Description of Business and Basis of Presentation (Policies)	9 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 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 third quarter of the Partnership’s fiscal 2016 includes the period from June 1, 2016 to August 31, 2016, and the corresponding third quarter of the Partnership’s fiscal 2015 includes the period from June 1, 2015 to August 31, 2015, which are consistent with the Partnership’s November 30 fiscal year end. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements cover the period from December 1, 2015 to August 31, 2016, representing the entire nine-month period of the Partnership’s first, second and third quarters of fiscal year 2016. The prior year’s comparable eight-month period covers the period from December 29, 2014 through August 31, 2015, representing the first eight months of the Partnership’s recently adopted fiscal year. 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 the Predecessor. Financial information for the nine months ended August 31, 2015 has not been included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the following reasons: (i) the eight months ended August 31, 2015 provide as meaningful a comparison to the nine months ended August 31, 2016 as would the nine months ended August 31, 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 nine months ended August 31, 2015 were presented in lieu of results for the eight months ended August 31, 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 power 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 August 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued an update to the statement of cash flows guidance, which addresses eight specific cash flow issues with the objective of reducing the existing diversity in practice. One identified cash flow issue relates to distributions received from equity method investees whereby the reporting entity should make an accounting policy election to classify distributions received from equity method investees using either the cumulative earnings approach or the nature of the distribution approach. This new guidance becomes effective for the Partnership in the first quarter of fiscal 2018 and is applied retrospectively. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. The Partnership is evaluating the change in accounting policy from the cumulative earnings approach to the nature of the distribution approach and the impact on its unaudited condensed consolidated statements of cash flows and disclosures. In March 2016, the FASB issued an update to the equity method investments guidance, which eliminates the requirement that an entity retroactively adopt the equity method of accounting if an investment qualifies for use of the equity method as a result of an increase in the level of ownership or degree of influence. The update requires that the equity method investor add the cost of acquiring the additional interest in the investee to the current basis of the investor’s previously held interest and adopt the equity method of accounting as of the date the investment becomes qualified for equity method accounting. This new guidance will be effective for the Partnership beginning on December 1, 2017 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 February 2016, 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 Partnership adopted the new guidance retrospectively beginning on June 1, 2016. Since the Partnership’s formation, it has not classified any deferred tax assets or deferred tax liabilities as current on its balance sheet; therefore, there is no effect of the accounting change on prior periods. 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. Other than as described above, there has been no issued accounting guidance not yet adopted by the Partnership that it believes is material or potentially material to its consolidated financial statements.