Red States Are Driving America's Solar Boom Despite Trump's Opposition

I live off-grid in California, and pretty much every time I've evaluated options for something that would save energy, I've been better off by forgoing the subsidized option. It can be difficult to motivate behavior as intended through subsidizing, especially in a quickly changing field. If I were naïve and assumed that the subsidized products would always save me energy usage, I would be spending more money and saving less energy.

When a state is against subsidizing, but not against what is being subsidized, it can be more beneficial than an inefficient subsidy.

I think solar starting construction before July 2026 or completed before 2027 still got the old federal subsidies. Residential cut off was the end of last year.

So we don't know exactly how things will look after subsidies and there will have been a pull forward effect before the various deadlines.

Texas is a leader in renewables for the same reason it is a leader in oil and gas.