Bradenton homeowners Alice Newlon and Thomas Skoloda.
More than 60,000 homes, businesses and billboards are powered by solar energy across Florida right now, and one nonprofit is trying to increase that number by getting residents to purchase through multiple groups.
Florida has clusters of homeowners joining forces to sign up for solar power.
Solar United Neighbors, or SUN, is a national nonprofit that brings people together through "solar co-ops."
"If you thought about your interest in going solar and shopping around with different installers, this simplifies the project by bringing in education and information about solar technology, and a competitive bid process that gets some great pricing and equipment by a group of solar homeowners going together," said Julia Herbst, the Gulf Coast program coordinator for SUN in Florida.