Solar Interviews

A longer view: Solis Partners Managing Director Jamie Hahn on New Jersey Governor Christie's Energy Master Plan and the state's SREC market

2012-01-12 |

Solar Server: Overall, what are your impressions of Governor Christie's Energy Master Plan for New Jersey? Jamie Hahn: Overall, I feel as though the EMP provides a roadmap for how New Jersey can promote a diverse portfolio of new, clean, cost-effective in-state electric generation. I think it recognizes the role that solar power can play in meeting the state’s RPS objective as well as its role as an engine for economic growth. The jobs, the economic growth and all of these small businesses created by the solar industry are most important. The numbers speak for themselves when looking at the number of jobs created in this sector in one of the worst economic climates of our lifetime. Read more...