My opinion is that we should be utilizing the free market for energy. Let everyone try and develop whatever technologies they can bring to market for energy production.
If some folks want to pay more for “renewables”, let them. If companies want to bolster their energy supply with on-site generated power, be it wind/solar/etc, let them...
Eventually, no one energy source will provide what we need. We should be utilizing it all.
That being said, government should not be subsidizing ANYTHING. Not oil, not shale, not coal, and certainly none of the lower energy density technologies like solar, wind, wave, etc...
Government involvement is perpetually prone to mission creep.
The vigilance propounded by the founding fathers is the only counterbalance.
There could be some valid reasons for government to care. Military capabilities rest upon energy capabilities. But that still does not mean the government must commandeer the whole.