(WFSB) – What happens if you have solar panels on your home, and the solar company goes bankrupt? It’s a question the I-Team first started looking into in 2024.
Now those solar bankruptcies are having big impacts on Connecticut families, including Jason Pelchat in Montville and Michael Lyons in Harwinton.
When Pelchat looks up at his home, it’s a constant reminder of a contract he wishes he never signed.
“I’m disgusted. I want to get on my roof and take them off,” said Pelchat.
Michael Lyons has those same thoughts looking at his Harwinton home. The two men don’t know each other but reached out to the I-Team with very similar stories. Both signed a contract to go solar in 2023. Lyons signed with the company SunPower Corporation….

