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Old 07-26-2024, 08:24 AM
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The power companies in Florida don't want you making electricity and competing with them. You are going to pay them one way or another and are unlikely to break even. Leasing would be out of the question. Florida is not a state that makes it easy to benefit from solar panels. Contrast this to CT, where I had 28 solar panels put on my roof in 2011 and have not bought a single watt from the power company since then. There is an even exchange for the wattage you produce. Every year we get a credit for the over wattage we generate. Good deal, in a state that has one of the highest electrical rates in the nation. Electrical rates in Florida are cheap by comparison.