- July 23, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Economy
CRAIG, Colo. — What would it look like if one in four households in the country was solar-powered?
A new report from the “30 Million Solar Homes” campaign said solar federal investment of that size would be equivalent to taking 42 million cars off the road for a year, and would lead to the creation of 1.7 million jobs focused on rooftop and community solar installations.
Katie Kienbaum, senior researcher for the Energy Democracy Initiative at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and the report’s co-author, said the policy recommendations also focus on addressing racial inequity in the nation’s energy system. It prioritizes solar power for low-income and marginalized communities, which Kienbaum pointed out would help reduce utility costs in the long term.
“If we want to see these benefits in communities across the country, in all different income levels, we need to make sure that we are intentionally investing in those…
