Browsing Posts published in March, 2008

Help us extend the federal clean energy tax credits! We are working with a broad coalition of businesses, environmental organizations and associations in Florida, as well as at the national level (NRDC, Sierra Club, Union of Concerned Scientists, etc) to generate consolidated support at the state level. Send in your company/organization name so we may [...]

Recently, Up to 3 million people were affected by power outages across the state of Florida. Investigators are still looking into what happened but it appears to short-circuit that caused a fire which interfered with 2 power distribution lines. In an interview with the Sarasota Herald Tribune, a Solution Specialists for SolarDirect, Rex James, (Who [...]

Florida Public Service Commission Approves Net Metering and Interconnection Rule Tuesday March 4th 2008 Florida’s Public Service commission (PSC) has voted and approved net metering and expedited interconnection standards. The rule was made to promote grid-tie and interconnected customers (Wind and Solar Electric power production) and reduce costs for those customers by allowing them to [...]

On Tuesday March 4th the Florida PSC (Public Service Commission) Will vote whether or not to enforce Net Metering in Florida. Currently Florida power companies are only required to pay 4-5 cents per KWH of excess, much less than the rate consumers are actually charged. With net metering these companies will be required to credit [...]

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