By Eric Barton | Miami Herald
The reason Florida’s solar power industry isn’t a growing, say some lawmakers, is that the state’s largest utilities have invested heavily in state political campaigns to fend off competition.
The reason Florida’s solar power industry isn’t a growing, say some lawmakers, is that the state’s largest utilities have invested heavily in state political campaigns to fend off competition.
Back when Paige Kreegel was a state representative in 2009, he had an idea that he thought simply made sense. Florida, the Sunshine State, should become a model for solar power.
As chairman of the state House’s Committee on Energy, Kreegel was in a position to change Florida laws that have restricted the growth of rooftop solar panels. As a self-described free-market Republican, he wanted to get government out of the way of a growing industry.
