In the first quarter of 2001,
Florida ranked No. 4
among the states for its use of renewables, including solar power, to generate electricity.
By the first quarter of 2014,
the state had plummeted to No. 16
in its use of renewables.
How did this happen? The most obvious reason is that big power companies here don't want messy renewables messing up their monopoly gigs. Florida's Public Service Commission, which is supposed to oversee electric utilities in the state, is perceived — on a good day — as incompetent and a puppet of big power companies and state legislators that control PSC nominations and enjoy utility largesse. Robert Trigaux
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