Houston woman, 78, died terrified of losing her home after signing a $138K solar contract she didn’t understand — now her family hopes new legislation will save others from the same ‘burden’

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A 78-year-old Houston woman spent her final days overwhelmed with fear and stress, believing she might lose her home over a solar panel contract she said she didn’t understand.

Delores Wigal, a mother, grandmother and retired school bus driver for children with special needs, had just been placed on hospice after a short battle with cancer. Instead of focusing on her final moments with her, her family was scrambling to cancel a solar panel financing contract that would have cost her more than $138,000 over 25 years, or she’d risk losing her home…

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