Bill Text: FL H0661 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Customer-owned Renewable Generation

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Failed) 2012-03-09 - Died in Energy and Utilities Subcommittee [H0661 Detail]

Download: Florida-2012-H0661-Introduced.html

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HB 661

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to customer-owned renewable
3	generation; amending s. 366.91, F.S.; revising the
4	definition of the term "customer-owned renewable
5	generation"; allowing a customer of a public utility
6	who installs customer-owned renewable generation to
7	sell renewable energy to a tenant of the customer-
8	owned property and to separately bill the tenant;
9	requiring that the Florida Public Service Commission
10	adopt rules; allowing a customer of a municipal
11	electric utility or rural electric cooperative who
12	installs customer-owned renewable generation to sell
13	renewable energy to a tenant of the customer-owned
14	property and to separately bill the tenant; providing
15	an effective date.
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17	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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19	Section 1.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) and subsections
20	(5) and (6) of section 366.91, Florida Statutes, are amended to
21	read:
22	366.91  Renewable energy.-
23	(2)  As used in this section, the term:
24	(b)  "Customer-owned renewable generation" means an
25	electric generating system located on a customer's premises
26	which that is primarily intended to offset part or all of the
27	customer's electricity requirements with renewable energy. The
28	customer's electricity requirements for renewable energy may
29	include sufficient generation for use by the customer's tenants
30	on the customer's premises served by the renewable generation.
31	(5)(a)  On or before January 1, 2009, Each public utility
32	shall develop a standardized interconnection agreement and net
33	metering program for customer-owned renewable generation.
34	(b)  A customer of a public utility who installs customer-
35	owned renewable generation to serve customer-owned property that
36	is occupied by a tenant may sell the generated renewable energy
37	to the tenant of the customer-owned property and separately bill
38	the tenant for the electricity sold.
39	(c)  The commission shall adopt rules to administer this
40	section and shall establish requirements relating to the
41	expedited interconnection and net metering of customer-owned
42	renewable generation by public utilities and may adopt rules to
43	administer this section.
44	(6)(a)  On or before July 1, 2009, Each municipal electric
45	utility and each rural electric cooperative that sells
46	electricity at retail shall develop a standardized
47	interconnection agreement and net metering program for customer-
48	owned renewable generation.
49	(b)  A customer of a municipal electric utility or a rural
50	electric cooperative who installs customer-owned renewable
51	generation to serve customer-owned property that is occupied by
52	a tenant may sell the generated renewable energy to the tenant
53	of the customer-owned property and separately bill the tenant
54	for the electricity sold.
55	(c)  Each governing authority shall establish requirements
56	relating to the expedited interconnection and net metering of
57	customer-owned renewable generation.
58	(d)  By April 1 of each year, each municipal electric
59	utility and rural electric cooperative utility serving retail
60	customers shall file a report with the commission detailing
61	customer participation in the interconnection and net metering
62	program, including, but not limited to, the number and total
63	capacity of interconnected generating systems and the total
64	energy net metered in the previous year.
65	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.

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