Mar. 3 at 6:36 AM
$ARRY $FSLR $NXT *Huge News for Solar Stocks*
A growing number of prominent Trump allies — including former House speaker Newt Gingrich, veteran strategist Kellyanne Conway and GOP pollster Tony Fabrizio — are promoting solar as electricity demand surges and energy affordability climbs the list of voter concerns.
Their clean energy advocacy may be having an impact, as the White House signals it is reconsidering power from the sun. The tone of Trump himself has even changed.
Signs the White House is yielding to it emerged last week when the Interior Department revealed it is allowing several large-scale projects it had blocked to resume moving through the permitting process, acknowledging such installations align with Trump’s energy agenda. In a call with reporters last week, Energy Secretary Chris Wright, “Is there a commercial role for solar power that can add to the grid affordable, reliable energy?” he said. “Certainly there is.”