Contracts differ by state and over time.
This excerpt is from my client’s CALIFORNIA contract and does NOT require payment to have the system removed at the end of the lease unless in default.
Read YOUR contract, I have read on Facebook that others have to pay for removal.
17 . RETURNING THE SYSTEM AT THE END OR UPON TERMINATION OF THIS LEASE
If you don’t renew this Lease, then there are three (3) possibilities with respect to returning or keeping the System at the end or termination of this Lease:
(a) If at the end or termination of this Lease you have not defaulted, and you have not exercised your purchase option (if any), then within ninety (90) days:
(i) Sunnova may at its choosing, remove the System from your Home at no cost to you; or
(ii) if Sunnova does not tell you that it wants to remove the System and you want to have the System removed from your Home at no cost to you, you must tell us to remove it and we will do so pursuant to the Limited Warranty. [– what does it have to do with the limited warranty?]
(b) If at the end or termination of this Lease you are in default, and Sunnova chooses to remove the System from your Home then you agree to pay Sunnova the reasonable expense of removing the System from your Home.
(c) If at the end or termination of this Lease Sunnova chooses not to remove the System and you do not request removal within 90 days pursuant to the Limited Warranty, then you will be considered to be the new owner of the System and it will automatically be conveyed to you as is.
