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Massachusetts solar cancellation rights

3 business days — M.G.L. ch. 93, § 48 (>$25 home sales: cancel by midnight of the third business day; missing notice keeps the right open); M.G.L. ch. 142A (Home Improvement Contractor law, 3-day rescission); plus FTC Cooling-Off Rule, 16 CFR Part 429 (3 business days, ≥$25 home sales).

The law

  • M.G.L. ch. 93, § 48 (door-to-door/home sales; 3 business days)
  • M.G.L. ch. 142A (Home Improvement Contractor Registration Act; 3-day rescission)
  • M.G.L. ch. 93A (Consumer Protection Act — UDAP, treble damages)
  • PENDING (not law): HD4015, 194th General Court — solar-specific protections incl. 5-business-day rescission

Contract notes

Third-party PPAs and leases are permitted in MA (net metering/qualifying-facility framework). Solar-specific consumer-protection bill HD4015 ('An Act relative to protections for solar customers' — would add 5-business-day rescission and contract requirements to ch. 142A) is PENDING in the 194th General Court (reporting extended to Mar 18, 2026), NOT enacted — law in flux.

Enforcement watch: No Massachusetts AG solar-company enforcement action 2024-2026 found. AG Campbell issued junk-fee consumer-protection regulations (effective Sept 2, 2025) under ch. 93A; no solar-specific AG suit located.

What to do next in Massachusetts

  1. Read your contract's cancellation clause tonight. Compare it against the state window: 3 business days — M.G.L. ch. 93, § 48 (>$25 home sales: cancel by midnight of the third business day; missing notice keeps the right open); M.G.L. ch. 142A (Home Improvement Contractor law, 3-day rescission); plus FTC Cooling-Off Rule, 16 CFR Part 429 (3 business days, ≥$25 home sales).
  2. If the company never gave you a cancellation form, your federal 3-day clock may never have started — that's the loophole in our cooling-off guide.
  3. Past the window? Shift to the complaint path: where to file, and check whether savings were misrepresented (guide).
Get the notice written for you. The $39 SolarEscape Kit generates a cancellation letter citing M.G.L. ch. 93, § 48 (door-to-door/home sales; 3 business days), 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, malegislature.gov, trackbill.com · Verified 2026-10-10