
New Orleans homeowners were sold solar as a post-Katrina resilience tool — a way to protect against power outages and rising Entergy bills. What many weren't told: their leases and PPAs include 20-year escalator clauses, and the companies that sold them — including Vision Solar (shut down 2022) and Infinity Energy (closed 2023) — are gone. Louisiana's Unfair Trade Practices Act gives homeowners strong grounds to pursue cancellation when a dealer misrepresented savings or government incentives.
Thousands of homeowners across New Orleans signed solar contracts after being promised dramatic savings — only to find themselves locked into agreements with escalating payments, underperforming systems, and no clear exit. If you are one of them, you have legal options.
Louisiana's Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law (LUTPA) prohibits deceptive acts in trade or commerce, including misrepresentation of solar savings, government incentives, and system performance. Louisiana also has a 3-day right of rescission for door-to-door sales. The Louisiana AG's office has received a significant volume of solar fraud complaints, particularly related to Vision Solar and Infinity Energy's operations in the New Orleans metro area.
New Orleans' post-hurricane resilience narrative made solar an emotionally compelling sale. Dealers exploited anxiety about grid reliability and rising Entergy rates, often claiming systems would provide backup power — a promise that standard grid-tied solar systems cannot keep without expensive battery storage that was rarely included.
Most people have their solar canceled and still get to keep their equipment.
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