This article describes two bills, one introducted to PA's senate and the other to PA's house, which would increase the state's renewable energy goal from 8% to 18% by 2026. This would increase the number of solar jobs from .5% to 5.5%. This could create nearly 1.6 billion in economic growth and more than 1000,000 jobs by 2030.
The article also explained the the Philadelphia's clean energy workforce lost more than 13,000 jobs during the pandemic, two-thirds of which came from businesses with less than 20 employees.
The law would require utility companies to use more solar through a solar energy credit program. The law would increase the value of the credits, making solar more affordable.
This is necessary for PA, experts interviewed for the article stated, especially given how far PA lags behind neighboring state in the solar economy.
Michael Butler, "Pennsylvania lost a quarter of its clean energy jobs in 2020. Here’s a proposal to bring them back", contributed by Alison Kenner, The Energy Rights Project, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 11 May 2021, accessed 19 April 2024. https://energyrights.info/content/pennsylvania-lost-quarter-its-clean-energy-jobs-2020-here’s-proposal-bring-them-back
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This article describes two bills, one introducted to PA's senate and the other to PA's house, which would increase the state's renewable energy goal from 8% to 18% by 2026. This would increase the number of solar jobs from .5% to 5.5%. This could create nearly 1.6 billion in economic growth and more than 1000,000 jobs by 2030.
The article also explained the the Philadelphia's clean energy workforce lost more than 13,000 jobs during the pandemic, two-thirds of which came from businesses with less than 20 employees.
The law would require utility companies to use more solar through a solar energy credit program. The law would increase the value of the credits, making solar more affordable.
This is necessary for PA, experts interviewed for the article stated, especially given how far PA lags behind neighboring state in the solar economy.