goes wrong with your panels is the moment your contract becomes the only thing standing between you and losing money. A bill spike. A leak. A company you can't reach. A finance company that still wants its payment. Find out what kind of company is on the other end of it. Find out before you need to know.
**→ Look up your solar company at SolarHomeAdvocate.com/eagle-eye**
This is Week 1 of a deeper look at The Eagle's Eye. Tomorrow: a closer look at the patterns we found in the bankruptcy zone, and what to do if your installer is on either list.