Time for State to See the Light on Solar Power

Times Union

At a time when everyone agrees on the need to create jobs and stimulate the economy, an idea exists that would bring thousands of jobs to New York while also pumping billions of dollars into the local economy: a committed investment in solar power. Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s commitment to solar power in his State of the State speech and budget proposal has moved the important conversation about this issue in New York forward.

Across the country, more than 100,000 people work in the solar industry today. Year-over-year American solar employment grew by 7 percent. That’s 10 times better than the general economy. And yet New York is doing little to put this job creation engine to work in our own state.