If you’re interested in at-home solar, the Texas Solar Energy Society is a good place to start to find companies that use third-party certified installers txses.org

Or the Morins, whose humble home says more than I ever could. They said no to solar panels and still got tangled in alleged identity theft. (part 3) There’s hundreds of people in these situations. And as things are now, most have few options for recourse. www.expressnews.com/news/article...

Like Ana Rebollosa who had to replace her own roof and still has a massive hole in her ceiling. Or the Duncans, who are hearing impaired, living on disability and say they were told the system they cannot afford would be covered by a “government program.”(part 1) www.expressnews.com/news/article...

“Even though it’s clear that this is not a statewide problem affecting Texans, it’s difficult to get state agencies to respond and react,” said a consumer protection attorney. Most customers give up trying to get help or justice — though some find charity. www.expressnews.com/business/art...

There are good guys out there and I’m glad I was able to highlight a few of them in this last installment. But the database we built using AG complaints shows this isn’t a few bad apples but a pervasive pattern. It’s something other states have taken steps to stomp out. Texas hasn't.

Others didn’t realize they were getting loans at all. Like an elderly couple in the Valley. “They created an email address to sell her soul,” their attorney said. The home never got panels installed, yet they owed ~$50,000 to a lender they never heard of. www.expressnews.com/news/article...

Families like the Duncans say their disabilities made them targets — swindled by the promise of so much in savings they’d have more money for medical bills. That didn’t happen. www.expressnews.com/news/article...