Overview
- High-profile Trump allies — Katie Miller, Newt Gingrich, Kellyanne Conway and Tony Fabrizio — are now promoting solar to meet AI-driven electricity demand and contain household energy costs.
- Energy Secretary Chris Wright, who once called solar a "parasite," acknowledged last week that it can play a commercial role in supplying affordable, reliable power to the grid.
- Red states accounted for nearly three-quarters of new U.S. solar capacity in the first nine months of 2025, and solar comprised 85% of new power added to the grid in that period.
- Fabrizio’s February polling shows 70% of Trump coalition voters support building more solar with American-made materials, and a Conway-backed survey found 75% support using solar to strengthen the energy supply in key states.
- Pro-solar rhetoric is rising even as federal reviews tighten, with Interior slowing some permit approvals and Trump urging tech companies to generate power onsite following backlash to data centers in conservative communities.