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RECEIVED Cao SOLAR I FLORIDA One North University Drive,Suite A203,Plantation,Florida 33324 APR 0 7 2015 954-519-1260•Fax 954-765-4804 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSION March 30, 2015 The Honorable Wesley S. Davis Chair Indian River County Board of County Commissioners 1801 27th St. Vero Beach, FL 32960-3388 Dear Chair Davis, As you well know, local governments—municipalities and counties—are often leaders in improving the daily lives of Floridians. Accordingly, when a coalition of local governments, including Alachua, Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Orange counties, saw how the Sunshine State could benefit from much wider adoption of rooftop solar photovoltaic(PV)energy, we formed the Go SOLAR Florida initiative with the Florida Solar Energy Center and Florida Atlantic University.The goal of Go SOLAR Florida is to make solar energy more available,easier to obtain, and less expensive for all Floridians. For a state with the third-highest rooftop solar potential of all fifty states, Florida ranks only 13th for total installed solar capacity. Go SOLAR Florida, with your help, wants to do betted Florida deserves to enjoy the potential benefits of rooftop solar energy, including lower electricity costs, local jobs and economic development, reduced dependence on imported fuels, and pollution-free electricity generation. One of the goals of Go SOLAR Florida is to expand the landscape of financial options available to homeowners, businesses,and local governments interested in putting solar PV systems on their rooftops. To further this goal,the Go SOLAR Florida partners created a report, the Florida Solar Financing Action Plan:A Menu of Options (enclosed), to provide local governments with information about financing and policy options. We know that every community's situation is unique, so the Action Plan does not recommend any specific course of action; it merely presents information to help inform local governments of options they might choose to pursue in support of solar financing. Part of our outreach efforts includes reaching out to all 67 counties in Florida, asking them to adopt a non- binding resolution expressing support for the expansion of rooftop solar PV electricity in Florida and agreeing to review the Florida Solar Financing Action Plan for any options that might be appropriate for their communities. Would you be willing to join with us and other counties in the state to show your community's support for solar energy by adopting the enclosed resolution? Should you wish to revise the draft resolution, an electronic copy is attached to the email version of this letter sent recently to your email address and is also available on the Go SOLAR Florida Financial Options website at http://bit.ly/GoSolarFinancial (case-sensitive). Please notify me if your county adopts a Powered by SunShot U.S.Department of Energy 249 This material is based upon work supported by the U S.Department of Energy and the Go SOLAR-Florida Team under Award Number DE-EE006309.