# ‘Green Tea Coalition’: Strange bedfellows fight for solar power in Sunshine State | Fox News

- Link: https://greenlivingguy.com/2015/03/green-tea-coalition-fight-for-solar-power-florida/
- Published: 2015-03-02T00:24:07-05:00
- Author: greenlivingguy

By John Roberts
 Published January 16, 2015 [FoxNews.com](https://www.foxnews.com)

## Solar power is affected by the Tea Party plus Green Tea Coalition in Florida

#### For Debbie Dooley, who’s the founder of the Atlanta Tea Party is leading the charge.

### Leading the Charge

For it’s about being good stewards of our environment. Thereby craving energy freedom
and choice. This is not a leftist issue. It’s not a radical right issue. It’s an
American issue. These comments came from Dooley live on Fox News.

> [⌊Solar panels tea party support⌉⌊Solar panels tea party support⌉[

Under current [Florida](https://greenlivingguy.com/2015/01/gulf-power-and-us-navy-going-solar-in-northwest-florida/)
law, only utilities can sell electricity to customers. Businesses and homeowners
can install solar panels on their properties. However, any excess electricity must
be put back onto the grid.

### Green Tea Coalition

The amendment this so-called “Green [Tea Coalition”](https://greenlivingguy.com/green-living-resources-eco-friendly-products/going-green-for-individuals/)
is aiming to put on the ballot would allow individuals or businesses with solar 
installations to sell power to tenants or neighbors. The Tea Party likes that idea.
We should be able to sell our power that’s excess. For example, if a shopping mall
owner put a large solar panel array on the mall roof. For they would be able to 
sell the electricity to the individual store tenants.

![Solar power tea party support](https://i0.wp.com/greenlivingguy.com/wp-content/
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resize=300%2C196&quality=52&ssl=1)

The law would also allow people to escape the big upfront costs. Those for installing
solar and ending the prohibition on leasing solar panels.

Companies selling solar panels could put up an array. For example, say a hotel or
parking lot, then lease the panels to the hotel. I mean for less than the cost of
comparable electricity from the utility. That’s what we need to do for it to be 
palatable and profitable.

For the entire story on [Fox News](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/green-tea-coalition-strange-bedfellows-fight-for-solar-power-in-sunshine-state)

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