Description of Business and Basis of Presentation (Policies)	3 Months Ended
	Feb. 29, 2016
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Fiscal Years	Fiscal Years On June 24, 2015, in connection with the closing of the IPO, the Partnership amended the Partnership Agreement to include a change in the fiscal year to November 30. The first quarter of the Partnership’s fiscal 2016 includes the period from December 1, 2015 to February 29, 2016, consistent with the Partnership’s November 30 fiscal year end. The Predecessor had a 52-to-53 week fiscal year that ended on the Sunday closest to December 31. The corresponding first quarter of fiscal 2015 includes the Predecessor’s period from December 29, 2014 to March 29, 2015 and is comprised of 13 weeks. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements cover the period from December 1, 2015 through February 29, 2016, representing the entire three-month period of the Partnership’s first quarter of fiscal 2016. The prior year’s comparable three-month period is reported on the basis of the previous first quarter of fiscal 2015 of the Predecessor and, as a result of the change in the Partnership’s fiscal year end, the quarterly periods of its newly adopted fiscal year do not coincide with the historical quarterly periods previously reported by its Predecessor. Financial information for the three months ended February 28, 2015 has not been included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the following reasons: (i) the three months ended March 29, 2015 provide as meaningful a comparison to the three months ended February 29, 2016 as would the three months ended February 28, 2015; (ii) the Partnership believes that there are no significant factors, seasonal or otherwise, that would impact the comparability of information if the results for the three months ended February 28, 2015 were presented in lieu of results for the three months ended March 29, 2015; and (iii) it was not practicable or cost justified to prepare this information.
Management Estimates	Management Estimates The preparation of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Significant estimates in these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the assumptions and methodology underlying the allocations of expenses incurred on the Predecessor’s behalf that were recorded in the Predecessor’s condensed carve-out financial statements, as well as: allowances for doubtful accounts related to accounts receivable and financing receivables; estimates for future cash flows and economic useful lives of property and equipment; the fair value and residual value of leased solar energy systems; fair value of financial instruments; fair value of acquired assets and liabilities; valuation of certain accrued liabilities such as accrued warranty and asset retirement obligation(“ARO”); and income taxes including the related valuation allowance. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements	Recent Accounting Pronouncements In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued an update to the lease accounting guidance, which requires entities to begin recording assets and liabilities arising from substantially all leases on the balance sheet. The new guidance will also require significant additional disclosures about the amount, timing and uncertainty of cash flows from leases. This new guidance will be effective for the Partnership beginning on December 1, 2019 using a modified retrospective approach. The modified retrospective approach includes a number of optional practical expedients that entities may elect to apply. The Partnership is evaluating the impact of this standard on its unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and disclosures. In November 2015, the FASB issued an update which requires entities that present a classified balance sheet to classify all deferred taxes as noncurrent assets or noncurrent liabilities. The new guidance is effective for the Partnership beginning on December 1, 2017. Early adoption of this standard is permitted. The Partnership is evaluating the potential impact of this standard on its unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and disclosures. In September 2015, the FASB issued an update to the business combination standards to eliminate the requirement for an acquirer in a business combination to account for measurement-period adjustments retrospectively. Instead, an acquirer must recognize measurement-period adjustments during the period in which it determines the amounts, including the effect on earnings of any amounts that would have been recorded in previous periods if the accounting had been completed at the acquisition date. The Partnership adopted the standard effective January 1, 2016 and the adoption of this standard did not impact the Partnership's results of operations, cash flows or financial position. In April 2015, the FASB issued an update to the standards for the presentation of debt issuance costs to reduce complexity in accounting standards and to align with International Financial Reporting Standards. The updated standard requires debt issuance costs to be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying value of the associated debt liability. U.S. GAAP previously required debt issuance costs to be reflected as an asset on the Partnership’s balance sheet. The Partnership elected to early adopt the updated accounting standard, effective in the second quarter of fiscal 2015. There was no reclassification required as there was no debt issuance cost that was recorded as an asset in the prior periods. In February 2015, the FASB issued a new standard which modifies existing consolidation guidance for reporting organizations that are required to evaluate whether they should consolidate certain legal entities. The Partnership adopted the standard effective January 1, 2016 and the adoption of this standard did not impact the Partnership's results of operations, cash flows or financial position. In May 2014, the FASB issued a new revenue recognition standard based on the principle that revenue is recognized to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods and services. In August 2015, the FASB deferred the effective date of this standard for all entities by one year. The new revenue recognition standard becomes effective for the Partnership in the first quarter of fiscal 2019, and is to be applied retrospectively using one of two prescribed methods. The Partnership is evaluating the application method and impact on its unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and disclosures.