DeSantis vetoes net metering bill leaving solar energy as is in Florida

ORLANDO, Fla. – A controversial invoice that will let utility corporations restrict how a lot photo voltaic prospects might promote their extra power again for has been vetoed.

Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed HB 741, the web metering invoice, on Wednesday.

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“Provided that the USA is experiencing its worst inflation in 40 years and that customers have seen steep will increase within the worth of gasoline and groceries, in addition to escalating payments, the state of Florida shouldn’t contribute to the monetary crunch that our residents are experiencing,” DeSantis wrote within the veto letter.

With photo voltaic panels, prospects decrease their power payments and may promote extra photo voltaic power again to utility corporations, a course of referred to as internet metering.

The invoice, which was proposed by Florida Energy and Mild and handed by the Republican-majority legislature, would over time scale back the sum of money photo voltaic prospects might promote that power again for, which might lead to increased payments for photo voltaic power prospects.

Since 2016, the variety of Florida households putting in photo voltaic panels has gone up 467%, totaling greater than 90,000 households.

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Learn the governor’s veto letter beneath: