North Carolina-based Pink Energy closes suddenly amid solar panel problems
five on your side has learned Pink energy is out
of business
It was just yesterday our team reported the home solar
energy company has been dealing with some fallout from thousands
of systems that don't work
Wrl keely Arthur is here now with the major developments
that happened overnight keely well shortly after our story aired
we started getting emails and calls from peak energy customers
and employees claiming the company had shut down yesterday
We told you about frustrated customers who said they're pink
solar panels worth tens of thousands of dollars didn't work
Now
Pink blames the problem on a specific part made by
a separate company Generac
Today
Five on your side obtained this letter It tells employees
that the company was closing immediately because of a drastic
decline in sales and other financial difficulties
A little over a week ago we interviewed Pink Ceo
Jason Waller about customer concerns and asked if his company
could survive but if I'm out of business who are
they going to call to fix this They're calling Generac
right That's what it's very possible
So it's unclear whether Waller knew that his company was
closing during our interview
But two days before the interview Pink sent this letter
to north Carolina's Department of Commerce saying they'd shut down
a facility outside of charlotte that employed 500 people
Those employees didn't get the required 60 day notice that
they were being laid off with Pink claiming they quote
were experiencing unforeseeable circumstances
The north Carolina Attorney General's office told five on your
side they are aware of the letter and have reached
out to Pink with questions
Now we've reached out to Pink with questions as well
and we're also trying to kind of learn where this
leaves customers who are already very frustrated
Where does it leave a lot of people That interview
is pretty telling as well
It was interesting to see that All right keely thank
you so much