Each Vendor has a different M1 payment structure.

M1 is triggered at Scope of Work (SOW) approved. SOW must be approved prior to 11:59 pm on Tuesday or Friday for Monday or Thursday pay, respectively. Projects that have SOW approved after the cutoff for the next pay period will be paid the following pay period. 

The amount of M1 payment and whether or not M1 is paid is subject to change at any time.

Restrictions on M1s: Jobs that are in support, holding, retention or cancelled during the pay deadline cutoff are not eligible for M1 pay the following week.

Effective 4/1/2025, M1 is a flat $1000 on dealer generated projects and a flat $500 on Freedom Appointments. M1 is considered an advance.  The amount of M1 payment and whether or not M1 is paid is subject to change at any time. If the total eligible commissions on a project exceeds 80% of what M1 is, the dealer is clawed back from any Install or PTO applicable funding that is considered overpaid. Example if your account was paid out $1000 at M1 and the total available commission is $800, $200 would be clawed back at install.

M2 is 80% of the total project commission minus any M1 that has previously been paid.

M2 pay is triggered when a job is fully installed and meets the funding requirements outlined in the financing pay below prior to the pay cutoff (Tuesday or Friday). The pay cutoff for projects sold prior to 11/14/24 is Friday at 6am Pacific. The pay cutoff for projects sold after 11/14/24 is Tuesday at 11:59pm for pay the following Monday and Friday at 11:59pm for pay the following Thursday. Please see the funding schedule below. Funding criteria and M2 eligibility is subject to change at any time.

M3 Payments: 20% of total commissions paid on a project

M3 is triggered when an installed project achieves PTO (permission to operate).

M1: Initial payment at Scope of Work (SOW) approval "Advance Pay"

M2: Paid after install (80%)

M3: Paid at Permission to Operate (PTO) (20%)

The data below is based on policies as of March 1, 2025.  Each bank payment system will vary.  Banks are the financier options below.

Cash: 

• M1 Payment: $100 per kW up to $1,000 (Freedom appts: $50 per kW up to $500)

• M2 Payment Timing & Applicable Percentage: 80% of deal funded at Install + 5 days 

• M3 Payment Timing: Interconnection + 5 days

Mosaic: 

• M1 Payment: *$200 per kW up to $2,000 (Freedom appts: $50 per kW up to $500) 

*50% of the commission will be paid at the initial payment for Mosaic UP TO a maximum amount of $2,000.

• M2 Payment Timing & Applicable Percentage: Deal funded at Install + 0 days

• M3 Payment Timing: Interconnection + 5 days

Sunrun: 

• M1 Payment: $100 per kW up to $1,000 (Freedom appts: $50 per kW up to $500)

• M2 Payment Timing & Applicable Percentage: Deal funded at Install + 19 days (14?)

• M3 Payment Timing: Interconnection + 5 days

Enfin: 

• M1 Payment: $100 per kW up to $1,000 (Freedom appts: $50 per kW up to $500)

• M2 Payment Timing & Applicable Percentage: Deal funded at Install + 20 days (14?)

• M3 Payment Timing: Interconnection + 5 days

Goodleap: 

• M1 Payment: $100 per kW up to $1,000 (Freedom appts: $50 per kW up to $500)

• M2 Payment Timing & Applicable Percentage: Deal funded at Install + 15 days  (7?)

• M3 Payment Timing: Interconnection + 5 days

Sunnova: 

• M1 Payment: N/A

• M2 Payment Timing & Applicable Percentage: 90% funded or more at Install + 22 days  (17?)

• M3 Payment Timing: Interconnection + 5 days

Everbright: 

• M1 Payment: $100 per kW up to $1,000 (Freedom appts: $50 per kW up to $500)

• M2 Payment Timing & Applicable Percentage: 90% funded or more at Install + 27 days  (22?)

• M3 Payment Timing: Interconnection + 5 days

Timing: Your company (not reps) will be paid commissions (M1’s, M2’s, and M3's) by Direct Deposit every Thursday and Monday. 

• Your company will be paid twice per week with "Double Pay".  You will see projects that have reached funding milestones paid out as early as Thursday, with the second batch of projects being paid out on Monday. This is one step closer to the goal of paying on a daily basis.

• "Double Pay" ensures everyone receives their funds faster based on when accounts hit payable milestones. Freedom solves an industry problem where EPCs have had to float on past funding to keep on-time payments which relieves much of the cash flow pressures. 

• "Double Pay" allows dealers to be paid twice per week based on milestone achievement.

Pay Cutoff: 

Tuesday at 11:59 PM: Paid on Monday payroll

Friday at 11:59 PM: Paid on Thursday payroll

Adjustments: Any projects needing adjustment need to be sent to Commissions before cutoff.  

ACH/Banking Info Changes: Any ACH info updates need to be requested 3 business days before payment cutoff.

Network Partner’s are paid according to the market baselines in the exhibit/addendum to their subdealer agreement or any updated baseline addendum sent my their account manager.  Network Partner’s are paid 80% of the difference between final NET PPW and the market baseline minus any applicable site audit or appointment fees. 

Example: 7000 watt system, $4 Net PPW, $1.80 Baseline {this is an example only, see bank specific payment payouts} 

Step 1: Net PPW -  Market Baseline = Gross Margin

$4.00 Net PPW – $1.80 Market Baseline = $2.20

Step 2: 80% Revshare = Net Margin {note multiply step 1 by 80%}

$2.20 X 80% = $1.76

Step 3: Net Margin X System Size = Net Pay {note multiply step 2 by number of watts}

$1.76 X 7000 Watts = $12,320

Step 4: Net Pay - Site Audit Fee {always $150} and any APPT Fee {note step 3 minus audit fee and appointment fees (if any) }

$12,320 - $150 Site Audit Fee - $0.00 Appointment Fee = $12,170 Total Company Earnings

Freedom Forever calculates the total amount owed to the Network Partner and it is up to the Network Partner to calculate their sales rep commissions and overrides.

Commission Blocker is a sales related ticket that will prevent M1, M2 or M3 from being paid if it is open. Once the ticket is cleared, payment will be made according to the commission's rules. If a project that has been installed but not yet gone to PTO has an open commissions blocker ticket, the sales commission will be clawed back after being  open for two weeks if the sales rep does not clear the ticket.

M1 Scope of Work (SOW) Approvals

Once an SOW is put together by Freedom Forever (project design and engineering are complete) it goes to the sales rep for approval. If the sales rep approves the SOW, it is SOW approved, if they deny the SOW it is not approved until the requested changes are made and it is sent back to the sales rep to approve. If the Sales Rep does not action the SOW for approval, it will automatically approve it after 24 hours. The pipeline tab on the project page in the Freedom Portal has a section that says “Scope of Work” if that section is blank, there is no approved SOW. If the project  says “SOW Status Approved”, it is approved.

M1’s are considered advances, therefore an M1 would be clawed back out of future commissions if the job ever enters into Support, Retention, Holding or Cancel. If a job enters one of those statuses but is later saved (and the M1 is clawed back) full commission(minus 20% for PTO) will be paid at M2 (install). M1 commission would be clawed out of the collective commissions owed to the Network Partner rather than that respective project.

The customer page in the Freedom Portal displays the project status at the top right of the page.

The “Project Details” tab on the customer page of Freedom Portal has a section for % Funded…the project timeline at the top right will also say the date that the project is funded

Any sales related ticket that is open (or opened) post install will have two weeks to be resolved before being clawed back the following week. Any project that has M2 clawed back but later resolved will have commissions repaid in full the following week.

The cutoff for pay calculations is every Friday at 6am PST for projects sold prior to 11/14/2024.

The cutoff for Monday pay on projects sold after 11/14/2024 is Tuesday of the previous week at 11:59pm. The cutoff for Thursday pay is Friday of the previous week at 11:59pm. If a job meets pay requirements by the deadline, it will be paid the following Monday or Thursday depending on which cutoff the project fell before. For example, if a project sold prior to 11/14/2024 is pay eligible on a Thursday, it would not be paid the next day but the Monday after next as it was past the cutoff the prior week. If a project sold after 11/14/2024 is pay eligible on Tuesday at 5pm, it would be paid Monday of the following week, if a project was pay eligible on Friday at 12pm, it would be paid the following Thursday.

The best way to find your baselines is to go reach out to your Network Director.

All adders are based off the NET PPW. You do not need to manually calculate adders as they automatically reduce the NET PPW in the Freedom Portal. For example, if you sell a job at  $4.20/Watt and have $.24/Watt in adders, your new net PPW is 3.96/Watt. For example, you would pay 80% of the adder cost because you get paid 80% of the stack. 

No, the $150 Site Audit fee is not considered an adder and does not appear on the SOW (Freedom does not cover 20% of it). The full $150 is taken from the total commission due.

The Site Audit fee is $150 per install and is not treated as an adder and is not found on the SOW (does not lower net PPW). For Dealers, it is 80% adder charged. Site Audit fees are only charged on installs.

1. Ensure that the job was fully installed and marked as such in portal by the payment cutoff time

2. Ensure that the job is 80% or more funded if cash or loan project by the payment cutoff time

1. Ensure that SOW was approved by the cutoff time

2. Ensure that you are owed M1 on this job

3. Ensure the project is not in Support, Holding, Retention of Cancelled

Any project that has gone into Support, Retention, Holding or Cancelled will be clawed back out of future commissions if advance (M1 or Smarthome 30 day advance pay) has been paid... This is considered “Reverse Commission.” The project that is being clawed back is highlighted on the pay sheet (need to see how this shows in the new pay tool in Lightspeed) and reflects a negative balance. Commission will be repaid if project installs.

Please email commissions@vitlpower.com 

The commissions team responds to email inquiries Monday – Friday between 8am MST and 5pm MST. 

If your company earned commissions, VITL Power will send your company tax documents between January 1st and January 31st of the following year.