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Old 04-02-2016, 05:23 AM
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Originally Posted by rubicon View Post
The short reason Florida had a ruckus about solar had to do with the fact that solar users were selling back excess power which in effect meant that those not using solar were footing the bill ( subsizing it) and add to this the enormous tax credits granted for pursing solar and subsidized by taxpayers.
Just so folks understand this is "Net metering"

Maybe because I didn't have my coffee yet, I'm not following that.

care to elaborate?

I read "reduced strain on the utility grid. They also point out that, as a cornerstone policy enabling the growth of rooftop solar, net metering creates a host of societal benefits for all ratepayers that are generally not accounted for by the utility analysis, including: public health benefits, employment and downstream economic effects, market price impacts, grid security benefits, and water savings"
Net Metering Benefits

Since we're on the subject reduction of our "carbon foot print"
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