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Podcast: Energy Gang
Episode: Does the US Solar Industry Need the Federal Tax Credit?
Description: The federal investment tax credit has enabled dramatic growth in the U.S. solar industry. But its looming expiration in 2017 is causing some within the solar business to ask: will it still be needed to continue that growth?
The industry’s national lobbying group unequivocally supports an extension. President Obama supports a permanent credit. But some believe installers will still be able to compete in many markets, even when the credit goes to 10% for commercial and third-party owned systems and zero for everything else.
In this week’s episode, Barry Cinnamon of Cinnamon Solar joins the Energy Gang to debate the...