Gov DeSantis vetoes rooftop solar bill, citing desire to not add to 'financial crunch' facing Floridians
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Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has actually vetoed questionable legislation to transform the state's net metering laws that would have substantially stripped down the benefits of having residential solar and allowed utilities to include additional charges to customers' power bills.
Consumers who have been considering installing a rooftop solar system now have a reason to make a decision. A legislative bill reducing buy-back rates that investor-owned utilities must pay for solar power sent back to the grid now awaits the governor’s signature. If enacted, all 101,471 existing rooftop solar owners in Florida — and those building a system through December
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A Republican-backed proposal to slash rooftop solar subsidies is advancing through Florida’s legislature — deepening divides between supporters of the industry and the Sunshine State’s largest utility.