North Carolina is about to have an incredible opportunity; the kind that doesn’t come along all that often and takes a lot of hard work to create. This week, a bi-partisan bill is going to be introduced in the General Assembly that would double the amount of solar energy the state produces. The Solar Jobs Bill already has support from both parties in both the House and Senate, and those of us in the solar industry stand behind it 100 percent. As things stand right now, utilities are required to use solar or other renewable energy to provide 0.2 percent of their total sales. The new law would bring the solar set-aside to 0.4 percent. That two-tenths of one percent jump may not sound like much, but the impact simply cannot be overstated. This gives North Carolina the chance to take a huge step forward as clean energy leaders, not just in the Southeast, but on a national level. (more…)