“We are alarmed about recent, credible reports that Sunnova has racked up numerous consumer complaints, including those alleging troubling sales practices, such as Sunnova pressing elderly homeowners in poor health to sign long-term contracts costing tens of thousands of dollars,” wrote Barrasso and McMorris Rodgers in a letter to the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) director Jigar Shah.
The lawmakers said the allegations are “particularly troubling, as LPO has stated this program will focus on disadvantaged communities.” They asked Shah to provide details about the DOE Loan Programs Office’s prior knowledge of the consumer complaints, its plans to monitor Sunnova’s sales tactics, and who was involved in approving the loan to Sunnova.
The $3 billion loan—the largest federal loan to a solar company in history—will help finance Sunnova’s solar panel loans to “disadvantaged homeowners and communities,” according to the company. The loan was announced in September.
[I didn’t think we’d see a Green New Deal debacle worse than Solyndra. If this turns out to be true … wow. Just wow. — Ed]
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