Due to the drop in costs for solar technology and increases in electric utility rates, solar photovoltaic-generated electricity is now less expensive than grid electricity, and adoption is rising rapidly throughout the U.S. In fact, Bloomberg reported that the American solar industry had a record first quarter in 2016, and for the first time, it drove the majority of new power generation. As I previously wrote, the U.S. solar industry is now creating enough jobs (hiring new workers 12 times faster than the overall economy) that it could actually absorb all the coal jobs that would be lost if the coal industry was completely shut down.