Florida's Broken Solar Initiative

Florida's Broken Solar Initiative

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

What is FLASEIA thinking?

I received the industry newsletter from Flaseia last week and after reading it was left scratching my head wondering what is wrong with the Florida legislature? "Leadership in the
House and Senate has told us that
they do not want to impose any more
financial burden on Floridians. This
makes it difficult to finance
programs that would be paid for
through a slight increase in the
customer’s electric bill. This is going
to make it an uphill battle to get the
Solar Rebate Program extended or
for a Public Benefits fund." It is a no-brainer to add .25 a month to everyone's utility bill. The leadership in the House and Senate who are concerned with not imposing a financial burden on individuals need a reality check. Most Floridians have indicated that they would be willing to pay $1.00 a month to fund a public benefits fund, ergo .25 will NOT impose any burden. The burden to society here is the House and Senate leaders who are in bed with big business and can't find the space in their beds for the average Florida citizen. Guess what? For the first time ever, every member in the state's Cabinet is on the chopping block, and all 120 state House seats are "up for grabs and more than half of the Senate," which means-- we exercise our rights as citizens and vote their big business butts out of office if they are not willing to help the average citizen. We are losing green jobs NOT growing jobs in Florida in the solar industry.

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