Consumers for Smart Solar launches ‘consumer-friendly’ solar ballot initiative for 2016
Consumers for Smart Solar — a bipartisan coalition of business, civic and faith leaders— launched a campaign to place its new Smart Solar Amendment on the 2016 General Election ballot. The Smart Solar Amendment is what supporters call a “consumer-friendly alternative” to a similar amendment proposed by Floridians for Solar Choice. While both amendments seek to give greater access to solar energy, the Smart Solar Amendment allows state and local authorities to enact commonsense consumer protection rules. The measure also…