But it is Dooley who is driving the train, preaching the clean-energy gospel to other Tea Party groups.
As the owner of the panels, SolarCity also reaps the valuable tax credits associated with clean-energy production.
One reason: many red states would benefit economically from the construction and growth of clean-energy infrastructure.
For clean-energy evangelists, big business has long been the bad guy.
Sen. Mike Enzi opposed the stimulus law that President Obama used to fund his clean-energy initiative.