So you’re thinking now is maybe the time to get solar panels installed on your roof to cut your electricity costs and help save the planet to boot. But now you need to decide: do you buy your solar panels?

There’s plenty of competition in the solar market. A boom in commercial panels used in solar farms, which power up to 5 per cent of the UK grid, means that the technology has come on leaps and bounds in recent years as more money is poured into developing better and cheaper panels.

An Acadiana family was sold solar panels under the impression it would replace their electric bill, but it's costing them more than they expected.