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Utilities change their tune on solar power
Utilities change their tune on solar powerby Ivan Penn at the Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/energy/utilities-change-their-tune-on-solar-power/2231579
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Florida Power & Light, the state's largest investor-owned utility, pledged in January to build three solar farms that would nearly double the state's current solar capacity. Gulf Power, the smallest of the investor-owned utilities, this year entered an agreement with the military for the state's largest solar power system so far.
So why have the Sunshine State's utilities suddenly changed their tune about solar?
Critics of the utilities say it's because they feel threatened by a ballot initiative that would essentially deregulate solar power in Florida through a constitutional amendment. Landlords could install solar panels on properties they own and sell that power directly to tenants, a practice that is currently illegal.
When asked at a Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council energy conference on Friday whether the ballot initiative is influencing the utilities' push for Solar, Glenn curtly responded: "No."
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