Amendment 1: Bad for the Future

Amendment 1 looks good — until you scratch its surface. This wolf in sheep's clothing is a lose-lose for everyone except the utilities. Its language confuses voters into thinking this is a pro-solar bill that will protect customers from rate hikes, but its provisions actually secure Florida's investor-owned utilities a monopoly on electricity sales by making solar power prohibitively expensive to produce. Let's pull back the wool on this disguise, shall we?