| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to renewable energy; amending s. 377.803, |
| 3 | F.S.; defining the term "net metering"; creating s. |
| 4 | 377.805, F.S.; providing a short title; directing the |
| 5 | Public Service Commission to require all electric |
| 6 | utilities to develop net metering programs; requiring |
| 7 | electric utilities to make certain meters available to |
| 8 | customers; providing for a customer to receive credit for |
| 9 | electricity generated by renewable energy systems owned by |
| 10 | the customer; providing eligibility criteria; authorizing |
| 11 | the commission to adopt rules; providing an effective |
| 12 | date. |
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| 14 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 16 | Section 1. Subsections (5) through (10) of section |
| 17 | 377.803, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (6) |
| 18 | through (11), respectively, and a new subsection (5) is added to |
| 19 | that section to read: |
| 20 | 377.803 Definitions.--As used in ss. 377.801-377.806, the |
| 21 | term: |
| 22 | (5) "Net metering" means a process by which an electric |
| 23 | utility credits a customer at the full retail rate for |
| 24 | electricity produced by one or more renewable energy systems |
| 25 | generating more electricity than the customer consumes. |
| 26 | Section 2. Section 377.805, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 27 | to read: |
| 28 | 377.805 Electric utilities; net metering.-- |
| 29 | (1) This section may be cited as the "Florida Net Metering |
| 30 | Conservation Act." |
| 31 | (2) The commission shall require all electric utilities to |
| 32 | develop net metering programs that meet the requirements of this |
| 33 | subsection. The utilities shall make available to customers |
| 34 | reversible electric meters that subtract the amount of |
| 35 | electricity a customer generates from the amount of energy a |
| 36 | customer consumes. The customer shall receive credit at the full |
| 37 | retail rate for electricity generated by eligible renewable |
| 38 | energy systems. If the customer's system generates more energy |
| 39 | than the customer consumes during a billing cycle, the customer |
| 40 | shall pay only the basic charge for service and the excess |
| 41 | credit shall be carried forward to the following billing cycle. |
| 42 | Pursuant to s. 366.81, the utility may not discriminate in the |
| 43 | rate or rate structure on the basis of the customer-owned |
| 44 | renewable energy system. |
| 45 | (3) To be eligible to participate in the program, the |
| 46 | customer's system must use a renewable source of energy to |
| 47 | produce the electricity, must have an aggregate power output of |
| 48 | no more than 25 kilowatts single-phase or 100 kilowatts three- |
| 49 | phase, and must meet the safety and compatibility requirements |
| 50 | set by rule of the commission. |
| 51 | (4) The commission may adopt rules pursuant to ss. |
| 52 | 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement and administer this section. |
| 53 | Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |