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Committee approves first substitute to tighten residential solar sales and connectivity rules
Summary
The committee unanimously adopted and recommended favorably for HB 57, a first substitute that creates consumer protections for residential solar purchases, including disclosure requirements, a contractor registry, employee-salesperson requirements and a staged payment schedule tied to system progress and grid interconnection.
Representative Colin Jack, sponsor of HB 57, told the Public Utilities and Energy Committee the first substitute focuses on clarifying consumer protections for residential solar customers and addressing recurring complaints about sales tactics, unmet production promises and long delays before grid connection. ‘‘We put some restrictions that as they make promises to how much the energy these will produce, that that it comes within a a reasonable percentage of that,’’ Jack said.
Director Katie Haas of the Utah Division of Consumer Protection described a long-running pattern of complaints involving door-to-door sales, inaccurate production estimates, companies going dark before completing work, and extended waits for utility interconnection. ‘‘There are some really good solar companies in the state of Utah. I do not want to act like the entire industry is fraught with peril. However, there are some really bad actors in this space as well,’’ Haas told the…
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