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Sunnova Hype pre-Bankruptcy

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- May 8, 2025

“Our Founder and CEO John Berger reminds us why this event is so pivotal: Sunnova and our dealer partners are uniting to tackle the U.S. power demand shortage with American-made solar solutions.🤝”

Previous posts (here, here, and here) have detailed how a second-hander company, trying to be all things to all people, and living off of special government subsidies, was a liability parading as an asset. Sunnova was never profitable, and the only winners among the countless thousands involved with the company were founder and CEO John Berger (inflated salary and cashouts) and some other executives paid for misallocating resources.

Having been at Enron from the beginning to the end, and seeing the similarities of Enron and Sunnova (both went down with the lights on), and knowing Berger was a Ken Lay-alike, I gathered (below) some pictures of the company’s hyperbole in action.…

Sunnova’s Net Zero for Stockholders (last ESG report of a ‘second-hander’ company)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- May 7, 2025

“Climate action is a cornerstone of our business strategy and our commitment to sustainability.”

“At Sunnova, we have worked diligently to embed responsibility, sustainability and risk management into everything that we do….. The transition to a net-zero economy is one that we are determined to realize. It requires innovation, bold action, thoughtfulness, and alignment with leading climate science, all without sacrificing affordability, resilience, and energy equity.” (2023 Sustainability Report)

Here are the (nauseating) highlights of the Houston-based rooftop solar leader, Sunnova Energy (NOVA). Once sporting a stock price in the 50s per share, it is now a penny stock, a story briefly told here.

Politically correct, economically incorrect, the business plan of Enron-ex CEO John Berger was all about living off of special taxpayer favors. And in the Enron tradition, its 95-page EGS report was all about imaging and political posturing.…

Energy for the Masses, Not the Elites (2020 Letter reads well today)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- May 6, 2025

The Open Letter of February 24, 2020, printed in the New York Times (and reprinted by DeSmog), challenged the Climate Industrial Complex frontally.

“Dear Presidential Candidates,

“It would be criminal not to produce the reliable, affordable energy that keeps people warm in the winter, cool in the summer, and gets them to school to learn and work to provide for their families. Without our energy, the lights go dark, and smartphones go silent. Medicines and medical devices cease to cure the sick and injured. Food cannot be grown and grocery store shelves go bare.

“We’re proud to provide the power and raw materials to manufacture the goods Americans use every day, from clothes and shoes to anything with a computer chip. Currently there are no alternatives that do everything that oil and natural gas do.…

Inertia in One Lesson (Dave Edwards on LinkedIn)

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Inside ‘Business Sustainability’ (Yes, it’s just a front)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- May 5, 2025

Climate Anxiety–or Climate Realism?

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- May 1, 2025

Deepwater Horizon at 15: Remember “Beyond Petroleum” BP

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- April 30, 2025

“Resolving Global Warming” (check your premises)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- April 25, 2025

Subsidized Solar in Texas Perpetuates Itself (ITC, PTC need immediate elimination)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- April 24, 2025

Psychoanalysis on Climate ‘Denial’? (stranger and stranger)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- April 23, 2025