One North University Drive, Suite A203, Plantation, Florida 33324
954-519-1260 • Fax 954-765-4804
DOE EERE SunShot Initiative
Rooftop Solar Challenge II
DE-FOA-0000788
Project Charter for:
Go SOLAR - Florida
Contact:
Jeffery Halsey
Director, Pollution Prevention, Remediation and Air Quality Division
1 North University Drive, Suite 203
Plantation, FL 33324
954.519.1468
jhalsey@broward.org
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.
GO SOLAR – FLORIDA CHARTER
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This charter, a Task 1 Deliverable (Deliverable 1.2) for the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Rooftop Solar
Challenge II grant, presents a summary of the Go SOLAR – Florida partner 1 grant goals, outlines
commitments to realize the goals, describes the organizational structure of the management team, and
identifies key partner contacts.
Go SOLAR – Florida seeks to increase the installations of grid-tied solar at Florida residences and small
businesses, particularly within the partner jurisdictions, by making permitting of solar installations
consistent, fast and simple and by exploring and promoting additional options for financing solar
installations 2.
1. A primary DOE goal is a consistent, fast, simple and replicable permitting process. The Go Solar –
Florida solution must address all four of these components to be successful, with emphasis on a
consistent solution. Consistency means a permitting experience with the same look, feel, and cost
across all partner jurisdictions. The team’s solution begins with Section 377.705 of the Florida
Statutes (Solar Energy Center; development of solar energy standards). This statute mandates that
the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) develop standards for solar energy systems manufactured
or sold in Florida, establish testing criteria for these systems, and then testing of the systems.
Finally, the statute requires all solar energy systems manufactured or sold in Florida to meet FSEC
standards. Accordingly, Go SOLAR – Florida will implement a methodology by which all
components of a solar energy system (panels, mounting system, and electrical) are approved by a
single body – FSEC. Further, plans for those components will be made available through a single
FSEC online portal.
Then, each permitting jurisdiction partner will create an online permitting system by one of three
methods: create a new system, leverage an existing system, or adapt the Go Solar – Broward
System developed by Broward County. Each partner’s system will electronically allow contractors
to access the FSEC approved plans and apply for a permit within that jurisdiction. By virtue of the
plans having been approved by FSEC, partner jurisdictions will no longer have to conduct extended
plan reviews, but can quickly approve the installation of solar energy systems (an approach that
mimics the Miami-Dade County product control process). Each of these seven partner permitting
systems will use the FSEC plans portal, use the same application process, and each of the seven
systems will be accessible through a single online presence (www.gosolarflorida.org).
2. The financing component consists of developing a State of Florida Solar Financial Options Action
Plan. Here, partner and not-for-profit financial option solutions will be catalogued and presented
in a strategic plan to develop a robust, statewide solar financing industry. Next, the Go SOLAR
team will reach out to all Florida counties and request support for the Action Plan, market the Plan,
and conduct targeted education at the state level to promote adoption and implementation of the
plan.
Table 1 provides a brief summary of the level of effort required by each partner to realize the vision above
and will be used in developing the Scope of Work for each partner contract, Figure 1 describes the
governance of the grant, and Figure 2 provides contact information for key partner participants. Attachment
A includes more detail about staffing within the partner agencies.
1
The Florida Counties of Alachua, Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Orange, St. Lucie, the City of Venice, Florida Atlantic
University and the Florida Solar Energy Center formed the Department of Energy grant funded partnership called Go SOLAR –
Florida.
2
These are the two primary grant goals. There are other goals, and detailed grant tasks and deliverables may be reviewed in the
Statement of Project Objectives for Go SOLAR – Florida and are not included here for brevity.
GO SOLAR – FLORIDA CHARTER
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Table 1. Partner Requirements and Budgets
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4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Partners
Tasks
Line
Number
Work collaboratively to promote adoption of solar across
Florida
Work collaboratively to streamline solar permitting and
Participate in monthly conference calls
Build Online System
Revise Broward Online System
Leverage Existing Online System
Develop process to approve solar system plans (panel,
racking and electrical)
Maintain warehouse of electronic plans
Integrate online systems with plans warehouse
Acquire hardware for electronic plan review
Create
Online
System
Contribute financial options for action plan
Develop State of Florida Solar Financial Options Action
Plan
Adopt feasible financial options from plan
Alachua
Broward
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29
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Permitting
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St. Lucie
Venice
FSEC
FAU
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Financial
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Marketing
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Planning and Zoning
Revise Go SOLAR Broward Planning and Zoning BMPs,
create model ordinance
Adopt model zoning ordinance language to facilitate
electronic permitting, as needed
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Net Metering and Interconnection
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Orange
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Obtain statewide support of plan
Obtain State of Florida support/adoption of plan
Participate in Go SOLAR Fests
Conduct jurisdiction-wide marketing
Assist in statewide marketing
Manage state wide marketing of Go Solar - Florida
MiamiMonroe
Dade
General
Coordinate net metering and interconnection
standardization
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Manage grant and partner contracts
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Administration
Federal Request
In-Kind
Total
$232,500
$58,125
$290,625
Budget Totals
Federal
In-Kind
Totals
$1,500,000
$700,776
$2,200,776
$325,000
$403,762
$728,762
Budget
$232,500
$58,125
$290,625
$150,000
$37,711
$187,711
$232,500
$59,310
$291,810
$150,000
$39,369
$189,369
$82,500
$20,624
$103,124
$75,000
$18,750
$93,750
$20,000
$5,000
$25,000
GO SOLAR – FLORIDA CHARTER
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Figure 1. Go Solar - Florida Management Team 3
Figure 2. Go Solar-Florida Key Contacts
Jeffery Halsey
Project Director
jhalsey@broward.org
954-519-1468
Kay Sommers
Project Manager
ksommers@broward.org
954-519-1257
Go Solar – Broward
Planning and Zoning
Lead – Michael Huneke
mhuneke@broward.org
954-357-4906
Lead – Cathy Randazzo
crandazzo@broward.org
954-519-6674
Javier Acevedo, All Partners
FAU
Administration/Budget
IT
Lead – Charvella Campbell
ccampbell@broward.org
954-519-1489
Monica Pognon – ASAP/FRS Report
Fitzroy Bell
Outreach/Marketing
Go SOLAR Fests
Lead – Matt Anderson
mranderson@broward.org
954-519-1482
Jason Leichty, Scott Strauss
Ken Dobies, All Partners,
FAU, FSEC
3
Lead – Andrea Bousquet
abousquet@broward.org
954-765-4400, x9804
Go SOLAR - Florida Permitting Solution
Net Metering & Interconnection
Lead – Kay Sommers/Admin Coordinator II
ksommers@broward.org
954-519-1257
Dan O’linn, Juan Gomez, All Partners
Tables showing all partner team members are in Attachment A
Financial Options
Lead – Dr. Jennifer Jurado
jjurado@broward.org
954-519-1464
All Partners
Advisory Body
• Broward County Board of
Rules and Appeals
• Miami-Dade County Board
of Rules and Appeals
• Lenny Vialpando – Broward
County Building Permitting
Director
• Armando Linares – Broward
County Environmental
Protection and Growth
Management Deputy
Director
• Henry Sniezek – Broward
County Planning Director
Alachua County
Holly Banner
hbanner@alachuacounty.us
352-374-5249
Broward County
Jeffery Halsey
954-519-1468
jhalsey@broward.org
FAU
Diana Mitsova
dmitsova@fau.edu
954-762-5674
FSEC
Colleen Kettles
ckettles@fsec.ucf.edu
321-638-1004
Miami-Dade County
Boris Sursky
sky@miamidade.gov
(786) 315-2050
Monroe County
Rhonda Hagg
Haag-Rhonda@MonroeCounty-FL.Gov
305-453-8774
Orange County
Renee Parker
renee.parker@ocfl.net
407-836-1420
St. Lucie County
Monica Graziani
GrazianiM@stlucieco.org
City of Venice
Karen Butterworth
kbutterwor@venicegov.com
(941) 486-2626 ext. 22003
GO SOLAR – FLORIDA CHARTER
ATTACHMENT A
Partner Staffing
Partner Information
Alachua County
_______________________________________
(Name of Partner)
12 SE 1st Street
(Main Address)
______________________________________
Gainesville,
32601
(City, Zip)
_______________________________________
Roles
Name/Title
Key Contact
Building Official
Information Technology
Historic Preservation
Planning
Zoning
Tree Preservation
Sustainability Coordinator
Marketing or Public
Information Officer
Web Address to post on GoSolarFlorida.org
www.alachuacounty.us
_____________________________________________________________
352-374-5249
Phone ________________________________________________________
Address (if other than main address
listed above)
Email
Phone
Holly Banner/Planner
10 SW 2nd Avenue, Gainesville, 32601
hbanner@alachuacounty.us
352-374-5249
Greg Ferrone/Building Official
10 SW 2nd Avenue, Gainesville, 32601
gferrone@alachuacounty.us
352-374-5243
Tim Clark/Systems Analyst
10 SW 2nd Avenue, Gainesville, 32601
tclark@alachuacounty.us
352-870-0623
Kathleen Pagan/Senior Planner
10 SW 2nd Avenue, Gainesville, 32601
kpagan@alachuacounty.us
352-374-5249
Holly Banner/Planner
10 SW 2nd Avenue, Gainesville, 32601
hbanner@alachuacounty.us
352-374-5249
Holly Banner/Planner
10 SW 2nd Avenue, Gainesville, 32601
hbanner@alachuacounty.us
352-374-5249
Steve Kabat/Forrester
10 SW 2nd Avenue, Gainesville, 32601
skabat@alachuacounty.us
352-374-5243
Sean McLendon/Chief of Staff
smclendon@alachuacounty.us
352-548-3765
Mark Sexton/Communications Coord.
msexton@alachuacounty.us
352-264-6979
Are you engaging the cities in your jurisdiction?
Yes
No
currently: Gainesville, Newberry, Micanopy, Hawthorne, LaCrosse, Archer
If yes, please list each city.___________________________________________________________________________________________________
will be reaching out to: Alachua, High Springs, Waldo
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Send your agency logo to KSommers@broward.org
Guidance for logos: Logo files must be vector .eps files or high resolution .jpg files
H:\Go SOLAR Florida Grant\Partner Information.docx
Partner Information
City of Venice
_______________________________________
(Name of Partner)
401 W. Venice Avenue
(Main Address)
______________________________________
Venice,
Florida 34285
(City, Zip)
_______________________________________
Roles
Name/Title
Key Contact
Building Official
Information Technology
Historic Preservation
Planning
Zoning
Tree Preservation
Sustainability Coordinator
Marketing or Public
Information Officer
Web Address to post on GoSolarFlorida.org
_____________________________________________________________
941-486-2626
Phone ________________________________________________________
Address (if other than main address
listed above)
Email
Phone
Karen Butterworth
kbutterworth@venicegov.com
941-486-2626 ext. 22003
Vince LaPorta
vlaporta@venicegov.com
941-486-2626 ext. 22001
Jeff Bolen / Nancy Hurley
jbolan@venicegov.com / nhurley@venicegov.com 941-486-2626 ext. 27001/ext. 27004
James Hagler
jhagler@venicegov.com
941-486-2487
Jeff Shrun / Scott Pickett
jshrun@venicegov.com/spickett@venicegov.com 941-486-2626 ext. 28006/ext.25004
Jeff Shrun / Scott Pickett
jshrun@venicegov.com/spickett@venicegov.com 941-486-2626 ext. 28006/ext.25004
Pam Johnson
Are you engaging the cities in your jurisdiction?
pjohnson@venicegov.com
Yes
941-486-2626 ext. 24005
No
If yes, please list each city.___________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Send your agency logo to KSommers@broward.org
Guidance for logos: Logo files must be vector .eps files or high resolution .jpg files
H:\Go SOLAR Florida Grant\Partner Information.docx
Partner Information
Florida Solar Energy Center
_______________________________________
(Name of Partner)
1679 Clearlake Road
(Main Address)
______________________________________
Cocoa,
FL 32922
(City, Zip)
_______________________________________
Roles
Name/Title
Key Contact
Building Official
Information Technology
Historic Preservation
Planning
Zoning
Tree Preservation
Sustainability Coordinator
Marketing or Public
Information Officer
Web Address to post on GoSolarFlorida.org
www.fsec.ucf.edu
_____________________________________________________________
321-638-1000
Phone ________________________________________________________
Address (if other than main address
listed above)
Email
Phone
Colleen Kettles, Program Director
ckettles@fsec.ucf.edu
321-638-1004
Stephen Barkaszi, Program Director
barkaszi@fsec.ucf.edu
321-638-1473
Dave Click, Program Director
daveclick@fsec.ucf.edu
321-638-1408
Are you engaging the cities in your jurisdiction?
Yes
No
NA
If yes, please list each city.___________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Send your agency logo to KSommers@broward.org
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Partner Information
Miami-Dade County Regulatory & Economic Resources Dept.
_______________________________________
(Name of Partner)
11805 SW 26 Street
(Main Address)
______________________________________
Miami,
Florida 33027
(City, Zip)
_______________________________________
Roles
Name/Title
Key Contact
Building Official
Information Technology
Historic Preservation
Planning
Zoning
Tree Preservation
Sustainability Coordinator
Marketing or Public
Information Officer
Web Address to post on GoSolarFlorida.org
http://www.miamidade.gov/economy/
_____________________________________________________________
786-315-2000
Phone ________________________________________________________
Address (if other than main address
listed above)
Michael Goolsby
Email
Phone
mg045@miamidade.gov
786-315-2509
gomezp@miamidade.gov
305-375-4775
Charles Danger
n/a
n/a
Patrica Gomez
Miriam Rossi
Are you engaging the cities in your jurisdiction?
mzr@miamidade.gov 786-315-2294
Yes
No
Letters of Commitment: Coral Gables, Palmetto Bay, Pinecrest, Cutler Bay, South Miami
If yes, please list each city.___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Letters of Support :Florida City and Miami Shores
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Partner Information
Monroe County
_______________________________________
(Name of Partner)
1100 Simonton St, Ste. 2-205
(Main Address)
______________________________________
Key
West, FL 33040
(City, Zip)
_______________________________________
Roles
Name/Title
Key Contact
Building Official
Information Technology
Historic Preservation
Planning
Zoning
Tree Preservation
Sustainability Coordinator
Marketing or Public
Information Officer
Web Address to post on GoSolarFlorida.org
http://www.monroecounty-fl.gov
_____________________________________________________________
(305) 453-8774 (this may change)
Phone ________________________________________________________
Address (if other than main address
listed above)
Email
Mike Roberts
2798 Overseas Hwy Marathon, FL 33050
roberts-michael@monroecounty-fl.gov
Jerry Smith
2798 Overseas Hwy Marathon, FL 33050
Smith-Jerry@MonroeCounty-FL.Gov
Rey Ortiz
102050 Overseas Hwy, Key Largo, FL 33037
Ortiz-Reynaldo@MonroeCounty-FL.Gov
Joe Haberman
2798 Overseas Hwy Marathon, FL 33050
Haberman-Joe@monroecounty-fl.gov
Joe Haberman
2798 Overseas Hwy Marathon, FL 33050
Haberman-Joe@monroecounty-fl.gov
Mike Roberts
2798 Overseas Hwy Marathon, FL 33050
roberts-michael@monroecounty-fl.gov
Rhonda Haag
102050 Overseas Hwy, Ste. 2-246, Key Largo, FL 33037
haag-rhonda@monroecounty-fl.gov
Are you engaging the cities in your jurisdiction?
Yes
Phone
305-289-2502
(305) 453-8774
No
Marathon, Key West, Islamorada, Key Colony Beach
If yes, please list each city.___________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Partner Information
Orange County Government -- Environmental Protection Division
_______________________________________
(Name of Partner)
EPD Offices, 800 Mercy Drive, Suite 4
(Main Address)
______________________________________
Orlando,
Florida 32808
(City, Zip)
_______________________________________
Roles
Name/Title
Key Contact
Building Official
Information Technology
Historic Preservation
Planning
Zoning
Tree Preservation
Sustainability Coordinator
Marketing or Public
Information Officer
Web Address to post on GoSolarFlorida.org
_____________________________________________________________
(407) 836-1400
Phone ________________________________________________________
Address (if other than main address
listed above)
Same as above
Email
Phone
Renee.Parker@ocfl.net
(407) 836-1420
Alan Plante, CBO / Tim Boldig, Mgr. OC Division of Building Safety, 201 S. Rosalind Avenue, 1st Floor
Alan.Plante@ocfl.net
(407) 836-5816
Aneta Duhigg, Sr. Business Systems Analyst Orange County CEDS Department, 201 S. Rosalind Avenue, 2nd Floor
Aneta.Duhigg@ocfl.net
(407) 836-5873
Renee Parker, EPD Program Supervisor
N/A
Orange County Administration Center, 201 S. Rosalind Ave., Orlando, FL 32801
Susan.McCune@ocfl.net
(407) 836-0952
Carol Hossfield, Chief Planner
Orange County Zoning Division, 201 S. Rosalind Ave., 1st Floor
Carol.Hossfield@ocfl.net
(407) 836-5585
Joanne Lavner, Planner
Orange County Zoning Division, 201 S. Rosalind Ave., 1st Floor
Joanne.Lavner@ocfl.net
(407) 836-2903
Eric Uskowitz, Economic Dev. Administrator Orange County Administrator's Office, 201 S. Rosalind Ave., 5th Floor
Eric.Ushkowitz@ocfl.net
(407) 836-7326
Laureen.Martinez@ocfl.net
(407) 836-5301
Susan McCune, Project Manager Orange County Planning Division, 201 S. Rosalind Ave., 2nd Floor
Laureen Martinez, Asst. Manager
Orange County Communications Div., 201 S. Rosalind Ave., 3rd Floor
Are you engaging the cities in your jurisdiction?
Yes
No
If yes, please list each city.___________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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