Metro Business Daily's latest Gasoline Misery Index shows the typical American will spend an average of $720 more on gas than last year. In Arizona, residents are to projected to spend $800 more.

The U.S. Energy Department is offering $21.4 million to fund 17 new projects that help reduce the 'soft costs' found with solar energy, such as installation, permits and connecting to the power grid.

As Tesla-owner Elon Musk moved to consolidate his cousins' embattled SolarCity company last month through a merger with Tesla, one economist said that the company could be the victim of government subsidization, whether it received those subsidies or not.