Unsurprisingly, Utah-based Vivint Solar wasted large amounts of resources and time during the second half of 2015 getting ready to be absorbed into SunEdison – putting the company in a tight spot now that the deal has failed.

With its hands effectively tied as it waited for the deal to go through, Vivint was unable to engage in many vital tasks over the past nine months, including arranging new pools of finance and hiring new workers, the company says.

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