Charlotte HOA denies homeowner installation of solar panels despite state supreme court ruling

Greg Abbott wanted to install 23 solar panels on his home, which could have resulted in an 80 and 90% offset of power use. In February, he sent an application to his homeowner's association.
Abbott said, "All I'm trying to do is save a little money and use renewable energy and help the environment a little bit along the way."
He said he was denied for a lack of survey. He told WCNC he provided a survey in a subsequent application but was denied once again. Altogether, he said he was denied by his HOA five times.
The Homeowner's Association at Providence Arbours cited rule 6.7 in their CC&Rs.
It states, "No solar panels, solar collectors or other solar power apparatus shall be allowed on any lot."
However, North Carolina's Supreme Court's ruling issued this past June affirms the solar access law passed in 2007.
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[@CL-nj3zs]

I'm glad my HOA encourages home owners to install solar panels.

[@rnman99]

Never buy property in an HOA.

[@robertknight9506]

Federal law trumps everything. They need to start making the people on the HOA pay liquidated damages personally

[@PigglyWiggly90120]

Why don't you install it allow them to sue you then you counter Sue and get more money from them they cannot violate the law

[@procactus9109]

Do you have laws stopping people walking around with their mouths open ? Because that is infinitely more disgusting than a black rectangular panel.

[@Brewski203]

Good luck getting 75% to vote.

[@neill392]

Doesn't matter, the rule is un-enforceable.

[@beauthestdane]

@@neill392 They can regulate where on the houses panels can be installed, but they cannot deny installing them entirely. It is completely absurd either way, but they can do it.

[@Brewski203]

@@neill392 fighting it, right or wrong will cost a fortune

[@MR.Drowsy158]

I have to say everyone I know who's installed solar panels had a great few months of electrical cost cuts, and then within a half year his bill started to rise from 0 to 25% of the previous cost. The company's come back add a panel helps for another month then just degrades again, I don't know if it's a layer of dust, or the panels loosing efficiency, but never met a happy individual who's installed them.

[@tolson57]

Hi, my name is Tom, Glad to meet you. I am very happy with my panels. Had them for 2 years. I live in AZ where AC runs 10 months of the year and my total electric bill for this year will be around $250. I have a 23 panel system for 8KV total output. PS, my community has an HOA. The most onerous rule was that I had to paint the conduits to match the walls.