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Charlie Crist stated on November 18, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC's "The Ed Show":

"We’re the Sunshine State, and we’re hardly doing any solar energy production."

By Rochelle Koff• December 3, 2013

Barack Obama stated on January 28, 2014 in State of the Union speech:

"Every four minutes, another American home or business goes solar."

By Amy Sherman• January 29, 2014

Jeff Tittel stated on June 13, 2011 in testimony to the General Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities committee:

"One of the reasons that Budweiser stayed in New Jersey is the money they got from RGGI to put solar on their roof to save on their energy costs."

By Erin O'Neill• July 4, 2011

Facebook posts stated on September 03, 2022 in video:

The federal government is providing free solar panel installation and $8,500 incentive checks to eligible homeowners.

By Michael Majchrowicz• September 9, 2022

Floridians for Solar Choice stated on January 14, 2015 in a statement on a website:

"Currently, Florida is one of only five states in the nation that prohibit citizens from buying electricity from companies that will put solar panels on your home or business."

By Amy Sherman• January 16, 2015

Rachel Maddow stated on April 21, 2014 in a segment on 'The Rachel Maddow Show':

"Oklahoma’s Republican Gov. Mary Fallin signed a new law which makes you pay a special fee. It will essentially fine people for the crime of using solar power."

By Katie Sanders• April 24, 2014

Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook.:

Under the “2023 Solar Incentive Program,” U.S. homeowners can “now qualify to get a full, state-of-the-art solar system at absolutely no cost from the government.”

By Madison Czopek• July 21, 2023

Facebook posts stated on March 22, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Solar companies “have to give solar panels away for completely no net cost.”

By Tom Kertscher• April 1, 2023

Charlie Crist stated on February 03, 2022 in Twitter:

“New Jersey and Maryland produce more solar power than Florida, the Sunshine State!”

By Yacob Reyes• February 11, 2022

Tony Evers stated on April 22, 2018 in an appearance on UpFront with Mike Gousha:

Says Wisconsin ‘could compel’ Foxconn to install solar panels that would power 33,000 homes.

By Eric Litke• June 6, 2018

Al Gore stated on January 28, 2009 in a Senate committee hearing:

If we got solar energy from "an area of the Southwestern desert 100 miles on a side, that would be enough, in and of itself, to provide 100 percent of all the electricity needs for the United States of America in a full year."

By Alexander Lane• February 18, 2009

Facebook posts stated on September 24, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook:

"En ciertos estados el gobierno de Estados Unidos comprará los paneles por ti y te los dará sin ningún costo en caso de que te pases a energía solar en las próximas semanas".

By Marta Campabadal Graus• September 29, 2023

J.D. Alexander stated on September 16, 2010 in a news article:

"It takes as much energy to make a solar panel as it likely generates in its entire life."

By Becky Bowers• September 28, 2010

Facebook posts stated on October 15, 2023 in en una publicación en Facebook:

Las empresas solares en Estados Unidos "tienen que regalar paneles solares sin costo neto si lo solicitas".

By Maria Briceño• October 24, 2023

Al Gore stated on October 11, 2016 in a campaign speech:

Says electric utilities "are trying to fool you into amending your state Constitution in a way that gives them the authority to shut down net metering."

By Joshua Gillin• October 21, 2016

Consumers for Smart Solar stated on October 19, 2016 in a web ad:

"Amendment 1 protects Florida seniors from scams and rip-offs."

By Joshua Gillin• November 3, 2016

Mitt Romney stated on October 03, 2012 in the first presidential debate in Denver:

"In one year, (President Obama) provided $90 billion in breaks to the green energy world … into solar and wind, to Solyndra and Fisker and Tesla and Ener1."

By Becky Bowers• October 5, 2012

Facebook posts stated on September 26, 2022 in a video:

2018 interview shows Bill Gates has changed his position on clean energy

By Jill Terreri Ramos• October 4, 2022

Americans for Prosperity: Florida stated on March 10, 2015 in a news release:

Recent solar energy policies in Georgia "have resulted in rate hikes and did not result in solar becoming any more economically viable."

By Joshua Gillin• March 24, 2015

Sheldon Whitehouse stated on December 13, 2011 in a Senate hearing:

"[Renewable energy] projects . . . get us off foreign oil and away, step by step, from these foreign entanglements that we have to get into to defend our oil supply."

By Alex Kuffner• January 8, 2012

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