Rhode Island AG Sued Solar Company over Deceptive Marketing and Trade Practices

JUNE 21, 2023

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha filed a lawsuit against Smart Green Solar, LLC and its CEO for misleading consumers in its sales operations for residential solar panels, violating the Rhode Island Deceptive Trade Practice Act. According to the complaint, the company used deceptive practices in their door-to-door sales. In a statement, AG Neronha said: “This type of behavior disincentivizes and fosters distrust among those who wish to do their part to mitigate climate change, potentially setting us further behind Rhode Island’s climate goals. I am also greatly concerned about the largely unregulated solar sales industry, as well as the state’s overall lack of strategic thinking regarding implementation of clean energy programs. Plainly, there is a leadership void that needs to be remedied, and with dispatch. In any event, and in the meantime, this Office will continue to use the much strengthened consumer protection law we fought for to protect Rhode Island consumers and go after businesses that don’t play by the rules.”