Q&A: How a Georgia Republican pushed his state forward on solar

At first glance, Lauren “Bubba” McDonald Jr. doesn’t seem a likely advocate for solar power. The 77-year-old Republican, now in his third term on Georgia’s Public Service Commission, is a lifelong conservative, a vocal Donald Trump supporter and a critic of the EPA’s Clean Power Plan. He’s also one of the state’s strongest proponents of solar energy development as part of an overall portfolio mix.

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