Kentucky homeowners
How to get out of a solar contract in Kentucky
What Kentucky law and regulators offer homeowners with a regretted solar lease, PPA or loan, and where to complain. SGI can help review your contract and options.
Not a law firm. We'll tell you when you need one. Results vary.
As of November 10, 2026. General information, not legal advice. SGI is not a law firm and does not guarantee any result. For advice about your contract, talk to a licensed Kentucky attorney.
If you're looking for Kentucky solar contract help, start with your signing date, the Design 1 Group order if it applies to your company, and the complaint form below.
The short answer
- Signed at home? Kentucky's home solicitation law may let you cancel until midnight of the third business day after you signed [1][2].
- Design 1 Group customers: in December 2025, the Franklin Circuit Court granted the AG a temporary restraining order (TRO) against Design 1 Group. It bars misrepresenting savings, tax credits and loan terms. A TRO is a court order in an ongoing case, not a final judgment, and it doesn't cancel contracts [3].
- Pink Energy customers: Kentucky's AG co-led the 2022 multistate request that lenders pause payments [4].
- Complaints: use the AG's Consumer Complaint and Mediation Request form [5].
Tell us about your Kentucky solar contract →
Kentucky consumer protection and disclosure laws
Home solicitation sales (KRS 367.410–367.450)
- What's covered: a sale of goods or services, including consumer loans, where the seller personally solicits it at your home and you agree to buy there. Sales after prior negotiations at a fixed business location are excluded [1].
- Right to cancel: you have the right to cancel "until midnight of the third business day" after you sign. Cancellation happens when you give written notice to the seller at the address in the agreement. If you mail it, notice counts as given when you deposit it in a mailbox, properly addressed [2].
- Exceptions: different rules apply to loans secured by your principal dwelling and to some other transactions [2].
Kentucky Consumer Protection Act (KRS 367.170)
KRS 367.170 prohibits unfair, false, misleading or deceptive acts in trade. It's the law behind the Design 1 Group order [3].
We didn't find a Kentucky statute written specifically for residential solar sales disclosures, so we don't cite one.
Kentucky AG actions
Kentucky v. Design 1 Group (TRO entered December 18, 2025)
- The case: Commonwealth ex rel. Coleman v. Design 1 Group, LLC, Franklin Circuit Court, Civil Action No. 25-CI-1107. Defendants include Design 1 Group (a Tennessee LLC), several individuals, and Homestar Solar Pros [3].
- What the court found: after a December 17, 2025 hearing, the court found the defendants' unlawful conduct includes "grossly misrepresenting the potential energy savings a solar power system can provide" and "misrepresenting consumers' eligibility for tax credits." It also found misrepresentations about financing, and that the defendants refused "to meaningfully address consumer complaints" [3].
- What the order bars [3]:
- misrepresenting savings and tax incentives
- misrepresenting loan terms or forging signatures on loan documents
- refusing to provide contracted-for services in a timely and professional manner
- threatening legal action against consumers who make good-faith complaints
- Background: news coverage reported that the AG's office investigated after receiving nearly 200 consumer complaints [6].
The order covers the named defendants. It doesn't cancel any customer's contract or loan. The court reserved ruling as to one defendant who hadn't yet been served [3].
Pink Energy (2022)
Kentucky's AG co-led the November 2022 multistate letter asking Pink Energy's lenders to pause payments for customers without working systems [4]. The full letter is covered on North Carolina, where Pink Energy was based.
See Pink Energy and the Pink Energy hub.
How to search UCC filings in Kentucky
- Statewide (Secretary of State): Kentucky's Secretary of State offers a UCC index search that is "free-of-charge, 24 hours a day" [7].
- County clerk: since July 1, 2001, new UCC filings go to the Secretary of State, except fixture filings and a few others, which stay with the county clerk [8]. If your panels are the subject of a fixture filing, search your county clerk's records.
For payoff and termination, see Selling a house with a solar lien.
Bankrupt or closed installers tied to Kentucky
- Pink Energy (Power Home Solar): in Chapter 7 since October 7, 2022 (W.D.N.C. Case No. 22-50228). The trustee expects no distribution to claimants before 2027 [9]. Kentucky's AG co-led the 2022 lender letter [4].
If your installer has closed and you don't know who services your loan, ask the lender in writing and see the starter kit.
Where to file a complaint in Kentucky
- Kentucky AG, Office of Consumer Protection: submit the Consumer Complaint and Mediation Request form. The office says it may contact you, asks that extra information be sent in writing, and will tell you if your complaint is referred elsewhere [5].
- Utility issues: use the AG's Office of Rate Intervention utility complaint form [5].
- Loans and debt collection: the CFPB [10].
A complaint doesn't guarantee a refund or cancellation.
How Unstuck Solar can help
SGI can help review your contract and your options. Not a law firm. We'll tell you when you need one. Results vary.
FAQ
Can I cancel a solar contract I signed at home in Kentucky? If Kentucky's home solicitation law covers your sale, you can cancel until midnight of the third business day after signing. Give written notice to the address in your agreement.
What is the Design 1 Group restraining order? In December 2025, the Franklin Circuit Court granted the Kentucky Attorney General a temporary restraining order against Design 1 Group and related defendants. It bars misrepresenting savings, tax credits and loan terms, and threatening consumers who complain.
Does the Design 1 order cancel my contract or loan? No. It restricts the defendants' conduct in an ongoing case. Talk to an attorney about your own contract, and file a complaint with the Attorney General.
How do I search for a solar UCC filing in Kentucky? Use the Secretary of State's free UCC index search for statewide filings. Check your county clerk for fixture filings.
Where do I complain about a solar company in Kentucky? Use the Kentucky Attorney General's Consumer Complaint and Mediation Request form. Loan problems can also go to the CFPB.
Not legal advice. SGI is not a law firm, and no attorney-client relationship is created. Results are not guaranteed. Statuses are as of November 10, 2026. Consult a licensed Kentucky attorney.
Sources
- KRS 367.410 (definition of home solicitation sale): https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=34958
- KRS 367.420 (buyer's right to cancel): https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=34959
- Order granting temporary restraining order, Commonwealth ex rel. Coleman v. Design 1 Group, LLC, No. 25-CI-1107 (Franklin Cir. Ct., entered Dec. 18, 2025): https://www.ag.ky.gov/Press%20Release%20Attachments/Signed%20Order%20Except%20Jenningts.pdf
- Kentucky Attorney General, coalition letter to Pink Energy lending partners (Nov. 22, 2022): https://www.ag.ky.gov/Press%20Release%20Attachments/Attorney%20General%20Letter%20To%20Solar%20Lenders.pdf
- Kentucky Attorney General, Consumer Complaints: https://www.ag.ky.gov/Resources/Consumer-Resources/Consumers/Pages/Consumer-Complaints.aspx
- LEX18, "Kentucky AG wins court order against solar company over deceptive practices": https://www.lex18.com/news/covering-kentucky/kentucky-ag-wins-court-order-against-solar-company-over-deceptive-practices
- Kentucky Secretary of State, UCC Index Search: https://web.sos.ky.gov/ftucc/search.aspx
- McCracken County Clerk, Fixture and UCC Filings: https://mccrackencountyclerk.ky.gov/records/fixture-and-ucc-filings/
- Chapter 7 Trustee, "In re Power HomeSolar, LLC d/b/a Pink Energy": https://www.hickorylaw.com/page/pinkenergy
- CFPB, Submit a complaint: https://www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint/
Information checked November 10, 2026. Not legal advice. Laws and agency pages change; confirm with the official source.
Check my Kentucky solar contract Free guides
Calls may go to voicemail; leave your name, state, and solar company and we'll call you back.