Kendrick Brett Meek is an American politician who was the U.S. Representative for Florida's 17th congressional district from 2003 to 2011. He was the Democratic nominee in the 2010 Senate election for the seat of Mel Martinez, but he and independent candidate Charlie Crist lost in a three-way race to Republican Marco Rubio.
Net metering allows consumers who generate some or all of their own electricity to use that electricity anytime, instead of when it is generated. This is particularly important with renewable energy sources like wind and solar, which are non-dispatchable. Monthly net metering allows consumers to use solar power generated during the day at night, or wind from a windy day later in the month. Annual net metering rolls over a net kilowatt credit to the following month, allowing solar power that was generated in July to be used in December, or wind power from March in August.
Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), the principal subsidiary of NextEra Energy Inc., is a Juno Beach, Florida-based power utility company serving roughly 4.9 million accounts and 10 million people in Florida. It generates, transmits, distributes and sells electric energy.
The Edison Electric Institute is the association that represents all U.S. investor-owned electric companies.
SolarCity Corporation is a subsidiary of Tesla, Inc. that specializes in solar energy services and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.
Florida Amendment 2 is an amendment made to the Constitution of Florida in 2008. It added Article I, Section 27 to the constitution, which defines marriage as a union only between one man and one woman, and thus bans the creation of similar unions, such as civil unions or same-sex marriage.
Babcock Ranch is a master planned community located in southeastern Charlotte County and northeastern Lee County Florida consisting of approximately 17,000 acres (6,900 ha). The planned community was approved as part of a public-private partnership with the State of Florida and local governments. The deal established the neighboring Babcock Ranch Preserve.
PACE financing is a means of financing energy efficiency upgrades, disaster resiliency improvements, water conservation measures, or renewable energy installations of residential, commercial, and industrial property owners. Depending on state legislation, PACE financing can be used to finance building envelope energy efficiency improvements such as insulation and air sealing, cool roofs, water efficiency products, seismic retrofits, and hurricane preparedness measures. In some states, commercial PACE financing can also fund a portion of new construction projects, as long as the building owner agrees to build the new structure to exceed the local energy code.
Solar power in Florida has been increasing, as the cost of solar power systems using photovoltaics (PV) has decreased in recent years. Florida has low electricity costs compared with other states, which makes individual solar investment less attractive. Florida ranks ninth nationally in solar resource strength according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and tenth in solar generation by the Solar Energy Industries Association.
True Value Solar was an Australian solar systems sales company, which shut up shop in late 2018. Read reviews: , , . In 2013 German-based M+W Group bought True Value’s remaining 35 per cent shareholding. The core business of the company was as a sales company of rooftop solar power systems, with installation and perhaps responsibility for issues by contractors. Operated in all major states in Australia and no office in Tasmania. Founded in 2009, closed late 2018.
Solar power in Michigan has been growing in recent years due to new technological improvements and a variety of regulatory actions and financial incentives, particularly a 30% federal tax credit, available for any size project. Although among the lowest U.S. states for solar irradiance, Michigan mostly lies farther south than Germany where solar power is heavily deployed. Michigan is expected to use 120 TWh per year in 2030. To reach a 100% solar electrical grid would require 2.4% of Michigan's land area to host 108 GW of installed capacity.
Solar power in Ohio has been increasing, as the cost of photovoltaics has decreased. Ohio installed 10 MW of solar in 2015. Ohio adopted a net metering rule which allows any customer generating up to 25 kW to use net metering, with the kilowatt hour surplus rolled over each month, and paid by the utility once a year at the generation rate upon request. For hospitals there is no limit on size, but two meters are required, one for generation, the other for utility supplied power.
Solar power in Mississippi is an underutilized generation method; however, large changes are expected by 2016. The state reached only 1 MW of grid-connected solar electricity in 2013. Rooftop photovoltaics can provide 31.2% of all electricity used in Mississippi from 11,700 MW of solar panels.
Solar power in Georgia on rooftops can provide 31% of all electricity used in Georgia.
Solar power in Missouri is capable of generating 42.7% of the electricity used in Missouri from rooftop solar panels totaling 28,300 MW.
Deirdre Macnab is an American women's rights and voting rights activist. She is former president of the League of Women Voters of Florida (LWVFL) and is currently a member of Florida's Federal Judicial Nominating Commission. She serves as a Knight's Fellow-in-Residence at the University of Florida Bob Graham Center for Public Service and is a solar energy activist in LWVFL, acting as chairperson for their solar energy initiative.
SkyRise Miami is a super tall entertainment and observation tower under construction on the shore of Biscayne Bay in Miami, Florida. It was proposed and developed by real estate developer Jeff Berkowitz. It will be 301.8 meters (990 ft) tall to its roof, located on public waterfront land adjacent to Bayside Marketplace, from which it will sublet land. The main developer of the project is the American company Berkowitz Development Group, a Florida-based corporation headquartered in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami. The project was approved by the city commission and Miami voters in 2014. A significant portion of the several hundred million dollar project may be funded by foreign investors seeking American citizenship through EB-5 visas.
Stephen Anderson Smith is an American clean energy activist. He is a former candidate for the Tennessee House of Representatives and is currently the Executive Director of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
Florida Amendment 4, also the Voting Rights Restoration for Felons Initiative, is an amendment to the Constitution of Florida passed by ballot initiative on November 6, 2018, as part of the 2018 Florida elections. The proposition restored the voting rights of Floridians with felony convictions after they complete all terms of their sentence including parole or probation. The amendment does not apply to Floridians convicted of murder or sexual offenses.
Nicole Heather Fried is an American lawyer from Fort Lauderdale, Florida and the 12th Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services. She is the first elected woman to hold the position and first Democrat to hold that office since 2001.
