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New Website Tracks All Plug-In Solar Bills
What’s New:
After listening to last week’s episode, This Week In Solar listener Ryan Yosua spent the weekend creating a website that tracks the status of every plug-in solar bill in America and gives Americans a one-click resource to send supportive emails to their representatives.
You can find it here:
https://pluginsolarguide.com/
Why it Matters:
Until now, it’s been difficult to track down all of the relevant legislation on different state websites and find the right representative to contact. Ryan’s put everything in one easy-to-use place.
I used this website as a resource to write this week’s update. These are the six states closest to legalization:
* Virginia: Passed House 98-0 and Senate 30-8. It’s now on Governor Abigail Spanberger’s desk, and she’s expected to sign. Using clean energy to lower electricity bills for Virginians was a large part of Spanberger’s campaign platform in last year’s Gubernatorial elections.
* Vermont: Passed Senate 29-0, and is now in the House committee.
* Washington: Passed House 56-38; advancing in Senate.
* Colorado: Passed House 48-16 on March 5, 2026; moving to the Senate.
* New Hampshire: Has gone through the Senate and House with “Ought to Pass” recommendations.
* Massachusetts: Integrated into an omnibus energy affordability bill that’s currently moving through the Senate.
Trump Administration Has Kept White House Solar Panels
What’s New:
Earlier this week, Amy Harder from Axios wrote a piece pointing out that even though President Trump publicly speaks about the superiority of coal and oil and has called solar power “very, very expensive,” his administration has kept the Obama Administration’s solar panels up on the White House roof.
Why it matters:
Solar panels have been added and removed from the White House a few times.
President Jimmy Carter first put solar panels on the roof in 1979 to save energy. President Ronald Reagan took them down a few years later.
President George W. Bush added solar thermal back in his administration to heat the White House pool. President Barack Obama then added solar PV in 2013 to generate electricity.
President Obama’s panels are still on the White House. Anyone can see them on Google Maps.
Sources:
1 sun thing: Trump White House still has solar panels
Easy-to-use solar panels are coming, but utilities are trying to delay them
https://pluginsolarguide.com/
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit exactsolar.substack.com
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By Exact SolarWhat’s New:
After listening to last week’s episode, This Week In Solar listener Ryan Yosua spent the weekend creating a website that tracks the status of every plug-in solar bill in America and gives Americans a one-click resource to send supportive emails to their representatives.
You can find it here:
https://pluginsolarguide.com/
Why it Matters:
Until now, it’s been difficult to track down all of the relevant legislation on different state websites and find the right representative to contact. Ryan’s put everything in one easy-to-use place.
I used this website as a resource to write this week’s update. These are the six states closest to legalization:
* Virginia: Passed House 98-0 and Senate 30-8. It’s now on Governor Abigail Spanberger’s desk, and she’s expected to sign. Using clean energy to lower electricity bills for Virginians was a large part of Spanberger’s campaign platform in last year’s Gubernatorial elections.
* Vermont: Passed Senate 29-0, and is now in the House committee.
* Washington: Passed House 56-38; advancing in Senate.
* Colorado: Passed House 48-16 on March 5, 2026; moving to the Senate.
* New Hampshire: Has gone through the Senate and House with “Ought to Pass” recommendations.
* Massachusetts: Integrated into an omnibus energy affordability bill that’s currently moving through the Senate.
Trump Administration Has Kept White House Solar Panels
What’s New:
Earlier this week, Amy Harder from Axios wrote a piece pointing out that even though President Trump publicly speaks about the superiority of coal and oil and has called solar power “very, very expensive,” his administration has kept the Obama Administration’s solar panels up on the White House roof.
Why it matters:
Solar panels have been added and removed from the White House a few times.
President Jimmy Carter first put solar panels on the roof in 1979 to save energy. President Ronald Reagan took them down a few years later.
President George W. Bush added solar thermal back in his administration to heat the White House pool. President Barack Obama then added solar PV in 2013 to generate electricity.
President Obama’s panels are still on the White House. Anyone can see them on Google Maps.
Sources:
1 sun thing: Trump White House still has solar panels
Easy-to-use solar panels are coming, but utilities are trying to delay them
https://pluginsolarguide.com/
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit exactsolar.substack.com