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11 Senators Rossin, Silver, Campbell, Dyer, Forman, Hargrett,
12 Holzendorf, Kurth, Meadows, Thomas and Turner moved the
13 following substitute amendment to amendment 613386:
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15 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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19 Section 1. Each residential electric utility
20 customer account of an "electric utility" as defined in s.
21 366.02(2), F.S. receiving active, residential electric utility
22 service on May 1, 1998, shall be provided with a $50 credit,
23 or an amount for which funds are equally available from the
24 General Revenue Trust Fund, on their electric utility service
25 account in August of 1998. The method for the award of this
26 credit shall be as follows:
27 a) Each electric utility shall file with the Florida
28 Public Service Commission by June 1, 1998 certification of the
29 total number of residential electric utility accounts
30 receiving active service on May 1, 1998.
31 b) Upon receipt of the certification of the total
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1 number of residential electric utility accounts from the
2 utilities , the Commission shall calculate the amount of funds
3 necessary for each electric utility to accomplish the
4 provision of this section by multiplying the number of
5 residential accounts active on May 1, 1998 by $50.
6 c) The Commission shall produce a list of the
7 utilities detailing the calculated amount of funds necessary
8 to provide the $50 credit and certify this list to the
9 Comptroller of the State of Florida, the President of the
10 Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by
11 June 15, 1998. Upon any specific request of the Comptroller,
12 the President of the Senate, or the Speaker of the House of
13 Representatives, the Public Service Commission shall have the
14 authority to audit the total number of residential electric
15 utility accounts as filed pursuant to subsection (b) of this
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17 d) The Comptroller shall distribute funds to each
18 individual electric utility based on the list submitted by
19 the Commission on or before July 1, 1998. The Comptroller
20 shall make appropriate adjustments as funds are available to
21 ensure an equal credit to each specified electric utility
22 customer as provided by this section.
23 e) The Florida Public Service Commission shall direct
24 each electric utility to provide the credit on the electric
25 service account of the eligible residential electric service
26 customers on August 1, 1998 as provided by this section,
27 without exception. The Commission shall develop the
28 appropriate language describing the credit on the bill and
29 notifying customers of the credit application process making
30 every effort to neutralize costs to the utilities. Credits
31 shall be reflected on the bills rendered by the utility
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1 starting on August 1, 1998 for the applicable customer
2 accounts as they are subsequently billed according to the
3 utility's standard billing cycles, said credits being applied
4 to the bills up to the total amount owed each month for
5 electric service. When bills for electric service do not have
6 sufficient electric service amounts owed to utilize the entire
7 amount of the credit, the remaining credit will be carried on
8 the account for subsequent months billing until the total
9 credit has been utilized or until October 31, 1998. Any
10 customer receiving service on May 1, 1998 that is no longer
11 receiving electric service from the electric utility on August
12 1, 1998, shall have the credit reflected on their prior
13 account until such time as the utility determines that such
14 customer has not requested or renewed service service from the
15 utility between August 1, 1998 and October 31, 1998. All
16 undistributed credits which have not been distributed for
17 whatever reason, shall be accounted for by the utility and
18 returned to the Comptroller of the State of Florida before
19 December 1, 1998. All disputes related to the distribution or
20 the amount of the credit shall be resolved by the Florida
21 Public Service Commission.
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23 It is the intent of the Legislature that this one-time credit
24 not require any increase or decrease in current utility rates
25 as established at the effective date of this section. Prior to
26 the application of this credit, amounts owed by each customer
27 shall be calculated without regard to the existence of the
28 credit. As a result, the amounts due from each customer,
29 including but not limited to rates, state, and local taxes,
30 franchise fees, and any other applicable charges, shall not be
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6 And the title is amended as follows:
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10 providing for a residential electric utilities
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