Florida solar energy now powers the Daytona 500 in the Sunshine State. Over 250,000 fans will migrate to Daytona to hear those famous words -- Drivers, start your engines! The Daytona 500 is one of if not the highest profile race in NASCAR and the $400 million Daytona Rising project now hosts highly visible solar energy canopy installations that are a great example of Florida solar energy at work. But -- will Florida's largest utility use those canopies to throw shade on the solar industry not just the crowd.
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If history tells us anything the battle between the Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers will bring an estimated 114 million viewers[1] to television screens across the world to watch Super Bowl 50. The intensity of the game the hilarity of the commercials and the opportunity to spend time with friends drives one of the biggest single day sporting events in the world. But what powers the big game – this year it’s solar panels.
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Floridians who live in the Lakeland Electric service territory will no longer be offered the opportunity to participate in solar net-metering starting January 1, 2016. The municipal electric utility and member of the Florida Municipal Electric Association is the first utility in Florida to completely abandon net-metering and begin to discriminate against customers who choose to self generate.
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Floridians in Martin County should expect to pay 6% or more each month on their Florida Power and Light bills next year. The County Commission has passed a franchise fee hike on electric bills to collect revenue to pay for maintenance of roads, buildings, parks, drainage and other infrastructure. The fee implementation is a consumption based fee, in other words, an additional tax on energy usage -- a basic human need that most cannot avoid. Higher users will pay a higher dollar amount; lower users will contribute less.
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The solar industry has been growing at remarkable rates since 2008 as prices for home solar panel installation and utility scale solar continue to decline rapidly. With over 190,000 veterans leaving the U.S. Military each year for many upcoming years the U.S. Department of Energy through the SunShot initiative is empowering our veterans with the job training they need to enter the solar energy workforce.
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CEO Justin Hoysradt in the Company's West Palm Beach office as their logo is displayed on the Times Square billboard.
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