NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — It sounded like a great way to save money and help the environment.But customers say they were lied to and wound up with expensive solar energy systems at their homes that don’t work as promised.The company behind these solar systems recently went belly up.Now, Tennessee’s Attorney General has joined other AGs to help customers who are trying to pay off huge loans on these systems.”And so did you get what they promised?” NewsChannel 5 Investigates asked Daniel Carpenter of Clarksville.”No, not even close,” he replied.Carpenter said Power Home Solar promised his electric bills would be next to nothing if he installed their solar energy system at his home.”How much is it?” he recalled asking the salesperson.”$55,000,” he was told.”I was like, ‘OK,” he said.He now has 22 solar panels across his roof while the batteries and brains that run the system cover the…
Customers fed up with troubled home solar energy company may get loan relief
