NextEra a Floridian utility company that has recently moved to investing in solar, slightly surpassing Mobile Exxon (largely due to the company's gradual disinvestment in the renewable sector). Here, the article discusses the role NextEra plays into the renewable energy transitions, which has largely taken a foothold in discussions about vulnerable communities and their likelihood of acquiring energy-efficient and zero-emissions technology and home energy systems. In past discussions, the nexus between energy vulnerable populations and energy transitions has focused on the possibility vulnerable communities have to move to zero-emissions' systems, appliances, etc., and whether they would be left behind by such a dramatic change in energy fuels. The article here discusses the company's initial reluctant move to renewable energy, but it details how the company has more recently taken advantage of county, state, and federal grants and tax breaks as related to renewable energy creation and acquisition, this includes solar. Essentially, the article documents the way NextEra has monopolized solar installation in Florida, which speaks back to the exacerbated vulnerability felt by those communities who cannot afford zero-emissions energy systems, let alone systems that are installed by a monopolizing, profit-seeking company. The discussions here presented in the article should be juxtaposed to discussions of energy vulnerability and energy rights, particularly as discussions of household inability to afford utilities and energy has been a dominant and consistent theme of discussion in energy news.
Anonymous, "America’s Greenest Energy Giant Isn’t Trying to Save the Planet", contributed by Briana Leone, The Energy Rights Project, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 7 December 2020, accessed 25 April 2024. https://energyrights.info/content/america’s-greenest-energy-giant-isn’t-trying-save-planet
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NextEra a Floridian utility company that has recently moved to investing in solar, slightly surpassing Mobile Exxon (largely due to the company's gradual disinvestment in the renewable sector). Here, the article discusses the role NextEra plays into the renewable energy transitions, which has largely taken a foothold in discussions about vulnerable communities and their likelihood of acquiring energy-efficient and zero-emissions technology and home energy systems. In past discussions, the nexus between energy vulnerable populations and energy transitions has focused on the possibility vulnerable communities have to move to zero-emissions' systems, appliances, etc., and whether they would be left behind by such a dramatic change in energy fuels. The article here discusses the company's initial reluctant move to renewable energy, but it details how the company has more recently taken advantage of county, state, and federal grants and tax breaks as related to renewable energy creation and acquisition, this includes solar. Essentially, the article documents the way NextEra has monopolized solar installation in Florida, which speaks back to the exacerbated vulnerability felt by those communities who cannot afford zero-emissions energy systems, let alone systems that are installed by a monopolizing, profit-seeking company. The discussions here presented in the article should be juxtaposed to discussions of energy vulnerability and energy rights, particularly as discussions of household inability to afford utilities and energy has been a dominant and consistent theme of discussion in energy news.