Solar Rescue: your installer is gone, your solar is still yours
Solar panel repair in Las Vegas, even if your installer is gone
Licensed Nevada contractor, NSCB 0032580A. A Simmons has been licensed here since 1991.
Titan Solar Power, number two by City of Las Vegas solar permits from 2020 to 2023, closed in June 2024 and lost its Nevada license that July. Freedom Forever converted to Chapter 7 liquidation on August 7 2026. Empire Solar Group and Vision Solar went through Chapter 7, and the Contractors Board revoked Arcadia Solar NV's license in January 2025. The panels on your roof still work, your manufacturer warranties still count, and a licensed electrician can get the system producing again.
Not affiliated: Simmons Solar Electric is not affiliated with, authorized by, or acting for any company named on this page. Company facts are public record: Nevada State Contractors Board records, U.S. Bankruptcy Court filings and City of Las Vegas permit data, with dockets and dates in our guide for owners whose installer is gone, the Titan Solar guide and the Freedom Forever guide.
Even if the company that sold it is gone
- Equipment warranties. Panels and inverters carry manufacturer warranties, usually 10 to 25 years, that run independently of your installer.
- Your production data. Monitoring accounts (Enphase, SolarEdge, Tesla and others) can be transferred to you or to a new servicer.
- Your net-metering rate. Systems from before 2016 keep their grandfathered retail-rate credit through 2035; everything since sits on one of NV Energy's NMR-405 tiers (95, 88, 81 or today's 75% of retail), locked for twenty years at the address. A like-for-like repair does not change it. Adding capacity moves you to the current tier, so we tell you before we touch anything that affects it.
- Your rights under Nevada law. The Nevada State Contractors Board's Residential Recovery Fund exists for exactly this, and the Board now runs a dedicated solar investigation unit: about one in three of its complaints is solar (KTNV report). Ask us how to file.
What Solar Rescue does
- Full inspection of panels, inverter, wiring and penetrations, with a written report.
- Repairs and inverter replacement, including systems from installers we never worked with.
- Re-commissioning and NV Energy paperwork if the system was never turned on or was disconnected.
- Monitoring takeover so someone is actually watching your production.
- Battery backup retrofit onto the existing array.
Frequently asked
The rep promised my bill would never go past a few dollars. Now it is up. Was I scammed?
Maybe not. On the standard rate you still pay the $18 service charge and the county fee, exports are credited at 75% of retail, and a system sized to last summer's usage falls behind when a pool pump or a second AC shows up. Bring twelve months of bills to the inspection and we show you what the system actually makes against what you use, on paper, before we recommend anything.
My system stopped producing and nobody answers. Is it dead?
Usually not. The most common causes are a tripped disconnect, a failed inverter or a monitoring account that went dark. An inspection tells you which, in writing, before you spend anything on repairs.
What does a service visit cost?
A standard residential service visit is $149, a commercial visit is $199, and an after hours, weekend or emergency visit is $299. If we are coming back to correct our own covered workmanship, there is no charge. We tell you what any repair costs before we do it.
Can you honor my old company's warranty?
No one can honor a defunct company's workmanship warranty. What we can do is repair the work under our own warranty and help you claim the manufacturer warranties that are still valid.
Will a repair change my net-metering rate?
A like-for-like repair does not. Adding capacity can, so we tell you before we touch anything that affects your NV Energy agreement.
Do you buy out leases or PPAs from bankrupt providers?
Not directly. We can service the equipment and explain what the bankruptcy notices you received actually mean for your contract.
Common problems with an orphaned system
A system that was installed but never switched on, an inverter that has gone offline and what a replacement involves, or production you can check yourself against the promise.
Roof work: who fixes a leak under the array, taking panels off and back on for a new roof, and whether washing desert dust off the panels pays.
Paperwork and money: finding out who legally owns the panels on your roof, whether a loan survives the installer closing, the arithmetic of a lease escalator or buyout, why a bill can go up after solar, and what adding panels does to your export credit.
If a national brand installed your system, there are separate guides for owners whose system came from a national installer that went bankrupt in 2024, owners of systems from a lease company that went through bankruptcy and owners of rooftop systems sold under an electric car brand.