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New Mexico Solar Contract Rights: UPA & Your Legal Options (2026)

Review solar-contract consumer information for New Mexico, including records to gather and official sources to verify. Options depend on facts and current law.

New Mexico Has Incredible Solar Resources. It Also Has a Growing Number of Homeowners Who Were Misled About Their Contracts.

The Land of Enchantment's Unfair Practices Act covers the exact deceptions used in solar sales. Here is what you need to know.

New Mexico Unfair Practices Act

N.M. Stat. § 57-12-3

Under the FTC Cooling-Off Rule. New Mexico does not have a state-specific extended window, but UPA violations create independent grounds for cancellation.

New Mexico has some of the best solar resources in the country — Albuquerque averages over 300 days of sunshine per year. PNM (Public Service Company of New Mexico) has been transitioning its net metering policies, and the changes have affected the financial case for solar. If your sales rep used pre-transition values to calculate your savings, the financial case for your system may have been misrepresented under New Mexico's Unfair Practices Act.