At least at this point solar can be driven by pure market forces, it doesn't need federal subsidies to make sense.
It's unfortunately worse than coal subsidies. There are direct Federal orders that obsolete coal plants are not allowed to shut down. One example from Washington state:
https://www.opb.org/article/2026/06/18/federal-order-keeps-w...
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It's unfortunately worse than coal subsidies. There are direct Federal orders that obsolete coal plants are not allowed to shut down. One example from Washington state:
https://www.opb.org/article/2026/06/18/federal-order-keeps-w...