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Floridians for Solar Choice reports
[November 8,] Florida voters rejected Amendment 1--the utility-backed proposal that sought to limit the growth of customer-owned solar power in the Sunshine State.
In a true David and Goliath battle, a diverse grassroots coalition of more than 200 organizations, solar companies, elected officials, and thousands of concerned citizens worked to defeat the deceptive utility-backed amendment. Amendment 1 opponents feel that a significant percentage of the "yes" voters felt they were tricked once they understood the true nature of the ballot measure. Constitutional amendments in Florida require 60 percent support to pass.
The millions of dollars in slick ad buys and glossy mailers did not win the day as opponents of Amendment 1 successfully harnessed social and earned media to educate Floridians about the true intent of this deceptive proposal while tapping a vast network of organizations, solar businesses and supporters who remain committed to growing--not restricting--Florida's solar industry.
[...] "In all my years of public service, I had never seen such a thinly-veiled attempt to intentionally mislead Florida voters" [...] said Mike Fasano (R), a former state Senator and current tax collector of Pasco County Tax.
Previously, PhilSalkie pointed out how easy it was to be confused by the competing proposals and other Soylentils weighed in on the disgusting state of electric infrastructure in Florida.
Florida Voters [Overwhelmingly] Approve Solar Energy Tax Break Constitutional Amendment
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 18 2016, @06:24PM
That is quite a narrative you just created. There are plenty of non-wealthy folks who install solar, it often makes financial sense to reduce utility bills. As for the energy companies, sure it can lead to a real problem if they don't earn enough to maintain the system.
However, I personally don't want the financials of energy companies to come before renewable energy. That would be trading the future well being of the world for the profit margin of a corporation, and I think its about time we said enough of that.
Worst case, energy company goes bankrupt and all the techs get government jobs maintaining the grid. Win win for me, even with "those lazy unions" the people would probably lose less money.