 Some customers are being pursued by collections agencies for either false claims or contractual obligations of RGS Energy that the company mishandled.In 2014 the Hopland store and the Real Goods Retail Division or Real Goods Trading Corporation, were purchased back from RGSE by owner and founder John Schaeffer to be ran privately.The SLI and the Real Goods Store are both headquartered at the Solar Living Center (SLC), a strawbale building surrounded by of permaculture gardens in Hopland, California.