Group encourages job seekers to apply to legislature
by Michael C. Bender | March 10th, 2009
A recommendation from the Florida Public Service Commission for state lawmakers to mandate that 20 percent of the state’s electricity come from renewable sources by 2020 could generate 85,000 jobs in the state, according to The Vote Solar Initiative.
And the San Francisco-based group is taking out these classified ads in newspapers across the state, including The Palm Beach Post, for interested electricians and engineers to apply to the legislature for these jobs, Post writer Susan Salisbury reports today.
Gwen Rose, deputy director of The Vote Solar Initiative, said the jobs estimate comes from a study by Navigant Consulting that showed more than 3,800 megawatts of solar power could be generated if the state goes to the 20 percent standard. According to Navigant, with each megawatt yielding 15 to 30 direct jobs, that translates into 57,000 to 114,000 direct jobs — 85,500 is the mid-range.
Tags: renewable energy, unemployment
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