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Jim RosicaOctober 15, 2015

The second of two competing proposed constitutional amendments on solar-generated electricity has garnered enough signatures for state Supreme Court review. The utility-backed Consumers for Smart Solar, which is behind what it calls the “Smart Solar Amendment,” announced Thursday it had “surpassed the goal of 68,314 verified petitions” needed for review. An initiative needs 683,149 signatures to get […]

Peter SchorschAugust 2, 2015

I love solar power. You love solar power. Everyone loves solar power. It’s the ice cream of energy production: It should come with sprinkles. There is so much to love. And unlike a toddler with a cone, there’s no messy cleanup: Nobody’s blowing the tops off mountains to mine it, there are no issues with […]

Phil AmmannJuly 31, 2015

Mason-Dixon recently released a new statewide poll testing the two pending solar amendments currently making their way through the process in Florida. Despite the fact that both dealt with a similar subject, solar power, it was a tale of two initiatives: one very passable and the other with seemingly no path to victory. The initiative […]

Steve VancoreJuly 30, 2015

Mason-Dixon recently released a new statewide poll testing the two pending solar amendments currently making their way through the process in Florida. Despite the fact that both dealt with a similar subject, solar power, it was a tale of two initiatives: one very passable and the other with seemingly no path to victory. The initiative […]

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