"That sun has provided him cheap power for 25 years, and this month he installed his fourth iteration of solar panels on his Vermont home. In an interview after he set up the new system, he said President Donald Trump's stance against solar and other cheap green energy will hurt the GOP in this year's elections as electricity bills rise."
"After the Biden and Obama administrations subsidized and championed solar, wind and other green power as answers to fight climate change, Trump has tried to dampen those and turn to older and dirtier fossil fuels. The Trump administration froze five big offshore wind projects last month but judges this week allowed three of the projects to resume. Federal clean energy tax incentives expired on Dec. 31 that include installing home solar panels."
""I think you're starting to see that have a big political impact in the U.S. right now. My prediction would be that electric prices are going to be to the 2026 election what egg prices were to the 2024 election," said McKibben, an author and founder of multiple environmental and activist groups. Everyday inflation hurt Democrats in the last presidential race, analysts said."
A Vermont homeowner installed a fourth iteration of solar panels after 25 years of cheap solar power. The Trump administration has moved to weaken support for solar, wind and other green energy and froze several offshore wind projects, with judges later allowing some to resume. Federal clean energy tax incentives, including for home solar, expired on Dec. 31. U.S. electricity prices are rising and could influence voter behavior. Federal and state officials pressed a mid-Atlantic grid operator to boost supplies. Global renewable costs are falling and China leads in renewable technology.
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