This is a recording of the panel of discussion that took place on September 11, 2012, Tuesday, 2:30-4:00P.M. During Solar Power International (SPI)2012, moderated by Bill Ballagher (President of Solar-Fit), Speakers: Patrick Sheehan (Director of Office of Energy), Joseph Pietrzak (Senior Program Manager of Progress Energy of Florida), and Bruce Kershner (Executive Director of FlaSEIA). Recent history of solar policy in Florida was presented/discussed. Its effect on the local solar industry and what is needed to create a strong solar industry in the state are analyzed. All speakers are very well organized and succinct in their presentations. It is clear that incentive policy is critical in determining the future direction of our state's (or any other state's) energy/solar industry. From these presentations, we can see the need for a more clear state energy incentive policy (with less regional variations and better defined goal). The effective Feed-In-Tariff (sunisthefuture.net had been a policy responsible for much of the job creations and economic prosperity in Germany, Gainesville, FL, and many other countries. Perhaps it is time to seriously consider it. The question of FIT was asked by Susan Sun Nunamaker during this session. It is important that all parties involved tried to work cooperatively, for the cost of solar is low enough and will continue to drop. Mutual cooperation is needed for long term successful survival of all parties, small individuals as well as large ...
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