Purelight Power has confirmed in a letter to Oregon officials that it is shuttering its operations nationwide.
The residential solar installation business operated in nine states: Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Utah and Washington. CEO JD Beck said that the company’s closure is due to the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) and its removal of tax credits for homeowners installing solar.
“This law forced Purelight Power to make rapid changes to the structure of its business. The company reduced its operating costs, attempted to size its business appropriately to the new sales volume, and shifted to selling via a third-party ownership model. Unfortunately, as incentives for solar energy vanished and investments dried up, the company faced reduced revenue and difficulty in financing projects. In addition to these issues, the company had already been facing challenges relating to a prior merger, a dramatic rise in interest rates, and an increase in advertising costs,” Beck said in a letter.
Purelight Power was founded in 2017 in Oregon. In early 2025, it merged with Washington-based Solgen Power. The company intends to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the next month.
The company closure affects approximately 109 employees in Oregon and 71 in Washington.
