Jim and Steve Introduce TSEA to the Governor
We met the Governor at the recent Tennessee Solar Symposium held in Nashville this month. Jim, with his Stetson, and me, his sidekick, are listening to the Governor tell us how important solar jobs are to the State and its economy. The Governor is leading Tennessee into the new era with his efforts to bring solar manufacturing to Tennessee. We mention that there are several barriers to the widespread interest in the state from domestic and foreign companies looking for sites to install panel manufacturing. First, there needs to be a market for the product. It would be advantageous to have a regional market for the solar panels produced in the state and that depends on one body, TVA. The feed-in tariff is not enough of a draw. What TVA must do is to have access to a revolving fund to loan their distributor customers the up-front cost of the solar and use the funds from the feed-in tariff to pay back the loan. The money is then recycled so that more of our citizens can take advantage of the no-up-front cost to their getting solar for their homes. Where is that money to come from? We are working on that.
Steve and Jim working for TSEA to bring solar to you