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A coalition of clean energy groups say they collected a hundred thousand petition signatures last month. The number far exceeds the 68 thousand needed to qualify for Supreme Court review of their proposed amendment that would allow big box stores to generate solar energy and resell it to tenants in strip malls. The practice is currently prohibited by the Public Service Commission. Steven Smith of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy says their amendment wouldn’t be needed it the PSC was doing its job.

“If we had a good functioning Public Service Commission, with a good planning process, and we had utilities that would actually work with the citizens and what they want, instead of only focusing on their shareholders, it’s a non issue” Smith told reporters at the Florida Press Center.

Florida’s investor owned utilities contribute as much as five million dollars, primarily to Republicans, each election cycle. Lawmakers choose which names will be forwarded to the Governor for appointment to the PSC.