The Washington Times has a good article on the benefits to the local economy of domestic production: "Sunnyside's recent profits are through the roof, up more than 200 percent in the past three years. Mr. Battista's workforce has tripled since 2008, from five to 15 employees. Solar power wasn't the economic savior, however. Instead, the booming Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling industry gave the small-town businessman the means to build a bigger, better store and invest in new trucks to transport goods to gas companies drilling across western Pennsylvania."
The store opened 31 years earlier to do business with an infant solar-power industry that never materialized.