Solar Politics is Evolving

State-level support for renewable energy power continues to have a heavy influence, corporate buyers have developed that clean energy as bottom line perks that rise above political bias. Overtime, it’s appearing like political bias is starting to fold.

North Carolina

In North Carolina politics, several Republican candidates who highly support renewable power won their primary elections. This has been an enormous turnaround for the state, since there’s been anti-wind sentiment in last few years. North Carolina State Senate candidate Bob Steinberg states, “There were folks on the other side that were hoping that issue would be my Achilles heel. These are primary voters.

These are the most conservative of the conservative,” said Steinburg, who is serving his third term in the North Carolina House. “But being for renewable energy — it did not hurt me at all.” North Carolina is one of the nation’s top solar leaders. With a pro-renewables Governor in office, this year’s could be an exciting and progressing season for North Carolina’s clean power profile.

Changing Times ​​​​​​

On the municipal level, the politics of renewable energy is changing. An example of this would be that the Republican-leaning Texas city of Georgetown, Texas. Georgetown announced years ago, that their aim is to be a 100% clean power. This goal relies on renewable energy purchases from out of town.

Georgetown choose to transition to 100% on site and local sources. Earlier this year, another economic force at work took place in a Louisiana town of Abita Springs, that’s known to be “consistently Republican county [aka parish] where 73 percent of voters supported Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, and every elected local official is Republican.”

Abita Springs has emerged into a trendy tourist destination. The developing tourist economy combined with the challenge of a new tracking operation close to the town’s high school maybe the reasons for leaning towards solar alternatives. The city’s legislators joined the Sierra Club’s Ready for 100 clean energy campaign.

Although Abita Springs has a long journey towards a 100% goal, a local utility’s new gas-fired power plant made an obstacle for purchasing offsite solar energy power. Despite being limited with government funding, they’ve made energy efficiency upgrades so the progress is on track.

Another prime example is Lancaster, California, which has been given the name, “clean energy powerhouse” for its aggressive pursuit of solar energy power under a Republican mayor. They’re also on track to become a net producer of renewable energy, due to a streamlined permitting process that permits installation to gain approval in about 15 minutes.

Lastly, they are courting the idea of investing in a new transmission line would purchase its excess solar power to Los Angeles. Renewable power is here to stay, and the sooner you explore how much you can save, the sooner you can enjoy the benefits of residential renewable power.

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