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Thank you for contacting Governor Charlie Crist. The Governor appreciates your thoughts regarding the Solar Energy System Incentives Program and asked that the Governor’s Energy Office respond.

Recently, Governor Crist recommended that $10 million be appropriated to the Solar Energy System Incentives Program, in his proposal for Florida’s budget for 2010-2011 fiscal year. Solar energy will play a critical role in the State’s increasingly diverse energy portfolio and Governor Crist remains committed to growing Florida’s market for renewable energy.

By way of background, the Solar Rebate Program is very popular and successful. Due to the large volume of rebate applications, the state has exhausted the available funding. Solar energy system rebates are issued by the Commission pursuant to Sections 377-801-377.806, Florida Statutes, and Chapter 27N-1, Florida Administrative Code, contingent upon an annual appropriation by the Legislature of the State of Florida for the specific purpose of funding solar rebates. The Commission, in accordance with direction from the Governor and/or Legislature, shall be the final determiner of the availability of any funds. Rebates can only be issued if funding is available, and the requirements of Sections 377-801-377.806, Florida Statutes and Chapter 27N-1, Florida Administrative Code, are met. The Solar Energy Systems Incentives Program is slated to sunset in FY2010 (See, Section 377.806, Florida Statute). The State will continue to accept applications until June 30, 2010 and place them on a waiting list in the event that additional funding becomes available.

Additionally as a concerned citizen, you have the opportunity to influence legislation by contacting your local legislative delegation. If you do not know who your senator or representative is, you can access that information at http://www.leg.state.fl.us/.

Thank you again for contacting Governor Crist. The people of Florida play an integral and vital role in achieving the state’s energy goals. For more information on Florida’s energy programs please visit www.myfloridaclimate.com.

Sincerely,

Governor’s Energy Office

From: Tom
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 9:46 AM
To: Energy
Subject: Solar Rebates
Importance: High

Sirs,

With all the new green incentives in place and the climate as it is in Florida which is perfect for Solar!.

We have started a Solar Business, http://solarindependence.biz, Solar Independence LLC.

We only use Master Electricians with years of experience and a wealth of information on installs.

But we have ran into a snag with customers and all the publicity about the state being out of

money to fund the rebate program for residential customers. Potential customers have become

just that "Potential Customers" because they are worried that if they install a system they will

never get the rebates.

Should this be a concern and how do we approach this? Will the rebate program be funded for

the future?

Here is an excerpt from your page.

"SOLAR REBATE PROGRAM IMPORTANT NOTICE:

Current Backlog of Processed Solar Rebate Applications, as of January 29, 2009: $7.3 million

The State of Florida submitted an application for the SEP on May 12, 2009, to the U.S. Department of Energy.

This application included an appropriation of $5 million for the Solar Rebate Program and has been approved.

In addition, the State submitted an application on June 25, 2009 for the EECBG.

This application included an appropriation of $9.4 million for the Solar Rebate Program."

If customers do install a system and present an application before the end date of the program will they

get their rebate?

We appreciate your time and effort for a response that we can give to our customer.

Thank You,

Solar Independence LLC

Free Power For Your Future!

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Pool Pumps are the second largest user of Electric outside Air Conditioning.

We also have Solar Water Hot Water Systems and Tankless Hot Water Heaters.

Contact Our Master Electricians for an Energy Audit to see how much you can save!

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Here is a video that we found on YouTube that explains a lot to the general person.

Florida Matter Video

Check our Solar in the news page by clicking here. Solar in the News

Federal Solar Energy Incentives Frequently Asked Questions! Click the link below to view or download the PDF document of this!

Federal Solar Incentives FAQ

*Notice! Download the above FAQ, talk to your accountant for the best advice. We are not responsible for omissions, we are not a substitute for your tax accountant or untimely filings or payments.

Below is a "REAL" site in operation between 03-02-2009and 03-03-2009.
It is only a 3kwh system. To see real time updates. Click on the link below.

Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Tarpon Springs, FL
Updated Friday, September 03, 2010 10:53 PM

Clear

79°F

High: 88°F
Low: 77°F
Wind: 3 mph
Humidity: 65%

MSN Weather

Data provided by iMap

Here is a link to all Publicly Available Sunny Boy statistic sites. These sites are worldwide. These sites are "REAL TIME" solar site.

Public Available Sunny Boy Solar Sites

How solar energy works

Example

Lets say you consume 575kWH per month on average and you live in Baltimore, MD. Baltimore is just inside the light orange color . A CE20175SB will produce 438 kWH per month. This is 77% of your usage. If you use two of these systems it will produce 154% of your power. Please note, the systems typically produce more power in the summer and less in the winter. The number found in the chart are one year averages. If you are trying to produce 100% of you needs you will earn a big credit in the summer that you will consume in the winter. Over the course of one year your usage should equal zero. You can use any number of systems at your home to meet your needs. For large homes 3 or 4 systems is not unusual.Compare your utility bill to the chart below the map. This is the amount of power each system will produce.

Compare your utility bill to the chart below the map. This is the amount of power each system will produce.

Sun Hours by Region

Fact. Solar PV Panels Convert Sunlight Into Electrical Power

Sizing Solar Photo Voltaic (PV) Panels

When sunlight strikes a solar cell in a solar panel it is converted into electrical power. Currently, the best commercial solar panels convert about 14% to 16 % of the light that strikes them into energy. It is estimated that there is about 1000 watts of light power per Square Meter. A meter is 39 inches, so its 10.5 square feet.

This means that that you can expect to extract a maximum of 160 watts per hour per square meter of solar cells.

So 10 square meters (150 Square feet)will produce about 1600 watts per hour. Or 1.6 thousand watts (KW) per hour.

In practice it takes about 100 square feet to generate 1 KW of power per hour.

An average non energy efficient family home uses about 33 KW hours per day or 1000 KW hours per month.

There are between 5 to 7 sun hours per day in North America. That means you are only producing maximum output for 5 to 7 hours per day.

To Figure out how many square feet you need to producce 33 kw hours you divide you daily use by the number of sun hours.

33/5.5 = 6 kw per hour.

This means you need 6 x 100 = 600 Square feet.

So you need about 600 Square feet of Solar Panels to generate all you daily power requirements for an average family home.

Fact. The Cost of Energy is Set to Go Up

Guess what, the price you pay for electricity each year is probably going to go up. In the USA and every where else in the world it is the same. There are three ways electricity gets produced.

Nuclear, Fossil Fuels (Oil,Gas & Coal) and Hydro Electric (using Water in Dams).

Think about each of these. There is only one way. And thats up. If the price of electricity goes up by 5% a year. Then after 14 year it will cost twice as much.

If it goes up by 6.7 per year, which it has done in California for the last 30 years, the cost of electricity will double in just under 11 years.

Is nuclear power going to get more expensive or less expensive? The cost of uranium ore has tripled in the last 5 years. The cost of storing nuclear waste for 1000 years is going to be billions. All of which gets passed on to you.

For coal, oil and Gas. We should not be burning these should we. They increase green house gases. (There are technologies on the drawing board that will capture green house gases. But it going to increase the price.)

You can bet there is going to be a carbon trading scheme in the next few years. This means companies that generate lots of greenhouse gases using coal are going to pay for extra carbon credits. The cost of this will be passed on to you.

For Hydro Electric power, our water supplies have never been more precious. We will need to water to drink and for industry

Fact. Roof Top Solar Power Stations Make a Huge Difference.

Imagine many of our larger cities with more than 2 million people. Say there is 1 roof top for every 4 people. So thats about 500,000 roof tops.

If just 1 in 5 homes has a roof top solar power station with a 6 kw system like I describe above it would produce 500 mega (million) watts (MW) of power per hour on peak hot sunny days.

Thats a lot of power by any ones standards.

Thats 100,000 homes producing 5 kw of (AC) power per hour.

Thats 500 mw that was created out of thin air! It was not there before but now it is.

Even if only 1 in 10 roof tops had a solar power station thats still 250 MW of power the power grid call on a hot sunny day.

It saves tens of thousands of tons of green house gases every year for 30 years.

Facts About Solar Energy

The global warming debate has really focused our minds on the need for us all to do our bit in reducing green house gases.

Today with the current technology we can start producing our own power right on our roof tops and sell it back to the local power grid.

Our home power station will produce the most energy when we use the most power; that is on hot summer afternoons.

In the USA and other countries there are significant grants for installing home solar and other micro power systems.

You can bet that there will more assistance by governments to get these home power stations happening.

The Best news of all is that over time your solar power station will save you money. Sometimes in the first year.

I will show you how you could save $65,000 in power bills over 30 years from your own power station for an average family home.

Larger homes and Businesses can save even more!

Fact. Most Power Utility Companies will give you a credit for the Power You Produce

The good news is that today for every KW of energy you produce, your utility company will deduct that usage from your power bill. This is called net metering.

If you produce all the energy you need, you save all the money that you were going to pay the Power Company.

Now here is whats really interesting. If you are on Time of Use contracts, then,on hot summer afternoons you will be getting a net-metering credit of about 20c per kw hour in summer.

Often power companies are paying much more than that because they a buying power on the spot market to cover peak demand.

In fact some power companies will pay real money for the power you produce. This is called feed-in tariffs. Ask your power company if they have a feed-in tariff program.

Feed-in tariffs were introduced in Germany in 2003 and the installations of Solar Power stations went ballistic. They installed more than 250 MW of small scale solar power stations in three years.Interestingly the German feed-in tariff is not government funded but they pay about 50c per KWH

Fact. Over time your Solar Power Station will cost you Nothing and could Save you Thousands.

If you live in California, in 11 years or less you will be getting paid double for the energy you produce, because the cost of electricity has gone up 6.7% a year since 1970.

In 11 years time, your are still producing that power for what it cost you when installed your power station, because you have virtually no running costs.

Your power station will last at least 25 year and probably up to 35 or even 40 years. So you will get at least 25 years of savings, may be more.

So what is the cost of Solar Energy lets take a typical example.

Please Note: These figures are indicative of the types of installations that can be done and are not claimed to be accurate.

Rebates and costs and solar outputs change from state to State.

For an average family home, the stats are:

KW Hours Per Year 12,000
KW Hours per month 1,000
KW Hours per day 33.

Florida Rebate is $20,000.00
Federal Tax Credit of 30%
(Federal Tax Credit can be spread over 5 years).

If you live in the state of Florida and your interested in a solar system contact.

Solar Independence
Joe Combs
727-433-2088

For More Information e-mail us:

endless-energy@solarindependence.biz

View solar power plant in real time.

Go to this site. http://www.wrec.net/index.php and click on \thinking about solar\ Then click view the WREC solar system.Look at the real time solar power.Thanks Joe