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SunPower filed for voluntary Chapter 11 protection, the installer of residential solar panels said on Monday. With more than ...

Leasing the panels costs Graham $150 a month ... Graham’s lease is with SunPower Solar. As we told you in a recent On Your Side report, SunPower filed for bankruptcy protection this summer.

He, too, had a lot of questions for SunPower — what did its going under mean for his business? But he didn't know any more than I did about how much longer my solar panels would remain useless.

It uses 32 SunPower Maxeon GIII Premium ME3 monocrystalline solar cells with 25.1% efficiency. The junction box is sealed and potted, uses two Schottky bypass diodes, and has IP67 protection.