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$80,000 bill for unfinished rooftop solar power system exposes pitfall for consumers - OCRegister

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$80,000 bill for unfinished rooftop solar power system exposes pitfall for consumers - Daily News

A Northridge couple was squeezed between contractors who walked off the job and a finance company that paid them anyway. Others are in similar dilemmas.

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A Northridge couple was squeezed between contractors who walked off the job and a finance company that paid them anyway. Others are in similar dilemmas.

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Declining costs and government encouragement have resulted in a rapid increase in solar energy production in the United States over the past 10 years, although solar’s share remains small: 1.6 percent of all electricity generation in 2018. That rapid growth is projected to continue.

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