The blockbuster tax deal is on deck. These things happen the year before elections as everyone goes home with something to show for. A small set of folks in solar have done the heavy lift with the voices of so many of you, and for that we need to commend ourselves. What we need to do now is keep up the pressure. The hype around the deal at COP21 is made possible by the price reduction and market expansion of solar because for the first time, clean energy is cheaper than volatile fossil fuel choice alternatives. So let’s redefine ‘alternative’ energy with strong tax and net metering policies, just like we pushed for through The Solar Pledge.
- Politico: Tax deal swelling into $800 billion blowout
- Reuters: U.S. solar industry in urgent push to extend tax incentive
- PV-Magazine: It’s official – New York to get a 50% by 2030 renewable energy program by July 2016
- Greentech Media: Commercial Solar Rebounds – Large Corporate Installations Up 60% in 2015
- New York Times: Chasing a Climate Deal in Paris
- Las Vegas Sun: Solar advocates drop off 31k petitions at PUC
- The Atlantic: How Solar and Wind Got So Cheap, So Fast
- Motley Fool: Big Oil, Solar, or Wind for the Next Decade?
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Have a great day!
Yann