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Florida Ballot Measure Could Halt Rooftop Solar, but Do Voters Know That?

Inside Climate News: Floridians will vote on a constitutional amendment that is couched in pro-solar power language but would actually give utilities, which are funding the ballot measure, more power to block rooftop solar development in the Sunshine State.

Amendment 1, if approved by 60 percent of voters in November, would write people's right to own or lease solar panels and other equipment into the state constitution.

But it would also make it unconstitutional to require a utility's non-solar customers to subsidize those who do go solar. Those subsidies have helped make home solar affordable and are the best incentive to push the fast-growing energy source to widespread use.

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