Case Study: Sunrun accelerates data modeling and deployment with dbt Labs

Sunrun enables last mile modeling with dbt Cloud

Sunrun, the largest residential solar company in the United States, needed a better way to unify data development after acquiring Vivint Solar. With engineering teams and analysts using incompatible transformation methods, they struggled with code conflicts, limited visibility into lineage, and a need for a more accessible, standardized workflow. Sunrun turned to dbt Labs and dbt Cloud to support collaborative analytics across its growing data organization.

With dbt Labs’ dbt Cloud, Sunrun standardized transformations, improved documentation and lineage visibility, and enabled analysts to self-serve in a shared development framework. The company also automated deployment while staying SOX compliant, cutting engineering tickets to diagnose complex data issues by 50% and speeding deployment time by 75%. In addition, 10 engineers and 40 analysts now share the same development environment, helping Sunrun scale data quality and collaboration across the business.

Sunrun

Jared Stout

Head of Data Management