Sorry to bring this up, I really wasn’t planning on doing so until maybe 2021 but Corey Honeyman from GTM asked a question at the Solar Summit yesterday that almost made me fall out of my chair. During the 1 on 1 chat with a SolarCity exec, Corey asked how the ITC cliff in a few years was being planned for. I am no policy professional but I play one for a few minutes through this newsletter but there is absolutely no part of me or anyone else in the room that was thinking about the step down of the ITC. We just got it passed a few months ago, in a series of political miracles against the will of some of the biggest players from outside and within or sector. Let’s drop the step down talk until the end of the next President’s first term. And I really hope that Hillary Clinton’s energy advisor doesn’t get this question tomorrow. I do have a question for the interview. When will the trade tariffs which are taxes on the consumers be lifted if Secretary Clinton is President?
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Have a great day!
Yann