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We Explore Efforts to form a Solar Panel Co-op in Collier County

WGCU | By Julie Glenn,
Mike Kiniry
Published January 29, 2019 at 11:50 AM EST
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There is an effort underway in Collier County to start a co-op for those who want solar panels. Such a co-op would help people save money when they add solar panels to their homes using the leverage of bulk buying.

We’re joined byPatricia Forkan, the chair of theEnvironmental Affairs Committeefrom theLeague of Women Voters of Collier Countywhich is leading the effort. AndJody Finver, the South Florida Program Coordinator forSolar United Neighbors of Florida, the national nonprofit dedicated to representing the interests of solar owners and supporters, also joins us.

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Julie Glenn
Julie Glenn is the host of Gulf Coast Live. She has been working in southwest Florida as a freelance writer since 2007, most recently as a regular columnist for the Naples Daily News. She began her broadcasting career in 1993 as a reporter/anchor/producer for a local CBS affiliate in Quincy, Illinois. After also working for the NBC affiliate, she decided to move to Parma, Italy where she earned her Master’s degree in communication from the University of Gastronomic Sciences. Her undergraduate degree in Mass Communication is from the University of Missouri at Kansas City.
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Mike Kiniry
Mike Kiniry is producer of Gulf Coast Live, and co-creator and host of the WGCU podcast Three Song Stories: Biography Through Music. He first joined the WGCU team in the summer of 2003 as an intern while studying Communication at Florida Gulf Coast University.
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