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Having Problems With a Solar Contract in Texas?

If your solar payment increased, your electric bill stayed high, the buyback credit was lower than expected, the savings did not match the proposal, your solar company stopped responding, or the system is interfering with a home sale or refinance, Solar Exit Texas can help you review the complete situation and understand the strongest next steps available.

Solar loans, leases, and power purchase agreements
Unexpected payments and high electric bills
Solar buyback and export-credit problems
Tax-credit and savings representations
Solar retailer, salesperson, or installer issues
UCC, home-sale, transfer, and refinance problems

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Texas solar problems can involve the solar contract, financing, delivery utility, Retail Electric Provider, buyback plan, installer, and new state consumer-protection rules. Use the shortcuts below to jump directly to the issue you are dealing with.

Common Texas Solar Problems

Does Any of This Sound Familiar?

Solar problems do not always begin and end with the installer. The salesperson, dealer, lender, loan servicer, electric utility, equipment manufacturer, and installation contractor may all play different roles.

Your Solar Buyback Credit Is Lower Than Expected

In much of Texas, the company that delivers electricity to your home is not the same company that sells your retail electricity plan. Export compensation can depend on the Retail Electric Provider and plan rather than one statewide solar rate.

Identify the delivery utility and Retail Electric Provider
Review the solar buyback or export-credit terms
Compare import pricing with export compensation
Check whether the current electricity plan matches the sales assumptions

Texas Utilities Code Chapter 39

You Are Paying a Solar Loan and a High Electric Bill

A Texas homeowner can still purchase electricity from the grid, pay TDU delivery charges and REP plan charges, and receive export credits that are worth less than the electricity purchased.

Compare solar production with household consumption
Review imported and exported kWh
Check REP plan charges and TDU delivery charges
Compare actual bills with the original savings estimate

Oncor Residential Solar

The Savings Do Not Match What You Were Told

Texas already requires written information in covered solar transactions, and newer TDLR rules add more standardized disclosures. Those documents give homeowners concrete information to compare with the sales pitch and actual results.

Compare the proposal with the signed agreement
Review required Texas disclosures
Compare production estimates with actual production
Preserve electricity-plan and buyback information

Texas Business & Commerce Code Chapter 115

You Want to Cancel a Recent Texas Solar Contract

Covered residential solar sales and leases entered beginning September 1, 2025 include a Texas solar-specific five-business-day cancellation right. Other home-solicitation rules may separately apply in qualifying transactions.

Check the exact execution date
Locate the final cancellation date in the agreement
Find the required cancellation email or mailing address
Treat an open cancellation window as time-sensitive

TDLR Residential Solar Requirements Timeline

The Solar Company Closed or Stopped Responding

The retailer, salesperson, electrical contractor, lender, servicer, equipment manufacturer, monitoring company, and warranty provider can be different parties.

Identify the company currently receiving payments
Check electrical contractor licensing
Preserve warranties and monitoring access
Locate interconnection and Permission to Operate records

TDLR Residential Solar Retailers

Solar Is Holding Up a Home Sale or Refinance

A loan, lease, PPA, UCC financing statement, or fixture filing can create different payoff, transfer, collateral, title, or underwriting questions.

Determine who owns the solar equipment
Review payoff or transfer requirements
Obtain the actual UCC or fixture filing when relevant
Read the collateral description instead of assuming what the filing covers

Texas Secretary of State UCC FAQs

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Start With a Clear Review of Your Situation

You do not need to know the correct legal, financial, or utility terminology. Tell us what happened and provide the documents you have.

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Provide the basic details of the contract, payment, buyback, utility, installation, company-closure, or home-sale problem.

Gather the Important Documents

The solar agreement, financing paperwork, Texas disclosures, electricity bills, proposal, production records, interconnection documents, and communications help show what was signed, promised, installed, financed, and billed.

Understand the Strongest Next Step

The review helps identify the issues requiring closer attention and the company, utility, regulator, or qualified professional that may need to be involved.

What Makes Solar Different in Texas?

Texas Has a Huge Solar Market, but There Is No Single Texas Solar Billing Experience

Texas was the second-largest solar electricity-producing state in the country in 2024. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported approximately 25.4 gigawatts of combined utility-scale and small-scale solar capacity, with solar supplying about 8% of Texas in-state electricity generation.

For homeowners, the more important issue is the structure of the electricity market. ERCOT manages about 90% of Texas electric load and administers retail switching for millions of premises in competitive-choice areas, while other Texans receive service from municipal utilities, electric cooperatives, or utilities operating under different structures.

ERCOT About EIA Texas State Energy Profile

90%Approximately the share of Texas electric load managed by ERCOT

No Single Buyback RateCompetitive-market export compensation can depend on the REP agreement

Sept. 1, 2026Major new Texas solar retailer and salesperson requirements become applicable

Know the Difference: TDU vs. REP

The Company Delivering Your Electricity May Not Be the Company Determining Your Solar Buyback Terms

In many competitive-choice areas, the delivery utility and Retail Electric Provider perform different jobs. Identifying both is one of the first steps in understanding a Texas solar-billing problem.

Transmission and Distribution Utility

The TDU maintains the local poles, wires, meter, and distribution system and handles solar interconnection. Examples include Oncor, CenterPoint Energy, AEP Texas, and Texas-New Mexico Power.

Oncor Residential Solar

Retail Electric Provider

The REP sells the retail electricity plan. Depending on the plan, the REP may also determine whether and how surplus solar generation is credited or purchased.

Texas Utilities Code Chapter 39

Municipal, Cooperative, or Noncompetitive Service

Not every Texas homeowner is in the competitive retail market. Municipal utilities, electric cooperatives, and other utilities can maintain their own interconnection and solar-compensation programs.

PUCT Electric Choice Information

Why this matters:If Oncor, CenterPoint, AEP Texas, or TNMP appears on your solar paperwork, that does not automatically mean that company determines the value of your exported electricity. In competitive areas, the Retail Electric Provider and retail plan may control the buyback arrangement.

Texas Solar Buyback and Export Credits

There Is No Single Statewide Residential Buyback Rate in Competitive Areas

Texas Utilities Code §39.916 provides that a distributed-generation owner in a customer-choice area may sell surplus electricity to the Retail Electric Provider serving the home at a value agreed between the homeowner and REP.

Texas Utilities Code Chapter 39

The Delivery Utility Measures the Flow

The TDU handles interconnection and meter functions. Oncor, for example, states that after Permission to Operate it programs the meter to measure surplus electricity flowing back to the grid and makes that information available to the REP.

The TDU does not necessarily determine the homeowner's buyback compensation.

Oncor Residential Solar

The Retail Plan Can Control the Economics

A REP agreement may use a fixed export credit, market-related value, carry-forward credit, or another agreed structure. The applicable agreement and plan must be reviewed rather than assuming a statewide rate.

A salesperson saying that the electric company will buy excess solar does not, by itself, establish what that electricity is worth or whether the buyback assumptions in the proposal were realistic.

Texas Utilities Code Chapter 39

To Evaluate a Texas Solar Buyback or Savings Problem, Compare:

Original solar proposal
Retail Electric Provider contract
Electricity Facts Label, when applicable
Solar buyback or export-credit terms
Import electricity price
Export compensation structure
TDU delivery charges
Monthly or base charges
Imported and exported kWh
Solar production
Permission to Operate date

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A New Texas Residential Solar Law

The Rules Depend Heavily on When the Solar Contract Was Signed

Texas enacted the Residential Solar Retailer Regulatory Act in 2025 and assigned the new program to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

For covered residential solar sales and leases entered into beginning September 1, 2025, Texas added specified contract provisions involving licensed electrical installation, permits, utility interconnection, and a solar-specific five-business-day cancellation right.

The program is being implemented in phases. Beginning September 1, 2026, most covered residential solar retailers and salespeople must be registered with TDLR, and additional contract, disclosure, education, conduct, and enforcement provisions become applicable.

TDLR Residential Solar Requirements Timeline Texas Register Final Residential Solar Rules

For a Newer Texas Solar Transaction, Preserve:

Contract execution date
Solar retailer identity
Salesperson identity
Electrical contractor identity and license
Permit and inspection records
Interconnection approval
Cancellation notice
TDLR disclosure and educational materials when applicable

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Outside the Competitive Retail Market

Municipal Utilities, Cooperatives, and Other Texas Utilities Can Work Differently

Austin Energy uses a Value of Solar billing approach rather than a conventional REP buyback plan. Its current residential Value of Solar rate is 9.91 cents per kilowatt-hour for qualifying systems, and Austin Energy currently offers a $4,000 residential solar rebate for qualifying purchased systems that meet program requirements.

Entergy Texas uses another framework. For qualifying smaller renewable systems under its applicable tariff, imported and exported electricity are measured separately and exported energy is credited using the utility's avoided-cost treatment rather than a one-for-one retail buyback.

Other municipal utilities and electric cooperatives can maintain their own programs. Before relying on a Texas solar-billing explanation, identify the actual utility and whether the home participates in the competitive retail market.

Austin Energy Value of Solar Entergy Texas Net Metering

Identify the Local Program

Actual electric utility
Whether retail electric choice is available
Current solar tariff or program
Export-credit or Value of Solar rate
Interconnection requirements
Local rebate or incentive requirements
Current electric bill

Major Changes Beginning September 1, 2026

Texas Adds Registration, Standardized Disclosure, and a 24-Hour Education Requirement

Beginning September 1, 2026, most covered residential solar retailers and salespeople must be registered with TDLR unless an exemption applies. Covered contracts must identify the retailer and salesperson and include required registration information.

TDLR has published a Texas Residential Solar Retail Transaction Consumer Disclosure Statement. The form asks for information such as total payment obligation, financing company, financing costs, estimated generation, interconnection, buyback or charge rate, transferability, roof-work responsibilities, and cancellation rights.

The final rules require the disclosure to be completed and provided before execution of the solar contract beginning September 1, 2026.

The rules also require the TDLR residential solar educational brochure to be provided at least 24 hours before the solar contract is executed. For a covered transaction signed on or after September 1, 2026, the timing of that brochure can be an important fact to preserve.

TDLR Consumer Disclosure Statement Texas Register Final Residential Solar Rules

Compare the Sales Pitch With:

TDLR consumer disclosure statement
TDLR residential solar educational brochure
Signed solar agreement
Chapter 115 disclosures
Financing agreement
Production estimate
Buyback or electricity-plan assumptions
Actual electricity bills and solar production

The new disclosure and education requirements can be important to a review, but a documentation problem does not automatically establish that a contract is canceled or that a particular remedy is available.

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Texas Solar Cancellation Rights

Check the Signed Agreement Immediately

For a covered residential solar sale or lease entered into beginning September 1, 2025, Texas requires the solar agreement to permit cancellation without penalty or further obligation through the fifth business day after execution.

The agreement must identify the final calendar date of the cancellation period and provide a mailing address or email address for cancellation. TDLR states that if the required address is absent, written cancellation may be delivered using another reasonable method.

Texas also has separate home-solicitation rules that can provide a three-business-day cancellation right for certain qualifying transactions entered somewhere other than the merchant's place of business. Do not assume every solar transaction falls under both sets of rules.

TDLR Residential Solar Requirements Timeline Texas Attorney General Door-to-Door Sales Guidance

What to Look For

Date the solar agreement was executed
Final cancellation date stated in the contract
Cancellation email or mailing address
Where and how the transaction was negotiated
Any separate financing agreement
Proof of any cancellation notice already sent

If you may still be within a cancellation period, treat the issue as time-sensitive and review the signed documents immediately.

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Check the Retailer, Salesperson, and Electrical Contractor

The People Who Sold, Installed, and Financed the System May Be Different Parties

Texas already requires covered photovoltaic electrical installation to be performed through appropriately licensed electrical contractors.

Beginning September 1, 2026, most residential solar retailers and salespeople covered by the new Texas law must also be registered with TDLR unless an exemption applies.

For a newer transaction, homeowners should identify the company responsible for the retail sale or lease, the individual who sold or negotiated the transaction, and the licensed electrical contractor responsible for covered installation work.

TDLR Electricians Program TDLR Residential Solar Retailers

Check the Parties Behind the Texas Solar Project

Residential solar retailer
Solar salesperson
Licensed electrical contractor
Company listed on the signed solar agreement
Retail Electric Provider or electric utility
Finance company and current servicer

Do not assume the retailer, salesperson, dealer, electrical contractor, lender, and utility are the same business.

Solar Financing in Texas

Compare the Cash Price, Amount Financed, and Payment Schedule

Solar financing can involve a system cash price, financed amount, interest rate, dealer or financing fees, expected tax-credit prepayment, re-amortization, payment changes, and a long repayment term.

A low advertised interest rate does not by itself show what the solar system actually cost to finance. Compare the cash price, amount financed, total payments, payment schedule, and any expected lump-sum prepayment.

If there is a dispute with a lender or servicer, identify the legal lender and current servicer before deciding whether the Texas Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner or another financial regulator has jurisdiction.

System cash price
Amount financed
APR and interest rate
Dealer or financing fees
Expected tax-credit prepayment
Re-amortization terms
Current payment amount
Loan term
Current lender and servicer
Security-interest language

The correct complaint path for a financing problem depends on the legal lender, servicer, and type of financial institution.

Texas OCCC Consumer Complaints CFPB Solar Financing Issue Spotlight

Federal and Texas Tax Expectations

Were You Promised a 30% Federal Solar Tax Credit?

For qualifying residential clean-energy property installed from 2022 through December 31, 2025, the federal Residential Clean Energy Credit was generally 30% of qualified costs.

The IRS currently states that the residential credit is not available for property placed in service after December 31, 2025. The credit was nonrefundable, so the usable benefit also depended on the taxpayer's individual tax situation.

Texas separately provides a property-tax exemption for the portion of a property's appraised value attributable to qualifying solar or wind-powered energy devices used primarily for onsite energy production and distribution. That is a property-tax provision, not a Texas solar income-tax credit or a blanket exemption from all property tax.

Original solar proposal
Tax-credit worksheets or representations
Loan payment schedule
Re-amortization provisions
Installation timeline
Placed-in-service information
County appraisal records when relevant

Solar Exit Texas does not determine individual tax eligibility. Questions about a specific tax situation should be reviewed with a qualified tax professional.

IRS Residential Clean Energy Credit Texas Comptroller Solar and Wind Property-Tax Exemption

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Selling or Refinancing a Texas Home With Solar

A UCC Financing Statement and a Fixture Filing Are Not Automatically the Same Thing

A Texas home-sale or refinance problem can involve equipment ownership, a solar loan, lease, PPA, UCC financing statement, fixture filing, transfer requirements, payoff requirements, or buyer approval.

The Texas Secretary of State explains that the UCC system provides public notice of a secured transaction involving identified collateral.

Texas also gives fixture filings distinct treatment. A financing statement filed as a fixture filing for goods that are or will become fixtures is filed in the local real-property records, while other Article 9 financing statements are generally filed with the Secretary of State.

Who owns the solar equipment
Loan, lease, or PPA terms
Payoff amount
Transfer or buyer-assumption requirements
Actual UCC filing
Actual fixture filing, if any
Collateral description
Title-company or mortgage-lender request
Required termination or release documents

Texas Secretary of State UCC Information Texas Secretary of State UCC FAQs

Solar Company Closed or Stopped Responding

Identify Every Company That Still Has a Role

A residential solar transaction can involve separate companies for retail sales, installation, financing, loan servicing, lease or PPA ownership, equipment manufacturing, monitoring, and warranty service.

If one company closes, the other companies may still exist. Company closure does not automatically terminate a separate loan, lease, PPA, warranty, or other contractual obligation.

Signed solar agreement
Finance agreement
Current payment recipient
Servicer notices
TDLR retailer or salesperson information when applicable
Electrical contractor license
Equipment warranties
Monitoring access
Permit and inspection records
Interconnection application and Permission to Operate
REP or utility enrollment information

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Texas Complaint and Assistance Guide

Who Handles What in Texas?

Texas now has several solar-specific and electricity-market complaint paths. The correct starting point depends on the contract date and whether the issue involves the retailer, salesperson, electrical contractor, REP, utility, lender, or UCC filing.

Covered residential solar retail sale or lease dated Sept. 1, 2025 or laterTexas Department of Licensing and Regulation

TDLR administers the Residential Solar Retailer program and accepts complaints involving covered transactions within its authority.

Important: The applicable requirements depend on the contract date, transaction type, statutory coverage, and implementation phase.

Official Resource

Older solar retail conduct or general deceptive-practice concernTexas Attorney General Consumer Protection

TDLR directs residential solar retailer incidents from before September 1, 2025 to the Texas Attorney General. The Attorney General also accepts broader consumer complaints.

Important: The Attorney General does not act as the homeowner's private attorney or guarantee an individual remedy.

Official Resource

Solar installation or electrical contractor problemTDLR Electricians Program

TDLR regulates Texas electrical contractors and electricians and can accept complaints involving regulated electrical work.

Important: The retailer, salesperson, and electrical contractor may be different parties.

Official Resource

Retail Electric Provider or regulated electric-service problemCompany first, then Public Utility Commission of Texas when appropriate

The PUCT provides consumer assistance for electricity matters within its jurisdiction, including complaints involving retail electric service.

Important: Not every municipal utility or electric cooperative issue follows the same PUCT complaint route.

Official Resource

Solar lender or loan-servicer problemTexas Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner when within jurisdiction

OCCC regulates many non-depository consumer lenders and registered creditors and provides a consumer complaint process.

Important: OCCC does not regulate every possible solar lender. Identify the legal lender and current servicer first.

Official Resource

UCC or fixture-filing questionTexas Secretary of State or applicable county clerk

The filing office depends on the type of filing and collateral. Standard Article 9 financing statements and fixture filings can use different filing locations.

Important: Do not assume a financing statement is a traditional mortgage lien against the entire home without reviewing the actual filing.

Official Resource

Federal solar tax-credit eligibilityInternal Revenue Service and a qualified tax professional

The IRS publishes the current federal Residential Clean Energy Credit rules.

Important: Solar Exit Texas does not determine individual tax eligibility or provide tax advice.

Official Resource

Current Status

September 1, 2026 Regulatory Transition

Texas's five-business-day cancellation and core contract-disclosure requirements are already in effect. Beginning September 1, 2026, residential solar retailers and salespersons generally must be registered with TDLR, and additional statutory enforcement provisions also take effect. Homeowners reviewing a recent agreement should compare the contract date with the rules in effect at that time.

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Current Status

Power Purchase Agreement Scope

Texas Chapter 115 includes disclosure requirements for certain power purchase agreement transactions. How newer TDLR registration, cancellation, and disclosure requirements apply can depend on the transaction structure and contract date, so the actual agreement and current TDLR guidance should be reviewed before drawing conclusions.

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What We Review

Your Complete Solar Situation

Review cancellation, transfer, payoff, and termination language.
Identify the solar retailer, salesperson, electrical contractor, lender, servicer, delivery utility, and Retail Electric Provider involved.
Compare the sales proposal with Texas disclosure documents and the signed agreement.
Review the electricity plan and solar buyback or export-credit terms.
Compare imported electricity, exported electricity, and actual solar production.
Review loan, lease, or PPA financing and payment terms.
Verify electrical contractor licensing and newer TDLR registration information when applicable.
Check UCC or fixture-filing records when a home sale or refinance is involved.
Contact the appropriate regulator or qualified professional when needed.

Prepare the Record

Documents to Gather

Signed solar agreement
Loan, lease, or PPA
Original solar proposal
Texas Chapter 115 disclosure documents
TDLR consumer disclosure statement, when applicable
TDLR residential solar educational brochure, when applicable
Tax-credit representations
Current solar payment statement
Retail Electric Provider contract
Electricity Facts Label, when applicable
Solar buyback or export-credit agreement
Electric bills
Imported and exported kWh information
Solar production reports
Interconnection application
Permission to Operate
Permit and inspection records
Solar retailer and salesperson information
Electrical contractor license information
Warranty records
UCC or fixture filings
Emails, text messages, and advertisements
Home-sale or refinance correspondence

Texas Solar Contract FAQs

Questions Texas Homeowners Are Asking

The answer often depends on the agreement, financing, timing, utility, project status, and specific facts.

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Do Texas solar contracts have a five-business-day cancellation period?

For covered residential solar sales and leases entered into beginning September 1, 2025, Texas requires the agreement to permit cancellation without penalty or further obligation through the fifth business day after execution. The contract must identify the final cancellation date and provide an address or email for delivering the cancellation. Other transaction-specific rules and exceptions can still matter, so review the signed agreement immediately.

TDLR Residential Solar Requirements Timeline

Does Texas require solar companies and salespeople to be registered?

Beginning September 1, 2026, most covered residential solar retailers and solar salespersons must be registered with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation unless an exemption applies. Texas already requires covered solar electrical installation to be performed through appropriately licensed electrical contractors.

Texas Register Final Residential Solar Rules

Does Texas have statewide net metering or one statewide solar buyback rate?

Texas does not use one statewide residential export rate across every utility territory. In competitive-choice areas, state law provides for surplus electricity to be sold to the Retail Electric Provider serving the homeowner at an agreed value. Municipal utilities, electric cooperatives, and noncompetitive utilities can operate under different programs.

Texas Utilities Code Chapter 39

Why does my Retail Electric Provider matter if Oncor, CenterPoint, AEP Texas, or TNMP delivers my electricity?

In competitive retail areas, the delivery utility and Retail Electric Provider perform different jobs. The TDU handles the distribution system, meter, and solar interconnection. The REP sells the retail electricity plan and may determine the homeowner's solar buyback or export-credit arrangement. Oncor specifically directs customers to their REP for buyback and energy-credit questions.

Oncor Residential Solar

How can I check the companies involved in my Texas solar installation?

TDLR provides license-search tools for Texas electrical contractors. Beginning September 1, 2026, most covered residential solar retailers and salespeople must also be registered with TDLR, subject to exemptions. The retailer, salesperson, electrical contractor, finance company, and electricity provider may all be different parties.

TDLR Electricians Program TDLR Residential Solar Retailers

Where do I file a solar complaint in Texas?

It depends on the issue and contract date. TDLR handles covered residential solar retail complaints involving contracts entered beginning September 1, 2025 and separately regulates electrical contractors. Older retail conduct may be directed to the Texas Attorney General. REP or regulated electric-service disputes may involve the PUCT, and certain lender complaints may fall under the OCCC.

TDLR Residential Solar Retailers PUCT Consumer Complaint Texas OCCC Consumer Complaints

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Understand What Actually Happened With Your Texas Solar Agreement

Texas solar problems can involve the sales agreement, financing, required disclosures, retailer, salesperson, electrical contractor, delivery utility, Retail Electric Provider, solar buyback plan, and actual system production at the same time. The first step is identifying what was signed, what was represented, who was responsible for each part of the transaction, what electricity plan applies, what the system actually produces, and what the homeowner is paying now.

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Official Sources and Texas Resources

Verify the Rules That Apply to Your Situation

These government, regulator, utility, and first-party resources support the state-specific information on this page.

Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation: Residential Solar Retailers

Primary state source for the new Texas residential solar retailer program, consumer information, registration, and complaint resources.

Official Resource

TDLR: What Is in Effect and When

Official implementation timeline for September 1, 2025 and September 1, 2026 Texas residential solar requirements.

Official Resource

Texas Register: Final Residential Solar Rules

Final 2026 administrative rules covering registration, contracts, disclosures, education, conduct, and enforcement.

Official Resource

TDLR Texas Residential Solar Consumer Disclosure Statement

Standardized Texas solar disclosure form for newer covered transactions beginning September 1, 2026.

Official Resource

TDLR Residential Solar Consumer Information

Texas residential solar consumer education material covering cancellation, licensing, registration, and homeowner protections.

Official Resource

Texas Business & Commerce Code Chapter 115

Texas statutory disclosure requirements for covered distributed renewable energy sales, leases, and power purchase agreements.

Official Resource

Texas Utilities Code Chapter 39

Competitive-market distributed-generation, interconnection, and surplus-energy framework.

Official Resource

ERCOT

Texas competitive-market and grid context, including ERCOT electric-load coverage and retail switching.

Official Resource

Oncor Residential Solar

Interconnection, Permission to Operate, export metering, and the distinction between Oncor and the customer's Retail Electric Provider.

Official Resource

Austin Energy Value of Solar

Current Austin municipal-utility solar billing and Value of Solar information.

Official Resource

Entergy Texas Net Metering

Current Entergy Texas distributed-generation and export-credit treatment.

Official Resource

TDLR Electricians Program

Texas electrical contractor and electrician licensing for covered solar installation work.

Official Resource

Texas Attorney General Consumer Protection

General Texas consumer-protection resources and complaint information.

Official Resource

Public Utility Commission of Texas

Consumer assistance for retail electric and regulated electric-service matters within PUCT jurisdiction.

Official Resource

Texas Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner

Consumer complaint resources for lenders and creditors within OCCC jurisdiction.

Official Resource

Texas Secretary of State: UCC

Texas UCC financing-statement and fixture-filing information.

Official Resource

Texas Comptroller: Property-Tax Exemptions

Texas solar and wind-powered energy device property-tax exemption information.

Official Resource

U.S. Energy Information Administration: Texas

State solar-generation and capacity context.

Official Resource

Internal Revenue Service: Residential Clean Energy Credit

Current federal residential clean-energy credit rules, including termination after 2025.

Official Resource

State information reviewed August 18, 2026. Laws, regulations, incentive programs, utility policies, agency responsibilities, and solar billing rules may change. Homeowners should verify current requirements with the appropriate agency, utility, lender, tax professional, attorney, or licensed contractor.