Orphaned solar systems
Revolution Energy Systems customers in Illinois: what happened, and who services your system now
Named out of business in the Illinois Power Agency's 2025 Consumer Complaints and Disciplinary Actions report.
What happened
Revolution Energy Systems, Inc., which traded as Revolution Solar from Mokena, Illinois, is named as out of business in the Illinois Power Agency's 2025 Consumer Complaints and Disciplinary Actions report, published 27 February 2026. The report records 571 complaints against the company between 2019 and 2025, 93 of them in 2025, and notes that Illinois Shines suspended the company in early 2024. The Better Business Bureau profile for Revolution Solar carries a pattern-of-complaints alert.
Sources:Illinois Power Agency, 2025 Annual Consumer Complaints and Disciplinary Actions Report (27 February 2026); Errata to the 2025 report (22 April 2026); BBB profile, Revolution Solar, Mokena IL (Checked 18 September 2026).
What it means for your warranty
Your workmanship warranty is probably gone. When a company liquidates, its warranties are unsecured liabilities and generally do not survive the bankruptcy.
Your equipment warranty probably survived. Your panels and inverter are covered by the manufacturer, a separate company that still exists. Most major manufacturers are still honouring them. What you lost is the person who diagnoses the fault and files the claim.
Who took over, if anyone
No successor has been announced for Revolution Energy Systems customers. If you financed the system, the lender or lease company still holds your agreement, and some of them have hired contractors to finish or service systems. Ask them first, in writing, before you pay anyone for a diagnosis.
What you can still do
The state's Solar Restitution Program. The Illinois Power Agency's Solar Restitution Program pays up to $30,000 on a project of 25 kW or less and up to $50,000 on a larger one, to customers harmed by an Illinois Shines Approved Vendor or Designee. By June 2026 it had paid about $473,000 to 170 customers. The program decides eligibility, not us, and most affected homeowners have never heard of it.
Manufacturer warranty claims. Your modules and inverter carry their own warranties from the manufacturer, and those companies are still trading. Find the model and serial numbers on the inverter label and in your closing paperwork. A claim needs a diagnosis first, and the manufacturer will usually supply the replacement part and leave the labour to you.
Monitoring access. If your installer set up the monitoring account, get it into your own name now, while the manufacturer's support desk can still verify you as the owner. Enphase, SolarEdge, Fronius and SMA each have a process for handing a system to the homeowner. Without it, nobody can see what the system is doing.
If Revolution was your Illinois Shines Approved Vendor and your REC payments never arrived, say so on the restitution claim. Phase II of the program, opened June 2026, covers customers who were promised a pass-through payment and received only part of it.
How Braven can help.
We service solar we didn't install. $400 covers the visit and the first two hours of diagnostics, then $135 an hour. We are on site within five business days, we are certified across Enphase, Fronius, SMA and SolarEdge, and we file manufacturer warranty claims on your behalf.
Request a service call
If your installer has gone out of business, say so. There are program steps that may still be open to you, and we'll point you at them.
Last reviewed September 2026. Status information is taken from the public record cited above and re-checked quarterly. If you represent this company and the record has changed, write to us and we will update the page.