Florida Makes Solar Panels Illegal

It may have ravaged much of the caribbean but hurricane irma weakened mercifully quickly as it passed over.

Florida makes solar panels illegal.

In the past couple of months however the florida public service commission made a decision that will change solar leasing for the future. Even though it weakened somewhat by the time it made landfall in florida it still made significant material damage. People with rooftop solar the state s logic goes are providing a utility and all utilities must be. Florida ranks ninth nationally in solar resource strength according to the national renewable energy laboratory and tenth in solar generation.

Solar farms such as this 648 panel one in maryland have been cropping up in other states but until recently florida has been slow to get on the bandwagon despite its state nickname of the. An association may require approval of a system installation and may establish restrictions for installations. Unfortunately this model is illegal in florida and therefore it has been much harder for policymakers to figure out an effective alternative. Solar panels illegal in florida the storm cut the power to around 40 of florida and there are still at least a million people who still have no electricity.

Importantly it is not actually illegal to power your home with solar panels in florida. Florida statute actually makes it unlawful for any entity block residents from having solar panels. Florida has low electricity costs compared with other states which makes individual solar investment less attractive. Further fpl doesn t mandate that solar panels power down if the grid goes offline in a crisis.