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Voters want more solar energy, poll shows
More than three-quarters of voters would like to see their utility providers invest more in solar energy, according to a poll conducted by Global Strategy Group. The bipartisan majority of registered voters surveyed supported both large and small-scale solar power expansion.
The Global Strategy Group poll, released today at Solar Power International, illustrates solar energy’s widespread appeal among voters and national support for pro-solar policies, such as net metering and renewable portfolio standards.
“Democrats, Republicans and Independents all said, everything being equal, they would vote against a politician who opposed solar power,” said Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) President and CEO Abigail Ross Hopper. “Politicians can take this to the bank – Americans will not stand for government or company policies that prevent them from accessing clean, renewable, job-producing, affordable power.”
More than 70 percent of respondents support both net metering and renewable portfolio standards of at least 50 percent by 2030. Nine out of 10 also said that their power company should not be able to stop them from using solar energy. - Agri-pulse.com
