In the spring of 2022, the Florida state legislature passed House Bill 741, which if not vetoed by the Governor, would have reduced the value of net metering, and opened the door for utilities to add fixed charges to rooftop solar customer bills. This legislation would have eliminated tens of thousands of jobs and scores of small businesses. Utility customers would have lost opportunities to save money on electric bills and reduce carbon footprints.

For more details, check out Lessons Learned from the Winter 2021-22 Attack on Net Metering in Florida by the Chair of Florida Veterans for Common Sense’s Environmental Working Group, Coty Keller. This paper answers these questions: What happened? What did we learn? How does this relate to the climate crisis? What can/should we do now?

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