More solar power to him - on roof (St. Pete FL)

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http://www.sptimes.com/2007/04/22/Neighborhoodtimes/More_solar_power__to_.shtml

ST. PETERSBURG - About the time air conditioners begin throbbing against June's dire heat, Peter Belmont expects his power bill to go down.

Say again?

"Next to nothing," the environmental lawyer said this month while watching work crews install solar panels on his townhouse roof.

Belmont thinks he is among the first in St. Petersburg to set up the photovoltaic panels on an existing residence. He lives at Fareham Place, a downtown development just off First Street N.

Twelve 200-watt panels will collect energy from the sun and convert it to electric power to run the household. It would seem a sensible situation in a place nicknamed the Sunshine City.

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