Mark Deyoung

This bill will have negative impacts on the state, its residences and local businesses; and not just solar installers or hardware vendors. The solar industry helps individual homeowners reduce our collective reliance on large scale power providers, many of them out of state thus keeping more money within the state.. With the rapid increase in demand for electricity by A.I. server farms, this bill will reduce future solar investments by homeowners and thus help drive up electricity costs for all consumers even more rapidly, as solar investment become less attractive and less affordable. Higher energy costs will reduce discretionary income further dampening economic growth within our state. A solar panel system has a limited lifespan that does not necessarily make the home more attractive to future buyers. Ultimately a 15 or 20 year old solar panel system will be a liability that will require replacement or decommissioning at considerable cost. This bill will sacrifice long term prosperity in exchange for short term gain.