You are not the only one. In 2026 alone, six state attorneys general sued solar companies for this.
Ohio, Virginia, New York, Texas, Michigan and Kansas have all filed consumer-protection lawsuits against residential solar sellers this year, and more than 100 solar companies have gone bankrupt since 2023, including Freedom Forever, Sunnova, SunPower, Titan, ADT Solar (Sunpro), Pink Energy, Lumio and TriSMART. The complaints describe the same story homeowners tell us every week: a door-to-door pitch that promised a zero electric bill, a 25-year loan with a hidden dealer fee of 27 to 35 percent, a federal tax credit the homeowner could not actually use, and then a company that stopped picking up the phone. Read the six 2026 attorney general cases or check whether your installer is on the bankruptcy tracker.
Problems that may be worth a lawyer's time
- Your solar installer went out of business and you have an unfinished install, a deposit that was never refunded, or a roof leak nobody will fix.
- The savings never showed up. You were told the panels would eliminate your power bill and now you pay the utility and the solar loan.
- The loan is bigger than the system. The amount financed is far above what the system was worth because a dealer fee was buried in the price.
- You were promised a tax credit you could not use because you are retired or had little tax liability.
- The system was never permitted, inspected, or turned on, but the lender released the money and is collecting payments.
- The panels are not producing or not working and the installer's warranty is worthless because the company is gone.
- You signed something you were told was an application and it turned out to be a 25-year contract.
- Your installer has been sued by a state attorney general, or you have seen a class action mentioned, and you want to know whether it covers you.
Solar panel lawsuit, class action, or state complaint: which one fits?
Homeowners usually arrive here searching for a solar lawyer, a solar company lawsuit, or how to sue a solar company, and the honest answer is that there are three different paths and the right one depends on who is still solvent. A solar panel lawsuit against the installer is only worth bringing if the installer still exists; a claim against the lender under the FTC Holder Rule works even when the installer is gone, because the lender is still collecting; and a state attorney general complaint costs nothing and puts you on the list for any restitution. A class action exists only where one has already been filed or settled. The companies with 2026 state enforcement actions are G3 Solar (Ohio and Kansas), the Pink Energy founders and lenders (Virginia), Attyx and Solar Mosaic (New York), CAM Solar (Texas) and Climax Solar and its lenders (Michigan), and the Texas AG has investigated Freedom Forever and Sunrun. If your panels are not working, your solar installer went out of business, or your solar company lied about the savings, a consumer attorney can tell you which path applies. That is what the form below is for.
What happens after you submit
- We read your request and check your installer against our bankruptcy, lawsuit and warranty records.
- We pass your request to an independent consumer-protection attorney. The attorney contacts you directly, usually within a few business days.
- The attorney decides whether you have a case. If they take it, everything from there is between you and the attorney.
- Whether or not it becomes a case, you still get our free warranty and installer-status report by email, so you know what to claim from your equipment manufacturers today.
Tell us what happened
Takes about three minutes. Fields marked * are required. Everything else helps the attorney understand your situation.
An independent attorney will contact you about it, usually within a few business days. Your free warranty and installer-status report is on its way to your email. Until then: keep paying your loan or lease, keep every document, and do not sign anything new from the installer or the lender.
Questions abandoned solar homeowners ask
Possibly. Most of these cases are brought under state consumer-protection and deceptive-trade-practices laws, and three of the 2026 attorney general suits also named the lenders. Whether you have a claim depends on what you were told, what you signed, and your state. That is what the attorney review is for.
Three separate things. Your panel, inverter and battery warranties come from the manufacturers and still work; this guide shows how to claim them. If the company is in bankruptcy, there may be a deadline to file a claim; the tracker lists them. And if you were deceived at the sale, that is the legal question this page is for.
Do not stop paying on your own. A default hurts your credit and gives the lender a clean collection claim. Your loan contract contains an FTC Holder Rule notice that lets you raise the seller's misconduct against the lender; send the lender a written dispute and keep paying while it is pending. An attorney can tell you whether cancellation or modification is realistic in your case.
Sometimes. Pink Energy customers with Generac equipment had a class settlement in 2026, and several installers face state attorney general suits that can produce restitution funds. Put your installer's name in your request and we will tell you what we have on file.
The request and the attorney's review are free. Anything beyond that is between you and the attorney, who will explain their own terms before you agree to anything.
Usually a disclosure and title problem rather than a lawsuit. A UCC lien, an open permit, or a lease that has to be assumed can hold up a closing. Start here, and mention it in your request if the installer's failure is the reason.