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posted by cmn32480 on Tuesday November 08 2016, @10:01AM   Printer-friendly
from the stick-it-where-the-sun-don't-shine dept.

CleanTechnica has written a series of articles about the deceptive wording on Florida's Amendment 1, which is meant to slow the Sunshine State's rooftop solar growth and even penalize it — despite language that initially makes it look like a pro-solar amendment. A new press release from the US Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) reveals that Florida voters are waking up to the deception, but that the big utilities are playing hardball now to keep it up, pumping millions of dollars more into misleading ads before election day.

Fortunately, all of the press (and Elon Musk tweeting) about Amendment 1 have made many voters aware that it is a proposal to benefit utility monopolies like Florida Power & Light, not the people of Florida. But Florida's utilities aren't willing to give up. In fact, they are showing how valuable they consider this anti-solar legislation to be, pouring $3.5 million more into misleading advertisements in the closing days before all ballots are cast. SEIA writes:

"Polls conducted this past week indicate a sharp momentum shift on the anti-solar Amendment 1 ballot initiative in Florida. As public backlash mounts, the electric utility interests funding the deceptively worded amendment have doubled down, reportedly spending another $3.5 million to continue to deceive Floridians."

Lying at such low elevation, Floridians should have particular interest in not contributing to the higher global mean temperatures that drive higher sea levels.


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  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by LoRdTAW on Tuesday November 08 2016, @01:37PM

    by LoRdTAW (3755) on Tuesday November 08 2016, @01:37PM (#424059) Journal

    The dinosaurs are at it again. Reminds me of the Music industry when napster rolled around.

    If they weren't completely brain dead, they realize that the typical home solar array wont greatly impact their bottom lines in the long run. In fact, it will help bolster it. How? There is a lot of electrical infrastructure in the US which needs to be upgraded. If we add electric cars to that already burdened grid, capacity problems will arise. Solar helps distribute the load for them which will relax some of the burden on the grid allowing them to save money by deferring upgrades. It's a long term win for them as electric cars will heavily drive up the demand for electricity. The average 10kW solar array can't charge a Tesla 85KWh battery unless there are some seriously ideal conditions. So the power company will still continue to sell plenty of power.

    Goes to show you how short sighted American businesses are. Here we keep talking about the electric car boom which is just around the corner, a great opportunity for these fucks and all they can worry about if if someone produces a little bit of power from the sun. Relax grass fuckers, it's just a short term drop in profits.

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