[dotti105]

There is a petition you can read and determine if it is worthy of your signature.

It is being prepped for the 2016 election.

For more info contact:
info(at)flsolarchoicedotorg. Obviously the (at) =@; dot=.

Most of the western states do offer a tax rebate to encourage solar use, because everyone benefits. In Utah some new home developments were all solar and residents have $5-$10 power bills. Nice, huh??

Check it out! It is good to have options.

[NYGUY]

My experience (25 years in Florida) has been that state government will not promote alternative energy sources. They only are interested in being able to build oil rigs off our shores. The oil lobby is in the legislators shorts and will not let go!!

[TrudyM]

Originally Posted by NYGUY

My experience (25 years in Florida) has been that state government will not promote alternative energy sources. They only are interested in being able to build oil rigs off our shores. The oil lobby is in the legislators shorts and will not let go!!

There are oil pumpers in some of the south central areas of Florida in addition to off shore. I ran into an old classmate a few years ago when asked how he was doing he said same as my daddy did raising cattle and oil wells. As I understand it some of the old money and therefore power in Florida is from oil production.

[Allegiance]

God Bless America

[graciegirl]

You can put a LOT of money into solar panels because you believe in your philosophy but it won't benefit you in your lifetime. I think we can go TOOOOO far in both directions. Reuse, recycle also means not wasting money. I laugh as people make their homes over on TV to make them more "green" and smash up perfectly good cabinets that someone could USE. Remember to eat your leftovers, and save your money, learn to sew and cook and wear things out before you worry about solar. AND Save your money and try to save mine too.

Please don't downgrade the production of domestic oil or worry about the pipeline. YOU need it and I need it and it will decrease the dependency on mid-east oil...and I mistrust that bunch much more than you distrust the Republicans.

See how we can push each other's buttons on this forum?

Good MORNING. It is a beautiful day in the Villages made up of mostly OLDER and very OPINIONATED people. Makes for some lively discussions.

I like the liberals who live here. Both of them.

[T-325]

Here's why solar works in New England. Super high electric rate of 24 cents/KWH this winter!!!!!

I suspect Florida is in the 11 cents/KWH range which makes solar panels a tougher investment to justify. (can anyone confirm the rate.)

[Big O]

Originally Posted by T-325

Here's why solar works in New England. Super high electric rate of 24 cents/KWH this winter!!!!!

I suspect Florida is in the 11 cents/KWH range which makes solar panels a tougher investment to justify. (can anyone confirm the rate.)

I wish you hadn't posted this. Now they are going to propose that the eletric rates be raised to promote solar power.

[villagetinker]

I had contacted SECO shortly after moving in with regard to Solar PV panels, but found that they were not very supportive of this. You can go to their website and get all of the info. SECO is a distribution company (with no generation facilities), they get their power from Duke and Florida Power (as I understand it.)
The interesting point is that around a dozen or so states have figured this out, where there can be some incentives for residential PV without significant harm to other users. In these states, they typically have a requirement for renewal energy to be a specific portion of the local utilities energy supply. I am not sufficiently up to date with Florida politics and the interaction with the local utilities to see how these are setup. It appears from some news releases that the utilities may be putting in very large scale solar facilities themselves without giving the option for homeowners to do this (at a reasonable cost.)
I worked in this area for about 20 years of my 40 year utility career, and have seen several iterations of customer generation is god, customer generation is bad, etc. Hopefully the above mentioned grass roots effort will succeed and a suitable system will be put in place for homeowners to install PV systems.
Hope this helps.