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Originally Posted by red 928

My mother leased a solar system for her home.
It was, without a doubt, the dumbest move
I have ever seen anyone make.

It was a 25 year lease.
She was in her 80's and passed away a few
years after signing the contract.
The cost for the lease did not quite pay for itself in energy savings.
Her electricity bill was still high, mostly because
of all the fees and charges unrelated to actual electricity usage.
But the salesman told her that even electricity
costs rise in the coming years, it will start to pay
for itself and eventually will save her money.
If she lived to be 100 maybe.
And if the solar panels don't start getting weaker as they age.
See, there's no guaranty of output in the contract.

Oh and here's the BEST part:
She, or her estate, is liable for the entire 25 year lease.
All of it. All $41,100 worth of payments, despite the fact
that it's probably a $15k system.
After she passed, we had to keep paying for it.
The criminals at the solar company said to just
have the people who now own her house
assume the lease.
But she left the house to a friend in her will,
and her friend was not stupid enough to assume the lease.
They said no way.

So we had to keep paying for the lease,
until the probate and estate was officially closed
and all assets were distributed to the trust.

Now the lawyers can fight it out,
and we have been in contact with the assistant DA
concerning elder abuse charges against
the solar company.
No, it won't fly but may be enough to get
the crooks to tear up the lease to avoid
all that really nasty publicity that we will
be pushing on every outlet available.

signing a solar system lease that does not
contain a reasonable escape clause and does not
IN REALITY pay for itself
(Despite what the salesman says and
what many lessees pretend to believe) is a really, really bad move.
Especially if it involves sunrun.
A REALLY bad move.

After a dozen of solar companies came out to farm, Sunrun came with a EE. He told us we where not a candidate for solar house and shop facing east and west some how my Moronic Brother signed up a lease for my 90yr Dad with sunrun panels on roof of house and shop, Just seems criminal, panels have been up less than a week? I'm pissed off @ sunrun!! Is this Legal?