Solar power: Feds ax credits, localities eye incentives

Solar power: Feds ax credits, localities eye incentives

With gasoline and oil costs shooting through the roof and energy overall taking a bigger bite out of budgets, this might seem like a perfect time for solar power. But instead of a golden age, the Long Island and nationwide solar industries are going through a huge transition, with some companies going under, as local government eyes ways to boost the sector. The federal government, in January, ended a 30% Section 25D residential clean energy tax…