(Florida) Poll shows support for investing in solar energy

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Poll shows support for investing in solar energy

Floridians like their sunshine and they want to harness its energy for more than just tanning at the beach, according to a poll of 625 state residents released Thursday.

The Mason-Dixon poll showed that 85 percent of the state's residents "think the Florida Legislature should encourage investment in solar energy."

The poll and a subsequent press conference with top legislators in the state Capitol building where initiated by the Florida Solar Energy Industries Association, which is trying to encourage lawmakers as they consider major changes to the state energy policies that favor renewable energy.

Of particular interest to the Solar Industries Association are two proposals, one that would nearly triple the state's solar panel rebate program for homeowners and businesses from $3.5 million annually to $10 million and another that would put into law net metering rules recently adopted by the Public Service Commission that allow people with solar panels to sell their energy back to power companies at retail rates.

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