Consumer Protection Residential Energy Systems

Added detailed legislative findings about residential clean energy system adoption rates, including specific projections that residential solar will increase from 700 to 1,500 megawatts by 2030 and 25 megawatts of energy storage will come online by end of 2025.

Added findings that residential clean energy systems are complex and confusing for consumers, warranting consumer protection oversight through standardized disclosures, contracting, sales materials, warranties, and enforcement requirements.

Added findings that investor-owned utility information about rebates has not always been transparent to consumers purchasing residential clean energy systems.

Updated header text from 'REREVISED' to 'REVISED' and changed the description of amendments from 'All Amendments Adopted in the Second House' to 'All Amendments Adopted on Second Reading in the Second House.' Removed House committee sponsorship list.

Updated the bill title from 'PREAMENDED' to 'REREVISED' and changed the status note to indicate all amendments have been adopted in the Second House.

Added new House sponsors (Camacho, Clifford, Jackson, McCormick, Paschal, Ricks, Rutinel, Smith, Story, Woodrow) to the House Sponsorship section.

Added reading status information indicating the bill is at 3rd Reading Unamended in the House as of May 6, 2025.

Removed the legislative declaration section (Section 1) which contained findings about residential clean energy systems and consumer protection needs.

Added header information including session details, bill number, and committee assignments for Senate and House.

Added a detailed bill summary explaining the bill's purpose, requirements, and effective date.

Added sponsorship lists for both Senate and House members.

Adjusted line numbers and page formatting to reflect the amended version.

Removed the 'Final Act' signature block and related administrative notes.

Reordered the bill structure, moving the title and sponsor information to a different position relative to the enactment clause and legislative declaration.

Adjusted spacing and line breaks in the definitions section, particularly around terms like 'agreement', 'consumer', and 'residential solar electric system'.

Deleted a note explaining how to interpret the bill markup symbols (capital letters, bold numbers, dashes) which was previously included in the document.

Added a note indicating the bill is prepared for signatures by legislative officers and the Governor.

Added explicit definitions for 'agreement', 'consumer', 'financing agreement', 'lease', 'power purchase agreement', 'residential battery energy storage system', 'residential solar electric system', 'salesperson', 'solar installation company', and 'solar sales company' to clarify what transactions and entities are covered.

Clarified that 'solar sales company' includes entities selling unregistered systems and explicitly excludes third-party owners/financiers who do not install systems and consumers who self-install.

Added specific definition for 'solar installation company' to distinguish it from solar sales companies, clarifying who must comply with installation-related requirements.

Reorganized the document structure to include proper bill title, sponsor lists, and legislative declaration sections in a more standard format.

Added legislative declaration sections explaining the rationale for the bill, including expected growth in solar installations and the need for consumer protection due to system complexity and changing utility rates.

Additional co-sponsors were added to the Senate sponsorship list, expanding the bill's legislative support.

New definitions for 'solar sales company' and related terms were added to establish regulatory clarity for residential clean energy transactions.

New requirements were introduced to ensure consumers receive clear information about clean energy system contracts and available rebates or incentives.

The bill status was updated from 'Engrossed' to 'Reengrossed' to reflect amendments adopted in the House of Introduction on April 28, 2025.

Added power purchase agreements to the list of transactions requiring consumer information disclosures.

Added lease arrangements for third-party owned residential solar and battery systems to the list of regulated transactions.

Removed the separate definition for 'lease' as a distinct transaction type, likely consolidating it under the broader transaction categories.

Removed the definition for 'agreement' that specifically included both cash and financed purchases.

Changed the bill number format from 'SB25-299' to '299' in the page headers.