Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1472
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/08/2013           .                                
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       The Committee on Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities
       (Flores) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (241108) (with directory and
    2  title amendments)
    3  
    4         Delete lines 12 - 85
    5  and insert:
    6  only costs related to, or necessary for, obtaining such
    7  licensing or certification.
    8         (c) After a utility obtains a license or certification, it
    9  must petition the commission for approval before proceeding with
   10  preconstruction work beyond those activities necessary to obtain
   11  or maintain a license or certificate.
   12         1. The only costs that a utility that has obtained a
   13  license or certification may recover before obtaining commission
   14  approval are those that are previously approved or necessary to
   15  maintain the license or certification.
   16         2. In order for the commission to approve preconstruction
   17  work on a plant, it must determine that:
   18         a. There is still a need for the plant; and
   19         b. The projected costs for the plant are reasonable.
   20         (d) After a utility obtains approval to proceed with post
   21  licensing or post-certification preconstruction work, it must
   22  petition the commission for approval of any preconstruction
   23  materials or equipment purchases that exceed 1 percent of the
   24  total projected cost for the project.
   25         (e) A utility must petition the commission for approval
   26  before beginning the construction phase.
   27         1. The only costs that a utility that has obtained
   28  commission approval may recover before beginning construction
   29  work are those that are previously approved or necessary to
   30  maintain the license or certification.
   31         2. In order for the commission to approve proceeding with
   32  construction on a plant, it must determine that:
   33         a. There is still a need for the plant; and
   34         b. The projected costs for the plant are reasonable.
   35         (f) If a utility has not begun construction of a plant
   36  within:
   37         1. Ten years after the date on which it obtains a combined
   38  license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a nuclear
   39  power plant or a certification for an integrated gasification
   40  combined cycle power plant, it must petition the commission to
   41  preserve the opportunity for future recovery under this section
   42  for costs relating to that plant. The commission must determine
   43  whether the utility remains intent on building the plant.
   44         a. If the commission finds that the utility remains intent
   45  on building the plant, the utility may continue to recover
   46  costs.
   47         b. If the commission finds a lack of such intent, it may
   48  enter an order prohibiting recovery of any future costs relating
   49  to the plant, notwithstanding any other provision of law.
   50         2. Twenty years after the date on which it obtains a
   51  combined license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a
   52  nuclear power plant or a certification for an integrated
   53  gasification combined cycle power plant, the utility may not
   54  recover future costs relating to that plant under this or
   55  another section, notwithstanding any other provision of law.
   56  
   57  ====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T ======
   58         And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   59         Delete line 91
   60  and insert:
   61         Section 1. Subsections (1) through (3) of section
   62  
   63  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   64         And the title is amended as follows:
   65         Delete lines 101 - 103
   66  and insert:
   67         an