iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The Obama administration is taking new steps to make solar energy more accessible to low-income Americans.
While solar power has become an increasingly cost-efficient alternative to traditional source of energy in recent years, the White House says solar power has remained largely out of reach for many low-income Americans who would stand to benefit the most from the cost-savings.
So, through a series of executive actions, the administration is upping a previously set goal threefold to make solar energy available to more low-income Americans by 2020 and is also setting up a program to help low-income households and renters find out how to go solar, while also making it easier to get a loan to invest in the necessary panels.
On a call with reporters, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) applauded the administration’s efforts as a win-win for the environment and for low-income Americans.
“I cannot tell you the number of calls I get in my office from constituents who have to make choices about which bills they’ll pay each month, and those choices can mean having their electricity cut off,” Cummings said. “Solar energy not only serves planet by reducing pollution and battling climate change, it also serves people by lowering their energy bills.”
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