[villagetinker]

I spent 40 years in the electric utility field, and around 30 in the area of parallel generation. In Pennsylvania, the utilities are DEREGULATED, this means the energy customer selects their electric (power) supplier, they are still connected to their electric power distributor (the typical power company). In a deregulated state the typical electric bill has several items: A bill for the power used, a bill for the power delivered, a bill for the Transmission system, a bill for the distribution system, various taxes, etc. In this arrangement the PV customer only offsets the power delivered (the actual kwh used at the house), most of the other charges are either fixed, or are based on a combination of power delivered and power generated (there are 2 meters, or one bidirectional meter). This arrangement tends to insulate non PV customers from supporting PV customers. Depending on the states RPS requirements, there may be a premium paid for the solar power. Since ALL customers are free to shop for their power supplier, no customers are directly impacted from a "solar subsidy program".

This is a very condensed discussion of a very complicated system. Since Florida is a 'regulated' state, that above solutions will not work. It appears in the present form of the Florida law that any subsidy would have to be born by the other rate payers.

I hope this provides some background on a very complicated subject.