Bernie Sanders Wants To Spend $3 Billion On Solar Panels For The Poor
By Pete Kasperowicz, July 9, 2015
Washington Examiner
Washington Examiner
Democratic presidential candidate and Bernie Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont, proposed legislation this week that would spend $3 billion on solar panels for the poor over the next 15 years.
Sanders' bill, the Low Income Solar Act, is similar to legislation he's proposed in prior Congresses. But his latest proposal as a presidential candidate shows he's dead-set on pursuing huge programs that intersect with his support for publicly funded infrastructure, environmental preservation and helping people in the lower income brackets.
"While the cost of solar panels has gone down in recent years, it is still out of reach for millions of low-income families that need it the most," Sanders said of his bill. "Families across this country struggle to pay electricity bills and access to solar energy can help reduce these costs."
Sanders offered his legislation on the same day the White House put forward a plan to build solar panels on federally subsidized housing. The details of that plan have yet to be released, but the Department of Housing and Urban Development is expected to release more details in the coming weeks.
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