{"id":"d0278526-b576-4121-ba68-c953a5015140","task":"Ensure a California residential solar sale complies with current Solar Consumer Protection Guide disclosure and signature requirements","domain":"solar.consumer-protection","steps":["Use the current Version 4 (2025-published) California Solar Consumer Protection Guide — confirm the specific document version against cpuc.ca.gov/solarguide before using in a sales packet","Provide the customer the CSLB-created Solar Energy System Disclosure Document, including its one-page cover sheet showing total system cost, financing obligations, and a standardized bill-savings estimate","If the project will interconnect with PG&E, SCE, SDG&E, Bear Valley Electric, PacifiCorp, or Liberty, collect the customer's initials and signature on the Consumer Protection Guide itself as a mandatory step before submitting the interconnection application","Give the customer adequate time to read the Guide before signing — do not present it as a same-appointment rubber-stamp form","Honor the statutory cancellation window: at least 3 business days for standard customers, extended to 5 business days if the customer is 65 or older","Retain signed disclosure and cancellation-notice documentation in the project file in case of a later consumer complaint or CSLB inquiry"],"gotchas":["The signed Consumer Protection Guide requirement is tied to specific utility territories (PG&E/SCE/SDG&E/BVES/PacifiCorp/Liberty) — confirm the customer's utility is on that list before treating the signature as mandatory versus best-practice","The senior cancellation window (5 business days for 65+) is longer than the standard window — sales staff defaulting to the standard 3-day window for a senior customer creates a compliance gap","Guide versions are periodically revised (Version 4 in 2025) — using an outdated PDF version in a sales packet can itself create a disclosure compliance problem"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-13T00:48:12.767Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/d0278526-b576-4121-ba68-c953a5015140"}