Individual solar installation in Tallahassee is still a “niche” business. The demographics and market conditions are just not there for wide-spread “stand-alone” consumer and business installations. Most can’t afford systems, others don’t want to deal with rooftop installation issues, unsightliness, and question return on investment. Sadly, the general population seems not to care. Unless we add “coal stoked” heating/air we can’t expect incentives from the Trump administration.

In many ways, stand-alone solar installations are outdated, a “thing” of the past. Solar technology in other parts of the world has passed us by along with hundreds of thousands of jobs lost forever. China is the worlds leader in innovation and massive power grid applications to their citizens, not the US. The innovations and sizes (such as floating farm’s) are beyond what most American’s can imagine. Even Nomads living in the grasslands are provided with solar, have smartphones, and, rooftop solar and solar hot-water has been around for many years before the dawning of “farms.” It is part of their national policy and strategic development (unlike the US), and citizen expectations.

The City of Tallahassee is not a competitor or culprit. As long as our citizens devalue renewable energy, our government promotes and offers incentives to the petroleum and coal industries (lobbyists), drops out of global participation, and offers regressive leadership, the future of our local companies is uncertain.

Best idea though was plugging my inverter into my car and running an extension cord into my house running my router/modem (yes I still have a land line that did not go out and so I had DSL), my laptop, and a small flat screen tv. A $15 digital antenna from Walmart and a $30 inverter gave me total contact with the world while power was out for a few days. I am sure I could have plugged in a fan if I had to also. I even had a solar powered radio that i used to listen to Preston.

Speaking from the common sense viewpoint only which is often very different from the legal viewpoint;
I’m feeling the COT misrepresentation in the way they lured gullible citizens into thinking solar power would magically be transported into their homes and business’ thru the same wires their neighbors get their electricity from by paying COT a higher rate than their neighbors is an organized criminal fraud scam and very likely something FL Atty Gen Bondi should prosecute COT for. Very similar to price gouging from disabled citizens considering the dysfunctional brains of the simpletons in Tallahassee who keep voting for these criminal elected officials.
Furthermore a business focused Governor who “oh by the way” is also running for Congress should have great interest in the subscription program which made the City’s electric utility a direct competitor with local solar companies.
I know both Bondi and Scott can both play the safe easy card that there is an ongoing Federal investigation into COT and they must keep Florida’s hands off.
But really Pam and Rick this is the same FBI that let your Granny Hillary off the hook and was deep-stated so far up the rear of the former POTUS…need I say more???
Hello Pam and Rick the citizens need some relief from YOU here in the Capitol City of Florida!