Utah Residential Solar Cash Purchase and Installation Contract

Utah Residential Solar Cash Purchase and Installation Contract

This form covers a cash purchase of rooftop solar equipment negotiated and signed at Solar Retailer's permanent business office. It does not cover a lease, power purchase agreement, financed sale, or direct solicitation away from that office. Provide the separate paper disclosure in at least 12-point type at the time the parties enter the agreement. Give Customer a signed copy in the language used to market the system if it was marketed in a language other than English. The parties may voluntarily provide both paper and electronic copies.

Customer legal name: [NAME] Property address: [STREET, CITY, UT ZIP]

Customer mailing address: [ADDRESS] Phone/email: [PHONE; EMAIL]

Solar Retailer legal name: [NAME] Business office/signing place: [ADDRESS]

Retailer phone/email: [PHONE; EMAIL] Retailer cancellation email: [EMAIL]

Retailer cancellation mailing address: [ADDRESS]

Licensed installer: [LEGAL NAME, UTAH LICENSE NUMBER, ADDRESS, PHONE, EMAIL]

Operations or maintenance provider chosen or introduced by Retailer, if different: [LEGAL NAME, UTAH LICENSE NUMBER, ADDRESS, PHONE, EMAIL / NONE]

1. System and installation

Solar Retailer shall sell and install the system described in Exhibit A: modules [MAKE/MODEL; NUMBER], inverter [MAKE/MODEL], battery or other storage [DETAILS / NONE], racking [DETAILS], and related electrical work [DETAILS]. System size: [____] kW. Panel position on the property: [PLAN / ROOF PLANE]. Estimated first-year energy production: [____] kWh. Estimated annual production decline: [____]%; overall degradation over [____] years: [____]%. Method and material assumptions: [DETAILS].

Retailer shall obtain [PERMITS] and arrange [UTILITY INTERCONNECTION APPROVAL / CUSTOMER TASKS AS STATED BELOW]. The approximate start date is [DATE] and approximate completion date is [DATE]. Retailer may not begin installation until at least four business days after the later of the parties' agreement date and delivery of the signed agreement to Customer. Roof repairs and excluded work: [DETAILS / NONE].

2. Cash price and payment

The system's cash purchase price is $[____], itemized in Exhibit A. No lender is part of this sale. Price includes equipment $[____], labor $[____], installation and permit fees $[____], and other fees $[____]. The separate disclosure lists every payment expected from Customer to Retailer or a third party, including maintenance and likely component replacement, and totals them. Changes to price, schedule or equipment require a written change order signed before the changed work.

3. Production, warranty and service

Energy production warranty, representation or guarantee: [EXACT METRIC, TERM, MEASUREMENT, REMEDY / NONE]. Equipment warranty: [ISSUER, SCOPE, TERM, CLAIM CONTACT]. Roof penetration or other roof warranty: [ISSUER, SCOPE, TERM / NONE]. If no warranty is given, say so in the disclosure. Operations and maintenance ☐ are included in this price, as described [DETAILS] ☐ are not included. Customer's tasks required to keep a minimum-production guarantee: [LIST / NONE].

If Retailer makes a good-faith estimate because information required for the disclosure is unavailable, the disclosure shall identify it as an estimate and state its basis. For 18 months after the system begins producing usable power, Customer may notify Retailer if production is below 80% of Retailer's good-faith estimate; Utah Code § 13-52-206 then requires Retailer to repair or improve performance to at least 90% of the original estimate within six months after notice. Retailer may offer more protective warranty terms in Exhibit A.

4. Ownership, records and transfer

Customer owns the system after [DELIVERY / PAYMENT EVENT]. Insurance for loss or damage is Customer's responsibility and is excluded from the price and payment schedule. Any filing in county property records for the system: ☐ none ☐ [TYPE, FEE, PAYER]. Retailer may not sell this contract to another solar company without Customer's express approval. Transfer of warranty or maintenance duties to a third party: ☐ not permitted ☐ permitted under [TERMS]; if permitted, the disclosure includes the prescribed transfer notice. A future homebuyer may receive the system subject to [TRANSFER CONDITIONS / NONE].

5. Cancellation and default

As a contractual term of this office sale, Customer may cancel without penalty by written notice sent to the Retailer's email or mailing address above within four business days after Customer signs. Last date for this contractual cancellation: [MONTH DAY, YEAR]. Retailer shall return payments within [____] days after timely cancellation. A different sales channel may require additional notices and a different statutory cancellation period; this form is limited to the office sale described above.

After that period, either party may give written notice of material breach to the other at the addresses above and allow [____] days to cure if cure is possible. Retailer's remedy: [DETAILS SUBJECT TO LAW]. Customer's remedy: [DETAILS SUBJECT TO LAW]. Neither party waives rights that Utah law makes nonwaivable.

6. Copies and signatures

The signed agreement consists of this document, completed Exhibit A and the separately printed and completed solar disclosure below. Retailer gives Customer a signed copy at signing and, where required by the marketing language, in that language. Signed copies delivered: ☐ paper at [DATE/TIME] ☐ electronic to [EMAIL] at [DATE/TIME]. Customer's written election to decline a paper copy, if applicable: [SIGNED STATEMENT / NONE].

Exhibit A — Equipment, pricing and performance schedule

Production assumptions and guarantees: [UTILITY, RATES, SHADING, YEAR-ONE OUTPUT, DEGRADATION, TEST METHOD, GUARANTEE OR NONE]. Warranty documents attached: [LIST / NONE].

Separate Utah Residential Solar Purchase Disclosure Statement

Print this entire statement on paper in at least 12-point type. Complete every field and deliver it when entering the agreement. This statement is for the cash purchase above, not a lease or power purchase agreement.

1. Customer: [NAME, ADDRESS, TELEPHONE, EMAIL].

2. Solar Retailer: [NAME, ADDRESS, TELEPHONE, EMAIL].

3. Installer: [NAME, ADDRESS, TELEPHONE, EMAIL, UTAH CONTRACTOR LICENSE NUMBER].

4. Operations or maintenance provider selected or introduced by Retailer: [NAME, ADDRESS, TELEPHONE, EMAIL, UTAH CONTRACTOR LICENSE NUMBER / NONE]. Services under the agreement: [DETAILS / NONE]. If none are included, state: Operations and maintenance services are not included in this agreement.

5. System purchase and cash price: You are entering an agreement to purchase an energy generation system. You will own the system installed on your property. You may be entitled to federal tax credits because of the purchase. You should consult your tax advisor. Cash purchase price: $[____]. The statutory model statement is conditional; the federal residential clean energy credit under 26 U.S.C. § 25D does not apply to expenditures made after December 31, 2025. An expenditure is generally treated as made when the original installation is completed, subject to the construction exception in § 25D(e)(8)(B). Do not assume a credit is available for this purchase.

6. Payments to Retailer and third parties: Application $[____]; upfront $[____]; down payment $[____]; scheduled purchase payments $[____]; end-of-term $[____]; separate operations or maintenance $[____]; likely component replacements $[____]; other [TYPE/AMOUNT]. Total of all listed payments: $[____]. System insurance is not included in this schedule.

7. Savings estimate: ☐ No written estimate of projected savings was provided. ☐ A written estimate was provided: life-of-agreement savings $[____] over [____] years; optional longer projection $[____] over [____] years, no more than the anticipated 20-year useful life. Material assumptions and sources: utility rate [____], annual rate increase [____]% (not above 3%) and its basis [DETAILS], tax or other incentives [DETAILS], production and degradation [DETAILS], interconnection eligibility [DETAILS], usage and offset [DETAILS], historical utility costs [DETAILS], payment escalation [DETAILS], replacement equipment costs [DETAILS / NOT ASSUMED].

THIS IS AN ESTIMATE. UTILITY RATES MAY GO UP OR DOWN AND ACTUAL SAVINGS, IF ANY, MAY VARY. HISTORICAL DATA ARE NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENTATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING RATES, CONTACT YOUR LOCAL UTILITY OR THE STATE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.

ESTIMATES OF ENERGY PRODUCTION GENERATED BY A RESIDENTIAL SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM MAY VARY. THE RESIDENTIAL SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM MAY PRODUCE MORE OR LESS THAN THE ESTIMATED ENERGY PRODUCTION.

TAX AND OTHER FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL INCENTIVES VARY AS TO REFUNDABILITY AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE OR TERMINATION BY LEGISLATIVE OR REGULATORY ACTION, WHICH MAY IMPACT SAVINGS ESTIMATES. CONSULT A TAX PROFESSIONAL FOR MORE INFORMATION.

8. Excess energy compensation: Legislative or regulatory action may affect or eliminate your ability to sell or get credit for any excess power generated by the solar energy system, and may affect the price or value of that power.

9. System design: Major panel make/model [DETAILS]; inverter make/model [DETAILS]; size [____] kW; panel position [DETAILS]; first-year production [____] kWh; yearly decline [____]%; total degradation over [____] years [____]%. Production warranty, representation or guarantee: [DETAILS / NONE].

10. Installation: Approximate start [DATE]; approximate finish [DATE]. The solar retailer may not begin installation of the system until at least four business days after the day on which the solar retailer and customer enter into a contract.

11. Warranty and maintenance transfer: Retailer ☐ may ☐ may not transfer these obligations to a third party. If it may transfer them: The maintenance and repair obligations under your contract may be assigned or transferred without your consent to a third party who will be bound to all the terms of the contract. If a transfer occurs, you will be notified of any change to the address, email address, or phone number to use for questions or payments or to request solar energy system maintenance or repair.

12. Interconnection: Retailer ☐ will ☐ will not obtain utility approval. If not, Customer must [TASKS, UTILITY CONTACT, DEADLINE].

13. Roof warranty: [PROVIDER, SCOPE, TERM / NONE]. If no warranty is given: RETAILER DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY WARRANTY.

14. County filing: Retailer ☐ will not ☐ will file [FIXTURE FILING / NOTICE OF INDEPENDENTLY OWNED SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM / OTHER] in county records. Fees charged to Customer: $[____].

15. Promises outside this statement: NO EMPLOYEE OR REPRESENTATIVE OF [SOLAR RETAILER NAME] IS AUTHORIZED TO MAKE ANY PROMISE TO YOU THAT IS NOT CONTAINED IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT CONCERNING COST SAVINGS, TAX BENEFITS, OR GOVERNMENT OR UTILITY INCENTIVES. YOU SHOULD NOT RELY UPON ANY PROMISE OR ESTIMATE THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT.

16. No utility or government affiliation: [SOLAR RETAILER NAME] IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH ANY UTILITY COMPANY OR GOVERNMENT AGENCY. NO EMPLOYEE OR REPRESENTATIVE OF [SOLAR RETAILER NAME] IS AUTHORIZED TO CLAIM AFFILIATION WITH A UTILITY COMPANY OR GOVERNMENT AGENCY.

17. Disposal: Utah may require Customer, at Customer's full cost, to test the system for hazardous substances before disposal and dispose of it under state law; violation may carry a civil penalty up to $10,000 per day.

18. Transfer: Retailer may not sell this contract to another solar company without Customer's express approval. System transfer to a homebuyer: [PERMITTED / RESTRICTIONS / APPROVAL TERMS]. Insurance against system loss or damage is Customer's responsibility; consult an insurance professional and home insurer about coverage and the installation's effect.

19. Conspicuous costs and customer tasks: Finance fees, including fees not charged directly to Customer: [TYPE/AMOUNT / NONE]. Operations or maintenance Customer must perform to keep a minimum-production guarantee: [DETAILS / NONE]. Additional relevant information: [DETAILS / NONE].

Customer acknowledgment of this separate paper disclosure: Signature ____________________ Date [__/__/____]

Solar Retailer representative: Signature ____________________ Date [__/__/____]

Sources and references

• Utah Code §§ 13-52-201 to -207 — disclosure, performance and delivery rules.
• IRS residential clean energy credit — current federal credit limit.