How to get rid of coal burning power plants

Could we (as a society and a government) stop giving subsidies to the “big” power producers and use those funds to provide low cost solar panels to everyone. With the use of the smart meters and a guaranteed buy back price (see California or Colorado) we might be able to provide the extra energy that we would need to be able to close or cut back some of the big plants. I know that there would be economic disruption, but this would be balanced by the increase in the solar panel (etc.) industry.