Gainesville, Fla. residents will be eligible to participate in a solar feed-in tariff program that provides 32 cents per kWh of generate electricity over the next 20 years. The program replaces the current Gainesville Regional Utilities current rebate program and goes into effect March 1, 2009. The ordinance sets a maximum of 4 MW of solar panel installation a year that would take part in the feed-in tariff. Additionally, the ordinance includes a reduction in the amount paid per kWh to those whose install solar equipment beginning in the third year, which takes into account that by then technology should be less costly.
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