Episode Details

On today's sunny side up episode of Quick Charge, we take a look at the latest from the world of solar power, and discuss Congressional Republicans' plans to limit your energy independence by eliminating a critical tax credit for homeowners nearly ten years early. (!)

We've also got a quick review of a massive solar farm powering 200,000 homes in Indiana and the biggest solar project East of the Mississippi – both part of a record 98% of all new power generation and grid capacity introduced in 2025 coming from wind and solar. Those are jobs, those are lower utility rates, those are energy independence ... so why are Congressional Republicans working to make that more expensive?

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• FERC: Solar + wind made up 98% of new US power generating capacity in Q1 2025
• This vast 1.3 GW Indiana solar farm will power 200,000 homes
• The biggest solar farm east of the Mississippi is now powering Chicago
• The House draft budget kills the 30% residential solar tax credit
• Home solar prices just hit record lows – and storage is even cheaper

If you want to read that EnergySage report on the state of the home solar industry, including news about battery energy storage system and V2H/V2G prices and financing trends, you can check it out for yourself, below, then let us know what you think in the comments.

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