PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • June 23, 2025
Sam Zuckerman, owner of Brunswick-based Maine Solar Solutions, said the business has grown steadily over the last few years, buoyed in part by federal income tax reductions that cover nearly a third of a new residential solar system. Home systems can cost more than $20,000, meaning reductions can be five-digit sums. Those credits have existed for years and, under current law, aren’t slated to expire until the 2030s. But that could soon change with Congress’ budget reconciliation bill, which gives the incentives a new expiration date of about six months from now. Founded in 2013, the company now employs about 50 people. “We’re going to be facing layoffs,” Zuckerman said. “These are employees that we brought up and brought them into the trade.”