Robert, check local ordinances. Some states have laws that allow homeowners to have trees trimmed which block solar panels if they are not your own (ie, pesky neighbors).
True, one could get pesky.
But the view that is preserved by keeping the trees in her yard, her 18 years companionship and her good faith, the 50-80 ft trees in the west and south and east areas of MY yard, and the freedom to let them grow - and rake leaves every autum 8<( - far outway the 15.00 dollars a month in electricity I would save.