Clean Energy

Even though the state has long been eligible for nearly $200 million in federal funding to bankroll EV charging installations, Florida has yet to open applications for businesses to access the money.

In Florida, local governments have taken the charge to address their climate-polluting emissions and transition to clean energy.

With record-breaking heat and stronger hurricanes, Florida is considered ground zero by some for global warming consequences.

Jupiter Bach says federal policy shift has already slowed growth plans in Pensacola.

The new rapid EV chargers arrive in Winter Park just as federal clean energy incentives are about to fade.

The measure ends tax incentives that pay for nearly a third of the cost of installing solar panels. Maggie Shober and Stan Cross of Southern Alliance for Clean Energy say the change may threaten thousands of jobs.

Regional businesses and industry groups are bracing for "disruptive" impacts from federal lawmakers' proposed rollback of clean energy provisions.

Said Commissioner Vince Nowicki, who introduced the legislation: “I think we have a duty to look at this through the DOGE lens that this board passed 6 to 1 just a few weeks ago.”

The state has been sitting on nearly nearly $110 million in federal funds intended to install fast charges and it’s not yet clear if it will meet a fast-approaching deadline that would free up another $88 million.

Not only are the same tax credits going to be available for the next decade or so, but Florida will start distributing home energy rebates from a $346 million Inflation Reduction Act pot Gov. Ron DeSantis recently accepted.

While the report called Florida a 'solar powerhouse,' its numbers fall behind other states when averaged out per customer.

Gas-powered outdoor equipment releases emissions that pose health risks and contribute to climate change.