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Quick answer: Solcius LLC filed a voluntary Chapter 7 liquidation case in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on February 5, 2024, together with its parent, Sunworks, Inc. In March 2025, EnergyAid, a solar service company, announced it had acquired Solcius customer data and monitoring sites. A Chapter 7 generally means the business winds down rather than reorganises, so obligations Solcius itself owed you, principally the workmanship warranty and any service commitments, are typically unfulfilled. Your solar loan is almost certainly held by a separate finance company and survives unaffected. Panel and inverter manufacturer warranties are separate contracts and generally continue.
What happened
Solcius was a residential solar installer owned by Sunworks, Inc. On February 5, 2024, Solcius LLC filed a voluntary Chapter 7 liquidation case in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (No. 24-10216), together with Sunworks and two other Sunworks subsidiaries. In March 2025, EnergyAid announced it had acquired Sunworks and Solcius intellectual property, including customer data and monitoring sites. Case details and sources are in the next section.
A note on sourcing. We checked the case numbers, filing date, trustee and claims deadline against a public PACER docket mirror and the Sunworks Form 8-K on October 20, 2026. Court records change. If a bankruptcy deadline matters to your situation, confirm it on the docket or with an attorney rather than relying on any summary, including this one.
The distinction between Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 matters here. Chapter 11 is a reorganisation, where a business may continue and may assume some of its contracts. Chapter 7 is a liquidation: the business generally ceases, a trustee sells what there is to sell, and creditors are paid in priority order. Warranty holders are typically far down that order.
Sunworks, Solcius’s parent company, and the Chapter 7 case
Solcius was owned by Sunworks, Inc., a solar developer based in Provo, Utah, which bought Solcius in 2021 (Solar Power World). On February 5, 2024, Sunworks and three subsidiaries filed Chapter 7 petitions in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, and Sunworks told the SEC that its assets “will be liquidated” (Sunworks Form 8-K). We checked the court dockets on October 20, 2026.
| Court | U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware (Judge Laurie Selber Silverstein) |
|---|---|
| Cases | Sunworks, Inc., 24-10215 (lead case); Solcius LLC, 24-10216; Commercial Solar Energy Inc., 24-10217; Sunworks United Inc., 24-10218 |
| Filed and chapter | February 5, 2024, voluntary Chapter 7 (liquidation) |
| Trustee | Jeoffrey L. Burtch, P.O. Box 549, Wilmington, DE 19899, 302-472-7427 |
| Claims deadline | Proofs of claim in the Solcius case were due June 17, 2024 (passed) |
| Status | Still open: the lead Sunworks case had filings as late as October 19, 2026 and a hearing set for December 17, 2026 |
In March 2025, EnergyAid, a solar service company, announced it had acquired Sunworks and Solcius intellectual property, including customer data and monitoring sites, and launched a paid membership with monitoring and discounted repair rates (Solar Power World). The announcement does not say EnergyAid took over Solcius’s workmanship warranty, so ask in writing before you rely on it. Your loan stays with your lender. How to claim the coverage that survives: solar warranty after your installer goes bankrupt and solar repair after bankruptcy. Case details for both companies: Sunworks and Solcius on our bankruptcy list.
What survived and what did not
Almost certainly survived: your loan. If a third-party lender financed the system, that lender is a separate company that did not liquidate. Your note remains payable and the lender's UCC-1 security interest generally remains recorded against the property.
Almost certainly survived: manufacturer warranties. Panel and inverter warranties are contracts with the manufacturers, not with Solcius. These are frequently the longest coverage you have, often 10 to 25 years.
Almost certainly survived: your interconnection. Your net-metering arrangement is with your utility and is unaffected by the installer's failure.
Likely lost: the workmanship warranty. Installation and labour coverage, including roof penetrations, was owed by Solcius. In a liquidation that obligation generally cannot be enforced against a company that no longer exists, and an asset purchaser does not automatically assume it.
Likely lost: production guarantees and service commitments. Same reasoning.
Keep paying the loan. We do not advise homeowners to stop making payments or breach contractual obligations. The installer's failure is generally not a defence to the lender, and non-payment damages your credit while weakening any position you might otherwise have.
The first thing to do
Before anything else, secure the coverage that still exists. This is time-sensitive in a way most homeowners do not realise, because the records normally held by your installer are the records that disappear.
DOCUMENT CHECKLIST
Panel and inverter make, model, and serial numbers · installation completion date · permission-to-operate letter from your utility · original contract and any addenda · the truth-in-lending disclosure · your monitoring portal login · the original sales proposal and savings projection · and photographs of the array and roof penetrations as they are today.
Then register the equipment with the manufacturers in your own name. Manufacturer warranties frequently require registration or proof of installation date, and the party who would ordinarily hold that documentation is gone. Doing this now is the single most protective step available to you, and it costs nothing.
Photograph the roof penetrations specifically. If a leak develops later, the difference between a documented pre-existing condition and an undocumented one is substantial.
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Dealing with the company now servicing you
If a company has taken over servicing your system, do not assume it has assumed your warranty. Buying assets out of a bankruptcy is not the same as buying liabilities, and a purchaser generally selects what it takes on.
Ask, in writing, and keep the answer:
Has your company assumed the original Solcius workmanship warranty, or are you offering service on a paid basis?
If assumed, what is the remaining term and what does it cover?
Are you the party to contact for a roof leak attributable to the original installation?
What are your rates for service calls that fall outside any assumed coverage?
Get it in email, not on a phone call. A written answer either gives you coverage you can rely on or tells you plainly that you are self-insured from here, and both are useful. A verbal reassurance from a call centre is worth very little if a leak appears in two years.
Your options
1. Keep the system and self-fund service. For most homeowners this is the realistic path. Independent operations and maintenance providers service orphaned systems, and a working array still offsets power even without installer support.
2. Look at the original sale rather than the aftermath. If the system was sold on projections that were never achievable, if a dealer fee was rolled into your financed amount without a cash price ever being shown, or if a tax credit was presented as guaranteed, those are claims about how the deal was formed. They generally run against the finance company or through regulators, and they do not disappear because the installer did.
3. File a regulatory complaint. Your state attorney general for the sales conduct, and the CFPB for the financing. See our CFPB complaint guide.
4. If you signed very recently, check your cooling-off window. A company's collapse does not extend it, but if the seller never furnished a proper notice of cancellation the clock may not have started. See our cooling-off period by state guide.
A licensed attorney can tell you who holds your paper, what coverage survives, and whether the original sale is worth challenging. We can connect you with solar contract exit companies that may be able to help.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Solcius going out of business cancel my solar loan?
Generally no. In most residential solar transactions the loan is held by a separate finance company that did not liquidate, so the debt survives the installer's failure and remains payable. The lender's UCC-1 security interest also generally remains recorded against the property. Continuing to pay while seeking advice is normally the safer course.
Is my Solcius warranty still valid?
The workmanship and installation warranty was an obligation of Solcius itself and is likely unenforceable following a liquidation, since a company that no longer exists cannot perform and an asset purchaser does not automatically assume warranty liability. Panel and inverter warranties are separate contracts with the manufacturers and generally continue.
Who do I contact for Solcius solar service now?
If a company has taken over servicing, ask it in writing whether it has assumed the original workmanship warranty or is offering service on a paid basis, and keep the answer. Otherwise, independent operations and maintenance providers service orphaned systems. Register your equipment directly with the panel and inverter manufacturers first.
What happened to Solcius?
Solcius LLC filed a voluntary Chapter 7 liquidation case on February 5, 2024 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (No. 24-10216), together with its parent, Sunworks, Inc. (lead case 24-10215). In March 2025, EnergyAid announced it had acquired Sunworks and Solcius intellectual property, including customer data and monitoring sites. That announcement does not say EnergyAid took over the Solcius workmanship warranty.
Can I still cancel my Solcius contract?
If you signed very recently, check your state's cooling-off window. The company's collapse does not extend that window, but if the seller never furnished a proper notice of cancellation, the period may not have begun to run. Beyond the cooling-off window, the more productive question is usually whether the original sale was misrepresented.
Did Sunworks, Solcius's parent company, go bankrupt?
Yes. Sunworks, Inc., which owned Solcius, filed Chapter 7 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on February 5, 2024, together with Solcius LLC and two other subsidiaries. The lead case is 24-10215 and the Solcius case is 24-10216. The trustee is Jeoffrey L. Burtch, and proofs of claim in the Solcius case were due June 17, 2024. Your solar loan stays with your lender.
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Disclaimer, Not Legal Advice: This article is informational only and is not legal or financial advice. Bankruptcy details were checked against the court docket and the Sunworks SEC Form 8-K on October 20, 2026; court records change, so confirm any deadline on the docket. Rules vary by state and by contract. Results vary by individual situation. We do not advise homeowners to stop making payments or breach contractual obligations. Anyone considering action should consult a qualified consumer-rights attorney first. See our Ownership Disclosure, Advertiser Disclosure, and Methodology.