Overview
- Fabrizio, Lee & Associates found 51% support for utility-scale solar among a GOP+ sample, rising to about 70% when panels are U.S.-made with no ties to China, based on a Jan. 19–21 survey of 800 registered voters with a ±3.46% margin of error.
- The GOP+ sample combined Republicans, GOP-leaning independents and Trump voters, and the firm’s partner Tony Fabrizio has served as the president’s chief pollster.
- Sixty-eight percent of respondents agreed the country needs all forms of electricity generation, including utility solar, to help lower power costs.
- Axios reports the administration has advanced steps seen as limiting renewables, including Interior Department permitting restrictions and a GOP budget law that accelerates the end of project subsidies.
- Solar manufacturers are urging Treasury rules to ensure tax credits exclude Chinese equipment and seeking to avoid permitting barriers as projects work to access incentives before they sunset.