Four Steps to Promoting Solar Renewable Energy

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Learn about the four steps to promoting solar renewable energy.

Learn what you need to know about promoting solar renewable energy in your state.

Four Steps to Promoting Solar Renewable Energy

If your state’s policies promoting renewable energy fail to impress you, there are several courses of action you can take:

1. Lobby your elected state officials and encourage them to support renewable energy. I worked as a legislative assistant in a past life, and yes, elected officials at the state level usually do read their mail and e-mail — although they may not have time to answer all of it. There is indeed power in numbers; the more mail — and the more people who send it — the merrier. (If you do not know who your elected officials are, visit www.vote-smart.org to find out their names and contact information.)

2. Stay informed of developments in renewable energy incentives and policies in your state and other states by visiting the Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE) website (www.dsireusa.org), which is updated weekly. DSIRE is especially useful for comparing state policies and tracking regional policy trends.

  • Published on Aug 1, 2003
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