Florida Senate Bill 640 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 9 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-09 - Died in Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Authorizing a local government to create an energy zone by ordinance; allowing a producer of renewable energy to produce and sell energy within the boundaries of the energy zone; requiring that the producer or new customer of renewable energy be offered an interruptible rate from the utility; authorizing retail sales by any producer of renewable energy within an energy zone; requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt rules to govern sales by producers of renewable energy within the local government energy zone; redefining the term "public utility" to exempt producers and sellers of renewable energy from economic regulation by the Public Service Commission, etc.

Local Government Energy Zones

Sen. Michael Bennett [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-09		Died in Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities
2012-01-12		Now in Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities -SJ 135
2012-01-12		Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 135
2012-01-10		Introduced -SJ 55
2011-12-21		On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/12/12, 8:00 am, 412 Knott Building
2011-11-16		Referred to Community Affairs; Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; Budget -SJ 55
2011-10-21		Filed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
290	007		Amended Code	See Bill Text
366	02		Amended Code	See Bill Text
768	1382		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/640
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/0640/BillText/Filed/HTML