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The Obama administration recently announced a new initiative to increase access to solar energy for all Americans, in particular low- and moderate-income communities. Last year, the United States brought online as much solar energy every three weeks as it did in all of 2008. And since the beginning of 2010, the average cost of a solar electric system has dropped by 50 percent.
Here are the executive actions the administration will implement to scale up solar energy and decrease energy bills:
