Limited options
Alaska solar cancellation rights
No state home-solicitation cooling-off statute or solar-specific rescission statute identified. The applicable rescission right is the FTC Cooling-Off Rule (16 CFR Part 429): 3 business days for door-to-door/home sales ≥$25.
The law
- AS 45.50.471 (Alaska Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act — deceptive acts prohibited)
- FTC Cooling-Off Rule, 16 CFR Part 429
Note: some details for this state are reported from secondary sources — verify the current statute text before acting.
Contract notes
No solar-specific consumer statute located; only tangential solar law is AS 34.15.145 (solar easements). Residential solar market is small; enforcement would run through the general Unfair Trade Practices Act.
What to do next in Alaska
- Cancellation windows here are narrow. No state home-solicitation cooling-off statute or solar-specific rescission statute identified. The applicable rescission right is the FTC Cooling-Off Rule (16 CFR Part 429): 3 business days for door-to-door/home sales ≥$25.
- Your leverage is complaints + misrepresentation claims. File with the AG and FTC (how), and document any savings promises that didn't materialize (guide).
- Installer bankrupt? See the bankrupt-installer guide — warranty, loan, and lien are three separate problems.
Get the notice written for you. The $39 SolarEscape Kit generates a cancellation letter citing AS 45.50.471 (Alaska Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act — deceptive acts prohibited), with your dates filled in — plus the complaint kit and bankrupt-installer playbook.
Not legal advice. This tool provides general information based on state statutes and the FTC Cooling-Off Rule as of October 2026. Laws change and every contract is different. For advice about your specific situation, talk to a consumer attorney or your state attorney general's office. We can't promise you can cancel — nobody can. What we do: tell you where the cancellation windows are, and what to do when they're closed.
Sources: law.justia.com, law.justia.com · Verified 2026-10-10