Don’t want to wait on Tesla Powerwall? Tesla Powerwall is in high demand these days, with orders backlogged for months because of production delays and COVID related supply chain interruptions. That doesn’t mean you have to wait to have whole-home battery back up installed though. With other high quality brands like Generac, Enphase, SunPower and […]
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Solar energy has grown in popularity in recent years. Yet despite its popularity, we are not new to using solar energy. In fact, people have been using the power of the sun for generations, whether hanging clothes outside for the sun to dry and sanitize them or planting a garden to use the sun’s rays […]
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Solar plus storage is smart Under Florida law, privately owned utilities are required to “net-meter.” This means that they pay solar customers for excess electricity essentially the same rate that they charge them. JEA, Jacksonville’s largest utility provider, is not privately owned, and they changed their net-metering policy effective April 1, 2018. Honest solar salespeople […]
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When the Grid Goes Down… Are You Prepared? The world these days is a scary place. Global pandemic, potential nuclear conflicts with Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, wildfires in California and Australia, and talk of civil unrest in the wake of upcoming elections are in the news every day. On top of that, here […]
Continue Reading »You’ve probably seen solar photovoltaic (PV) panels popping up on rooftops all over Northeast Florida, and wondered whether or not solar really works. There are a number of popular misconceptions about solar power, and often when we speak to prospective clients, they have heard some myths. Coal companies, oil companies, and utilities are more than […]
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The 4th of July holiday weekend is here. It’s got us thinking about independence, and more specifically, energy independence. There is something quintessentially American about leaving the grid. We are a fiercely independent people with no frontiers left to explore, yet the dream of the West still lives in us, that sense of self-reliance and […]
Continue Reading »Solar in Jacksonville: A battle won, not the war. Jacksonville Electric Authority made the right decision last month when they tabled the proposal to reduce the buy-back rate for grid-tied solar in Northeast Florida. The fact that the board elected to wait for further study and review is the direct result of concerned citizens […]
Continue Reading »The Battle So Far… As rooftop solar has grown in popularity throughout the JEA service area, the utility has grown increasingly adversarial to the solar industry. There is no sound reasoning behind this stance, and the arguments the utility makes to support its case are essentially smoke and mirrors. The bottom line is, […]
Continue Reading »A JEA proposal threatens to pull the plug on SBA’s Florida Small Business of the Year A fast-growing local business says that if the JEA board approves the proposed SolarSmart policy on April 19, it will mean pulling the plug on the company’s growth potential and, ultimately, livelihood. The United States Small Business Administration […]
Continue Reading »With almost 200,000 signatures still needed in order to meet the requirement for getting on the November 2016 ballot, Floridians for Solar Choice is now exploring options to get on the 2018 ballot instead. This is unfortunate for the approximate 80% of us who support FSC’s goals, one of which is to allow individuals and […]
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