Cutting-Edge Industry Blunted By Bad Policy

While the American solar industry continues to grow by leaps and bounds across the country, Ohio falls farther and farther behind its neighboring states in the amount of solar installed. Indeed, Ohio is a cautionary tale of how smart government policy, like the federal investment tax credit (ITC), can help a young, cutting edge industry like solar grow, attract investment and create jobs while bad government policy can stunt the growth of an industry, writes Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Associaiton (SEIA).