This is how you kill an industry, promise something and then reneg. Such behavior - by the State and from less than honest installers - will shred credibility and make everyone in the business seem to be a shyster. Shame on the State for consistently underfunding the program and knowingly letting it get this out-of-control.
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By Cristina Silva, Times Staff Writer
In Print: Tuesday, August 3, 201
The state owes Floridians $52.7 million in unpaid solar energy rebates and has no immediate plan to honor its financial promise. More than 15,800 people await the rebates, which were dangled before homeowners and businesses to encourage greater investment in solar energy technologies such as solar-power water heaters and electric systems. The state's new fiscal year, which started in July, marks the second consecutive year that the Florida Legislature has refused to fund the popular program. Some people have been on the waiting list for years, said Travis Yelverton, deputy director of the Governor's Energy Office.
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Monday, August 9, 2010
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