Congress Can Keep Maine's Solar Momentum Going

The Bangor Daily News

The solar industry is one of the few bright spots in an otherwise struggling economy. I speak from personal experience. My solar company, Talmage Solar Engineering, Inc. has grown by more 400 percent over the last three years.

Since the recession hit, we’ve hired scores of installers, engineers and administrators and paid employees more than $1 million in wages, which helps bolster our community. In addition, our company has generated millions of dollars in taxable revenues, and we’ve spent tens of millions of dollars procuring system equipment made in the U.S by domestic manufacturers.