ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) – Virginia’s Lawyer Normal is continuous his investigation right into a photo voltaic vitality firm that left dozens of residents with defective tools earlier than the corporate declared chapter.
The value of the loans and tools price clients wherever from $20,000 to $115,000. Pink Vitality’s clients financed the set up of rooftop photo voltaic panels via exterior lenders, however the firm filed for chapter.
These loans and curiosity accruals are inflicting stress for purchasers within the Roanoke Valley. A buyer from Eagle Rock instructed WDBJ7 about his expertise with the corporate.
“I really feel like I am concerned in a fraud,” stated Christian Zalewski. “Outright fraud.”
Zalewski signed a contract with Pink Vitality final August. The corporate promised to avoid wasting on his electrical invoice with solar energy, however to at the present time, Zalewski nonetheless pays greater than $300 a month for utilities.
“I’ve to pay the electrical energy to the electrical firm, simply to pay for the system that does not work,” Zalewski stated.
That is along with being answerable for a $72,000 mortgage.
“I am tied up within the legalities of all of it and I do not know what is going on to occur for me,” Zalewski stated. “No, I simply do not know.”
Lawyer Normal Jason Miyares requested photo voltaic lenders, Dividend Photo voltaic Finance, GoodLeap, Cross Riverbank, Daylight Monetary and Photo voltaic Mosaic, to droop mortgage and curiosity funds for Pink Vitality clients.
“It is a photo voltaic vitality firm that’s benefiting from customers,” Miyares stated. “We’ll maintain this group accountable and hopefully deliver some a reimbursement to Virginia.”
Pink Vitality, previously generally known as Energy House Photo voltaic, LLC, is now not accredited by the Higher Enterprise Bureau (BBB). The president of BBB Serving Western Virginia defined how the group has acquired 50 complaints about Pink Vitality from clients within the Roanoke Valley.
“There are lots of people on the market with methods that do not work, the chapter courtroom is definitely permitting claims to be filed towards the corporate,” Julie Wheeler stated.
Some Pink Vitality clients have even referred to as different photo voltaic companies, reminiscent of Resolution, Photo voltaic and Roofing, to try to repair the system. However proprietor Jason Horn defined that the most effective factor to do is to attend it out.
“It is very irritating for them [the customers], it is very irritating for me as a result of I can not go in, diagnose their concern and repair the product,” stated Horn. “It is a massive danger to my firm.”
Virginia’s Lawyer Normal has joined 9 different states in asking photo voltaic lenders to assist Pink Vitality clients this time.
WDBJ7 reached out to Pink Vitality for a remark in regards to the photo voltaic paneling methods and the continued investigation with Lawyer Normal Miyares, however didn’t obtain a response.
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