Once the second-largest residential solar company in the United States, Freedom Forever has been working through the bankruptcy process since first filing for Chapter 11 restructuring on April 15, 2026.
Through the early part of that process, the company sought to sell some or all of its assets to a third-party buyer, ultimately pursuing a dual-track process to solicit bids either for an asset sale under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code or for sponsorship of a Chapter 11 plan of reorganization.
The process could have resulted in an agreement similar to the one SunPower signed following its bankruptcy filing in late 2024, which led to an asset sale to Complete Solaria that ultimately saw a new version of SunPower return to the residential solar market in 2025.
On the other hand, a Chapter 11 sponsorship from an outside investor could have allowed Freedom Forever to emerge from bankruptcy as a reorganized business.
But the two-pronged plan to secure a future for the company ultimately failed, and Freedom Forever’s bankruptcy case was officially converted from a Chapter 11 reorganization to a Chapter 7 liquidation on Aug. 7, 2026. On that date, the Office of the United States Trustee appointed Alfred T. Giuliano as the Chapter 7 trustee to oversee the liquidation of the company’s remaining assets.
The court has set a date of Sept. 22, 2026 for the Chapter 7 Meeting of Creditors, which is set to take place at 11 a.m. Eastern time on that date.
The court has also set an absolute deadline of Oct. 16, 2026 for standard creditors, former employees and customers with unfulfilled deposits or warranty claims to file a proof of claim.
A note on the Bankruptcy Court’s website reads “If you think you are a creditor and haven’t filed a claim you can do so at: https://www.deb.uscourts.gov/claims-information.”
In separate filings with the Delaware Bankruptcy Court, former employees of Freedom Forever have initiated two class-action proceedings against the residential solar installer.
The lawsuits, Quinones et al v. Freedom Forever LLC and Kelley v. Freedom Forever LLC, allege the company violated the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act by laying off approximately 1,600 workers on or around the date of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition without providing the required 60 days of advance written notice.
Changes for finance partner/creditors
While the automatic stay protecting the company’s assets remains in effect under Chapter 7 until the trustee finalizes the case, the bankruptcy court granted the company’s former financing partners relief from it so they could resume and complete stranded solar installations. These include former Freedom Forever finance partners Credit Human, EnFin, EverBright, GoodLeap, Participate, Project Solar and Sunrun.
The court specifically authorized these financing partners to enforce contractual remedies without needing to file individual motions for relief from the stay, granting them permission to step into unfinished projects to hire new contractors, complete physical installations and bring systems to permission-to-operate (PTO) status.
In addition to the broad authorization, the court granted GoodLeap explicit relief allowing it to take physical possession of solar projects, equipment and hardware to complete jobs. Similarly, consigned hardware belonging to EnFin was directed to be returned outside the constraints of an estate property freeze.
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