# Sunrun

> Sunrun designs, finances, installs and services residential solar and battery systems in the United States. Its subscription model spreads household payments over long contracts, while its growing distributed power plant business coordinates home batteries to serve utilities and grid operators.

- **Founded:** 2007
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Lynn Jurich (Co-founder; Founder and Vice-Chair as of July 2026), Edward Fenster (Co-founder; Founder and Vice-Chair as of July 2026), Nat Kreamer (Co-founder)
- **Products:** Residential solar subscriptions, Home battery storage, Sunrun Flex, Distributed power plants, Ford home backup integration
- **Notable:** Completed acquisition of Vivint Solar in October 2020, reaching more than 500,000 customers at that time., Reported more than 106,000 customers enrolled across 18 distributed power plant programs at year-end 2025., Battery attachment reached 74% of additions in Q2 2026.

## Products & services

- **Residential solar subscriptions** — Customized design, financing, installation, monitoring and servicing through leases and power purchase agreements; purchase options also exist.
- **Home battery storage** — Solar-paired storage and eligible battery additions, including Tesla Powerwall installations; backup capability depends on equipment and system design.
- **Sunrun Flex** — Solar-plus-battery subscription with a monthly minimum, charges for additional energy used above a baseline, and rollover credits subject to terms. Public launch announced May 7, 2025.
- **Distributed power plants** — Aggregation and dispatch of participating residential batteries under utility and grid programs, with customer compensation governed by each program.
- **Ford home backup integration** — Installation of bidirectional charging and home integration equipment; Ford and BGE partnership advanced to a residential vehicle-to-grid pilot in 2025.
- **Distributed AI compute pilot** — Pilot announced July 2026 to place compute nodes in solar-and-battery-equipped homes; a trial rather than a proven nationwide service.

## Achievements

- Completed acquisition of Vivint Solar in October 2020, reaching more than 500,000 customers at that time.
- Reported more than 106,000 customers enrolled across 18 distributed power plant programs at year-end 2025.
- Battery attachment reached 74% of additions in Q2 2026.
- Sunrun and Tesla reported combined peak California battery dispatch of 745 MW on October 6, 2026; this was a joint fleet result.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Sunrun, Renew Home and Tesla announced a framework for more than 16 GW of flexible energy capacity; Q2 results identify it as a non-binding letter of intent.
- **2026-07** — Launched a distributed AI compute pilot using homes equipped with solar and storage.
- **2026-08** — Q2 results showed 19,793 subscriber additions, down 31% year over year, and 74% battery attachment.
- **2026-09** — Sunrun and Tesla reported more than 580 MW of combined peak dispatch in California on September 9.
- **2026-10** — Reported combined dispatch peaks of 669 MW on October 5 and 745 MW on October 6 with Tesla.

## Links

- Website: https://www.sunrun.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sunrun/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Sunrun/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sunrunsolar/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sunrun

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Last updated: 2026-10-23