Florida House Bill 687 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on March 11 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-11 - Died in Energy and Utilities Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Restricts manner in which counties & municipalities regulate renewable energy devices; exempts specific entities from PSC regulation; authorizes local renewable energy suppliers to sell local renewable energy to certain end users; specifies conditions under which certain end users may interconnect with local renewable energy suppliers or local electric utilities; provides conditions under which local renewable energy suppliers may interconnect; provides conditions under which net metering provisions apply; restricts declaration of covenants from regulating certain renewable energy devices more stringent than required under Florida Building Code; prohibits enforcement of certain state laws enacted pursuant to federal rules mandating state action under certain circumstances.

Energy Policy

Rep. Fredrick Costello [R]

Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-11	House	Died in Energy and Utilities Subcommittee
2016-01-12	House	Introduced
2015-11-23	House	Referred to Energy and Utilities Subcommittee; Government Operations Appropriations Subcommittee; Regulatory Affairs Committee
2015-11-17	House	Filed

S1328 (Similar To) 2016-03-11 - Died in Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
125	01		Amended Code	See Bill Text
166	041		Amended Code	See Bill Text
366	02		Amended Code	See Bill Text
366	8253		Amended Code	See Bill Text
366	91		Amended Code	See Bill Text
366	92		Amended Code	See Bill Text
373	236		Amended Code	See Bill Text
403	973		Amended Code	See Bill Text
720	3035		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/687
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0687/BillText/Filed/PDF