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Originally Posted by jimjamuser
Very informative post. I wonder if states other than Florida, have better policies for their electric companies buying back electrical energy from the homeowner. I somehow got the impression that Florida discouraged solar energy buy-backs? I really don't know?
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Yes. Many northern communities have buy-back programs with their electric companies. The town I moved here from - North Haven, CT, has solar panels on top of their closed landfill. The panels produce enough energy to completely run the water-treatment plant.
They also replaced every single city-owned street light in the town with LED bulbs.
The town I lived in prior to North Haven - East Haven - is turning unuseable town land into a solar farm to power ITS municipal buildings including the High School and save a fortune in energy costs. The fun part - this will actually generate income for the town, which will rent the old farmland to the solar company. So in addition to saving hundreds of thousands in utility costs for the town, it's also generating around $700,000 in lease and Grand List tax revenue.
That's just the situation of two towns in New Haven County, Connecticut. Most northern states have solar initiatives of some sort or another.