blows more than one point seven million solar energy systems are installed nationwide with a capacity of over forty gigawatts and solar energy industries association estimates that one megawatt of electricity can power one hundred sixty four homes so forty gigawatts is reportedly enough to power more than six and a half million u.s. households but whether we're noble or more traditional sources of energy like coal murphy believes the federal government shouldn't be in the business of picking winners and losers in the energy sector i've been consistent on that i don't think that the obama administration should have been favoring wind and solar and i also don't think the trumpet ministration should be trying to implicitly subsidize new. dealer and coal fired plants either i think that the government's role should have a neutral playing field and let consumers and producers decide but one place where people desperately do need help is in puerto rico unfortunately while they have made significant progress rebuilding capabilities there are still communities in puerto rico's without power congressman randy weber of texas revisited the natural disasters