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State Supreme Court allows oral argument for Smart Solar amendment

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The Florida Supreme Court on MondayĀ granted requests for oral argument onĀ aĀ hotly contested proposed constitutional amendment on solar power. The court scheduled argument at 9 a.m. May 5 for the amendment called “Rights of Electricity Consumers Regarding Solar Energy Choice” and backed byĀ Consumers For Smart Solar. Among other requirements, proposed amendments to the state constitutionĀ must be OKā€™dĀ by the court to ensure they cover only one subject and that their ballot title and summary arenā€™t misleading. The proposed summary now reads: This…

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Kathy Castor slams idea of fracking in Florida

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The day after the Florida HouseĀ approvedĀ Ā a controversial measure that would regulate and study fracking in Florida, Tampa Bay area Democratic U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor blasted the idea of fracking coming to the Sunshine State. “You have to understand the geology of Florida. We are built on a porous limestone, a very thin rock layer,” Castor said at a news conference Thursday in South Tampa. SheĀ  met withĀ local clean-energy officialsĀ to chart out how to teach community leaders on being more energy…

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Consumers for Smart Solar say they’ve got the signatures to qualify for November ballot

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Consumers for Smart Solar, the utility backed constitutional amendment that would outline rules for solar power in Florida, has gatheredĀ 695, 376,Ā more than 11,000 beyond the the required 683,149 valid petitions to get on the November ballot, the group says in a statement issued Friday afternoon ā€œNot only did we reach the required valid petitions milestone, we have also now met the petition threshold in 14 congressional districts to certify the amendment to the ballot,ā€ saidĀ Jim Kallinger, co-chair ofĀ Consumers for Smart…

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At Tampa Tiger Bay Club, clean energy leader slams utility-backed solar power amendment

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A leading environmental activist says that the solar amendment being backed by Florida’s investor-owned utilities is doomed to be rejected when it comes before theĀ Florida Supreme Court. Susan GlickmanĀ is the Florida Director of theĀ Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, the organizationĀ that was raising funds to put an amendment on the ballot in 2016 that would provide Floridians the opportunity to purchase solar power from a third-party. Currently, consumers can buy electricity ā€” solar or otherwise ā€” only from utilities. The measure…

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Floridians for Solar Choice to fight opposing solar initiative in court

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The people behindĀ Floridians for Solar Choice, the group behind of one of two competing solar-power constitutional amendments, say they’re filing anĀ oppositionĀ brief later Monday to oppose the other initiative, pushed by the utility-backedĀ byĀ Consumers for Smart Solar. The group held a newsĀ conference Monday at the Florida Press Center in Tallahassee. Among otherĀ hurdles, proposed amendments must be cleared by the Florida Supreme Court to make sure they cover only one subject and that their ballot title and summary aren’t misleading. The opposing amendment…

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Mitch Perry Report for 12.31.15 ā€“ Say goodbye to hottest year ever. Until next year.

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Say goodbye to 2015, which will go on record as the hottest year ever on Earth – at least until next year. While Florida continues to bask in unwelcome humidity during this holiday week, Missouri contends with rivers swelling to historic levels,Ā withĀ at least 21 people killed there and in Illinois by a powerful winter storm this week. Christmas Day temperatures broke records all up and down the Eastern Seaboard, and oh yes, El NiƱo is making its presence known. I…

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Floridians for Solar Choice sues PCI Consulting in signature petition battle

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(UPDATED) Less than a week after acknowledging that a dispute with their signature-gathering vendor would severelyĀ imperil their chances of getting on the 2016 ballot, Floridians for Solar Choice (FSC)Ā has sued PCI Consulting in federal court claiming breach of contract. The group ā€” formed to advance a constitutional amendment to expand solar power rights for consumers and businesses in Florida ā€” filed the suit Dec. 23 in the U.S. Southern District of Florida. It came six days after FloridaPolitics.comĀ reported that PCI…

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