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Make the introduction.
A warm intro to your client — an email loop-in, a quick three-way call, whatever's natural, and we'll take it from there
Refer building owners to Lumen's solar marketplace and earn commission on every successful deal. No overhead, no complexity, no cap.
If your work puts you in front of commercial property owners and managers, you're a natural fit for the Lumen Partner Network.
Identify solar-ready properties during acquisition due diligence, listings, or portfolio reviews. Introduce Lumen at the moment building owners are making major decisions.
Flag solar-ready roofs during inspections or project scoping. Your assessment is often what convinces an owner the roof is ready — a perfect moment to introduce Lumen.
Leverage recurring site access and trusted vendor relationships to introduce Lumen to property managers. Your on-the-ground presence gives you an edge no cold caller has.
Present Lumen to clients with active sustainability mandates or net-zero commitments. Solar is often the highest-ROI action available — make it part of your roadmap.
Designed to protect your client relationship and make getting solar easy.
A warm intro to your client — an email loop-in, a quick three-way call, whatever's natural, and we'll take it from there
Before we kick-off development, we'll ensure the prospect is new, and then we'll work to make sure the project fits our marketplace.
We will conduct feasibility, financial modeling, and run a competitive bidding process to bring your client the best offers. They pick the one that works.
When a deal is signed, 10% of every net dollar Lumen collects will be shared back with you.
Referral programs only create value when the underlying product delivers. Here's what your clients are getting.
Lumen uses proprietary data and automation to identify viable projects, model economics, and match buildings with the right developers. Your clients get faster answers and better outcomes.
Lumen is the marketplace where institutional developers bid for C&I projects. Your client sees real, competing offers from people who actually want the deal — not a cold list of names.
Most of our pipeline comes from people who sent us a second deal, then a third. We design the program to be worth your repeat attention.
If you don't see an answer to your question below, reach out at partners@lumen.energy.
Joining the network sets up an ongoing relationship: you get a partner contact, the one-pagers and case studies your clients want to see, and the ability to bring us anything that comes up over time. No specific deal required — most people join before they have one in mind.
Submitting a deal is exactly what it sounds like. You have a specific building or contact today, and you want eyes on it. You can do that without joining the network — though most people do both.
Our sweet spot is rooftops of 100,000 sq ft and up, but we'll review anything from 50,000 sq ft if the economics support it. We'll also look at standalone battery storage and ground-mount installations adjacent to existing facilities.
On the portfolio side, we love anything from a single building to a national footprint. Larger portfolios get priority because the unit economics get better.
No. We don't expect you to. If you know the building owner or tenant and can make an introduction, that's the whole job. We handle every technical, financial, and legal question from there.
A warm one. The easiest version is a one-line email: you, us, your client, on the same thread. A three-way call also works. We don't cold-chase contacts on your behalf — if you just send us a name, we'll come back and ask for the intro.
Once you've made it, you decide how involved you stay. Some partners cc us on every email; others step away after the first message. We adapt.
It stays yours. You decide how much to stay involved — cc'd on every email, on the kickoff call only, or fully hands-off after the intro. We'll match whatever you and your client want.
We're also happy to keep Lumen white-labeled in conversations until your client is ready to engage directly.
The standard structure is a referral fee at financial close on a signed PPA, with a follow-on payment at commercial operation date (COD). On larger portfolio deals, we can structure multi-stage fees that pay out as the project hits milestones.
The exact amount depends on project size, market, and how much you want to be involved. We'll lay it out in writing before any work starts.
Send it anyway. We're expanding fast, and the right project — the right credit, the right roof, the right size — can move us into a new market faster than you'd expect. Worst case, we'll tell you in a week.
Yes — please do. Most of our best partners refer portfolios, not one-offs. If you want, we'll set you up with a simple shared sheet so you can drop buildings into our pipeline as you come across them.
For 30 days after you submit a building or contact, the opportunity is yours. After that, the exclusivity rolls forward as long as the conversation is active. If we close, you get paid regardless of how long the deal took — some of our best projects took two years.
Joining the Lumen Partner Network takes a single email and a one-page agreement. There's no exclusivity, no minimum commitment, and no out-of-pocket cost.