As a follow up to the powerpoint outlining the benefits of a joint Tesla and SolarCity, the company releases the following report.

As a follow up to the powerpoint outlining the benefits of a joint Tesla and SolarCity, the company releases the following report.

 With all of the headlines surrounding Amendment 1 in Florida, there is a crucial item missing for the supporters of the constitutional change. Having spent $26 million to persuade the voters that the question is pro-solar (it is not), the money was not able to get a single major newspaper in Florida to endorse a yes vote. Including the papers from Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Sarasota, Tampa, Orlando and more, editorial boards made the informed decision that #NoOn1 is the endorsement to make.

From our friends at Vote Solar, you have the highlights from the endorsements

It’s Tuesday and we are just 8 days away from election day in the US! Scary Face of Energy. The winner on Halloween for continued marketing chops is the Department of Energy. Their Twitter account went with an adaptation of the Netflix original, Stranger Things. Can Money Buy Utility Happiness? If so, what does it cost? In Florida we learned that in October the happiness cost over $3.5 million for the investor owned utilities. PACs added another million for the month bringing the overall total spent to kill net metering to $26 million. Are We Halfway There Yet? New York announced the landmark 50% clean energy standard a few months ago. For the solar industry, New York continues to be the next place to go and early developers have gone to set the groundwork. This week, the leaders in the energy space in New York are getting together in Albany to discuss the CES. Salmon Eats Salmon. Washington has an interesting ballot fight going on as well. A unprecedented carbon tax is on the ballot and the opposition is not the usual anti clean energy front group. This time it comes in the form of ‘we aren’t doing it well enough, fast enough’ environmental groups. Walls of Protectionism Suck. All the protectionism, trade duties and anti-dumping tariffs aren’t helping SolarWorld. The company missed its earnings and projections again on lower revenues and losing $30 million in 2016.

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 When it comes to an overlap of issues that both Clinton and Trump supporters agree on, the issues are limited. Issues on energy are no different and show a large divergence on all fossil fuel issues but there is some agreement. In a poll conducted from August 16th to September 12th by Pew Research, 1,324 registered voters were asked about their support regarding coal, fracking, nuclear, wind and solar.

Mr. Trump has been very supportive of coal, in particular clean coal, that it comes up during debates and is a standard part of his stump speech. The effort goes to reach out to voters that support coal and his polling is supported by Pew. In this poll, supporters were the most polarized. 69% of Trump supporters are in favor of more coal while 22% of Clinton fans.