The solar industry is fiercely opposing the effort.
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“We simply believe rooftop solar customers should pay the full cost of this investment,” McGrath said.
FPL argues that rooftop solar could cost Florida utilities about $700m between 20, according to documents submitted to state regulators. “This discussion about fairness in metering is happening in legislatures across the country and it’s time for it to happen in Florida.”įPL’s parent company, NextEra, said its political committee did not make its contribution to Bradley’s campaign “with an expectation of favor”.Īn FPL spokesman, Chris McGrath, said the company does not oppose net metering but that the law should be revised so rooftop solar users are not subsidized by other customers who continue to buy electricity and pay to maintain the power grid. “Any decision I make to file legislation is based entirely on whether it’s in the best interest of our state and my district,” she said.
Another lawmaker introduced the same measure in the House.īradley said the donation was unrelated to the bill. A month later, Bradley filed a bill that was almost identical to the one FPL gave her.
FPL’s parent company contributed $10,000 to Bradely’s political committee on 20 October. Internal emails obtained from the Florida Senate show that an FPL lobbyist, John Holley, sent the text of the bill to state senator Jennifer Bradley’s staff on 18 October. Florida Power & Light (FPL), whose work with dark money political committees helped secure Republican control of the state Senate, is lobbying to hollow out net metering, a policy that lets Florida homeowners and businesses offset the costs of installing solar panels by selling power back to the company.
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