Comments on The Nilon Report: Going Rogue - Florida Solar Energy Industries Asso...

Ugly. Very ugly. It's sad for the future of the st...

2009-10-04T15:12:11.535-07:00

Ugly. Very ugly. It's sad for the future of the state. Give us a few hurricane free years and we seem to think everything will be fine if we don't act.

Good post. Thanks for keeping us informed.

Judson, you are correct in mentioning the HOA's. ...

2009-10-04T13:02:39.720-07:00

Judson, you are correct in mentioning the HOA's. They are also a nemesis to the solar industry here in Florida.

The problem is that the Florida Solar industry sold the Green Movement short when it came to their future. The more I am learning about the deal, the more I cringe with the details.

This is extremely disappointing. In Arizona, I use...

2009-10-04T12:40:25.151-07:00

This is extremely disappointing. In Arizona, I used to lobby with the SEIA and they never struck me as sellouts. We even managed to pass a 15% res and get Gov Napolitano to set a target of 250,000 solar homes by 2015. And then I move to the SUNSHINE State (I know, Arizona has more sun but still ;)...), and solar is looking to Big Oil to help it stay alive? This is just disturbing.

I need to educate myself on Florida energy policy a bit better. In Arizona, the hardest parts were the Homeowners Associations and getting the power companies to agree to install net metering all over the state - they actually had the nerve to tell people that if they wanted solar in some areas they had to go off grid and pay extra property taxes to make up for the utilities they weren't paying.

Point me in the right direction, I am interested in pushing hard for solar in Florida.