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JEA agrees to 20-year solar power deal

The Florida Municipal Power Agency Harmony Solar Energy Center in Osceola County.
Jacksonville Daily Record
The Florida Municipal Power Agency Harmony Solar Energy Center in Osceola County.

JEA will enter into a $400.8 million, 20-year agreement to buy solar power from the Florida Municipal Power Agency and receive it via Florida Power & Light Co. transmission lines.

According to JEA Director of Content and Media Relations Karen McAllister, the power from the agreement will be about 2.6% of JEA’s energy mix. 

The agreement comes two months after JEA released its seven-year renewable energy goal of generating 35% of its electricity using renewable and clean energy sources by 2030. 

Read the rest of this story at the Jacksonville Daily Record, a WJCT News partner.