Why dont Floridians install panels themselves? Airco use correlates strongly with sunshine, so I imagine they pay themselves back within a year or three.
Germany got around all these obstacles, but if the state and utilities are in the way, it's hard for individuals to make the move to solar.
So coupling AC with PV seems like a no brainer it doesn’t work that well when you really want to blast that AC full power because panels get too hot from the outside temperature.
Edit: here it is https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38688116
Is that significant enough to matter? How much does it lose?