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So you thought your new rooftop solar panels would keep you and your food cool and dry during the utility outage caused by the next hurricane. They won't, at least not by themselves. But you have options.

So you thought your new rooftop solar panels would keep you and your food cool and dry during the utility outage caused by the next hurricane. They won't, at least not by themselves. But you have options.

Solar panels. Electric cars. More efficient windows, air conditioners and water heaters. These are a few of the energy-efficiency investments you can make to reduce your annual energy costs and secure hundreds or thousands of dollars in federal tax incentives and rebates

Solar panels. Electric cars. More efficient windows, air conditioners and water heaters. These are a few of the energy-efficiency investments you can make to reduce your annual energy costs and secure hundreds or thousands of dollars in federal tax incentives and rebates

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Fred Closter dislikes FPL so much he decided to install a rooftop solar system with pricey Tesla storage batteries just so he buy as little of FPL's power as possible. But with a legislative bill FPL helped write advancing in Tallahassee, the utility could still extract a "fair share" from the Boynton Beach retiree.

Fred Closter dislikes FPL so much he decided to install a rooftop solar system with pricey Tesla storage batteries just so he buy as little of FPL's power as possible. But with a legislative bill FPL helped write advancing in Tallahassee, the utility could still extract a "fair share" from the Boynton Beach retiree.