Purelight Power has confirmed in a letter to Oregon officials that it is shuttering its operations nationwide.
The residential solar installation business operated in nine states: Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Utah and Washington. CEO JD Beck said that the company’s closure is due to the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) and its removal of tax credits for homeowners installing solar.
“This law forced Purelight Power to make rapid changes to the structure of its business. The company reduced its operating costs, attempted to size its business appropriately to the new sales volume, and shifted to selling via a third-party ownership model. Unfortunately, as incentives for solar energy vanished and investments dried up, the company faced reduced revenue and difficulty in financing projects. In addition to these issues, the company had already been facing challenges relating to a prior merger, a dramatic rise in interest rates, and an increase in advertising costs,” Beck said in a letter.
Purelight Power was founded in 2017 in Oregon. In early 2025, it merged with Washington-based Solgen Power. The company intends to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the next month.
The company closure affects approximately 109 employees in Oregon and 71 in Washington.
I fully believe this company intended to file for bankruptcy when the tax credit sun setted. The end of the alternative energy tax credits was scheduled long before the “Big Beautiful Bill”.
Purelight Power had HORRIBLE communication and no effective project management. They didn’t complete our residential solar project as was promised before 12/31/25. Now there is no service warranty, no promised 25 year power protection guarantee and an incomplete system on my home.
It seems to me they intended to make a fast fortune and leave customers with nothing but big loans for systems that are not operational. They were savvy scammers for sure!
For those of us that used Pure light Power which I understand they are out of business, but we had warrantees on our solar panels, what are we supposed to do if there is an issue with the panels or anything they installed?
Another example of horrible Republican legislature that destroys American jobs and and damages human and planet life.