It is time for consumers to look up net metering and start vocalizing to politicians, utilities, and contractors who are building more and more buildings without regard to using solar energy.
FPL continues to get rate increases and our electrical bills continue to climb. Many of the professionals at the hearing came up to me later to congratulate me for speaking up. I have also spoken to the Public Service Commission on one of the numerious request for an additional rate hike for FPL. Fl to use net metering as many utilities in other states have done, and we will be able to produce energy from the sun, we will not see alot of solar energy in S. Until we can get FPL to agree to allow the residents in S. In answer to Denise Miller’s comment on 3/20 the reason why we do not have solar energy permitted in most of S. Is there any other way to get the Goverment to help out with out all the money up front? I know that the city of Tallahassee offers buy back on energy but Talquin Electric does not. So your looking at about $30,000.00 to $50,000.00 for every thing.That is to do the whole house with Electric, water, wire, inverters,Battery’s Etc. The problem with the solar grants in Florida is that the average person can not afford it because you have to put the money up front and then recive a rebate on the solar panels not inverters. Lets go forward and win the energy savings war for THE CHILDREN I will be available for any tasks needed to promote solar power, my company FOREVERGREEN PROVIDES SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS FOR THE CONSUMER. Please let us know, as Floridians, how we can best help with this common goal. What I really want to say is THANK YOU, Gwen for your Florida presentations. How long can we continue living large on this fragile peninsula without consequences? Hey Florida, we’ve been TALKING about going solar for decades… are we gonna get it done this time? This would be helpful to many of us who could learn more about the language and the details so we can pass it along to our own constituents. Maybe next time you could get the video of Gwen’s presentation and like on U-Tube have it available for play on your website. Solar energy is starting to take off in Tallahassee,Florida. Bring 4 old light bulbs and get 4 new cfl.Īlso our city commission is offering up to $7,000 loans to change to water solar heaters and solar panels for our homes.
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Our Utility company is providing free CF lights to the community. Hopefully the right policies will make renewable energy much, much bigger, without governments lying and trying to push nuclear power on people saying radioactive chemicals that last for 10000 years are safe. I have also been trying to get my home town Calgary to off non-renewable energy but this city is like the Canadian Texas, Here I am enjoying the scenery…ģ415 Responses to “Putting the Sun in Sunshine State”
No matter what town I’m visiting, finding a place to do a little climbing makes me feel at home. Art galleries, vintage thrift stores, a small cafe, and (my favorite) the local rock climbing gym. Near Florida State University, I found a colorful community in a neighborhood called Railroad Square.
However, according to US Energy Information Administration, a whopping 34% of that is consumed in Florida - this represents the single largest share.īetween committee meetings, I had a little time to explore Tallahassee. Very little petroleum is actually used to generate electricity in the US - its only about 2% of the fuel mix. But there is also a real need to diversify Florida’s energy mix and move away from a pretty hefty dependence on natural gas and oil.
Floridians certainly stand to benefit from a robust solar market - there’s that nickname to live up to, of course, and the fact that they are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of a changing climate. I’m optimistic that we’ll see more action from Florida in the near future. Now I’m persuasively demonstrating how big it COULD be with the right policies and programs in place. Here I am at the Florida House Committee on Communications & Public Utilities, most likely describing the size of the solar market in Florida today. The second trip was to give presentations to the sister committees on public utilities for the FL Senate and House. The first trip was to participate in a renewable energy workshop held by the FL Public Service Commission. So far, I’ve made two trips to Florida this year to talk about solar policies. Most of that is biomass or municipal solid waste.īut the passage of last year’s 2006 Energy Bill has provided grants and incentives for solar and there are the beginnings of a buzz in the air. There isn’t a lot of info as to how much renewable energy capacity actually exists in the state, but estimates fluctuate between 1% - 3% of total capacity. Ditto for other indigenous renewable resources. Despite having a great solar resource, there has been very little development of a solar PV market in Florida.
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