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Illinois solar cancellation rights

3 full business days after signing for home sales of $25+ where the seller is physically present at the consumer's residence — 815 ILCS 505/2B (Consumer Fraud Act). Solar installs are home-repair work over $1,000, so the Home Repair and Remodeling Act (815 ILCS 513/20, 513/15) also requires the same 3-day cancellation notice. FTC Cooling-Off Rule (16 CFR Part 429) applies nationwide: 3 business days for door-to-door sales of $25+.

The law

  • 815 ILCS 505/2B — 3-business-day cancellation for home sales $25+ (Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act)
  • 815 ILCS 513/15, 513/20 — Home Repair and Remodeling Act: 3-day right-to-cancel notice required for home-repair contracts over $1,000
  • 220 ILCS 5/16-128A — Distributed Generation Installer certification by the Illinois Commerce Commission; 83 Ill. Admin. Code Part 461 (certification rules, qualified-person install standards)
  • Illinois Shines / Illinois Solar for All Consumer Protection Handbook (program-level: standard Disclosure Forms, contract-term requirements, complaint/investigation/disciplinary process with vendor suspension or bar)

Contract notes

No third-party PPA ban found in Illinois. Illinois Shines requires participating vendors to use standard Disclosure Forms and meet contract-term requirements; lease/PPA/loan structures are treated as 'Program offers' subject to those rules.

Enforcement watch: No 2024–2026 consumer lawsuit against a residential solar company found. AG Kwame Raoul joined the Oct 2025 multistate suit against EPA over termination of the $7B Solar for All program (22 states). Enforcement posture in IL has focused on alternative retail energy suppliers (e.g., 2025 $8.4M Clearview settlement) rather than solar installers. Illinois Shines Program Administrator runs a consumer complaint and vendor discipline process and can refer violations to the AG.

What to do next in Illinois

  1. Check your deadline today. Illinois gives you: 3 full business days after signing for home sales of $25+ where the seller is physically present at the consumer's residence — 815 ILCS 505/2B (Consumer Fraud Act). Solar installs are home-repair work over $1,000, so the Home Repair and Remodeling Act (815 ILCS 513/20, 513/15) also requires the same 3-day cancellation notice. FTC Cooling-Off Rule (16 CFR Part 429) applies nationwide: 3 business days for door-to-door sales of $25+.
  2. Send written notice before it expires. Certified mail, return receipt. Keep a copy of everything.
  3. Don't let them talk you out of it. "Wait and see" is how windows close. You can always re-sign later.
Get the notice written for you. The $39 SolarEscape Kit generates a cancellation letter citing 815 ILCS 505/2B — 3-business-day cancellation for home sales $25+ (Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act), 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: codes.findlaw.com, law.justia.com, legiscan.com · Verified 2026-10-10