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Old 09-06-2015, 10:39 AM
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Check with the local utilities, primarily SECO and Duke, and you will find they have little to no incentives, so plan on the entire cost being yours.
Remember this is Florida, lightning, and potentially high winds. There is a development to the east of the villages off Rolling Acres and Lake Ella roads that all of the houses have solar electric panels.
I would also as part of due diligence check with the architect that designed the house to confirm the roof trusses can ALL of the expected loads from the solar panels.
There are 1 or 2 vendors in the area that will install these, no experience with them.

And finally, I would love to hear your experience, I have 40+ years experience in the electric utility field, and almost 30 years is the areas of parallel generator, specifically, solar panels. I have looked at this for our house, and I am going to hold out until Florida (the SUNSHINE STATE) gets on board and into the current century with customer owned generation.
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