FPL to build major solar plant at Babcock Ranch (FL)

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http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090410/ARTICLE/904101043/2055/NEWS?Title=FPL-to-build-major-solar-plant-at-Babcock-Ranch

orida Power & Light plans to build one of the world's largest solar power plants of its kind on land owned by the struggling Babcock Ranch real estate venture.

The development is another sign of the pressure Gov. Charlie Crist is putting on Florida's big electric companies to produce more clean energy.

Crist is trying to pass legislation this year that would require electric companies to produce 20 percent of their energy from renewable sources by 2020. FPL's announcement was perfectly timed to put the energy company in a favorable light as debate over Crist's bill reaches high gear in the next few weeks.

With billions of dollars at stake, FPL is pushing for legislation that favors large energy companies and large solar plants over small-scale solar production on homes and businesses.

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1. There's a TIME article about the Babcock Ranch project ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=115&topic_id=192972&mesg_id=192972



Can't say I like that "legislation that favors large energy companies and large solar plants over small-scale solar production on homes and businesses". No justification to favor either -- let the magic hand of the free market fairy sort it all out.