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Platform-reported dates are provenance metadata and do not independently prove freshness.","All included platforms evaluated fit, but platformmentions counts only platforms that named the entity during ranking discovery.","Do not resolve conflicting product names, pricing, or capabilities by guessing; describe the conflict and tell buyers what to verify.","The supplied URLs were collected from platform responses and were not independently validated by the writer stage.","Platform-reported research dates differ from the authoritative run date; disclose this as a methodology limitation.","The deterministic identity audit contains qualification notes that must be disclosed where relevant.","Citations are platform-reported evidence, not independently verified facts. 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Two of six platforms named ADT Solar during the ranking stage, and both placed it mid-list (average rank 5.5, best rank 5). The strongest reason a buyer might still consider it is its historical warranty package: a 25-year power-production guarantee with a stated 95% annual production threshold and 0.33% annual degradation assumption . The main limitation is decisive: ADT announced its exit from residential solar in January 2024, stopped accepting new customers, and reported that substantially all solar operations had…","target_buyer":"Homeowner starting the solar research process with no strong preference yet","topic":{"base_category":"Solar Panel Installation and Energy Systems","category_criteria":["reputation and reviews","installation quality","warranty coverage","pricing transparency","regional availability"],"geography":"United States","slug":"best-solar-panel-installation-companies-overall","title":"Best Solar Panel Installation Companies Overall","use_case":"overall solar installer selection"}}