Senate Bill sb2820

    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 2820

    By Senator Justice





    16-1389-07                                              See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to renewable energy; amending

  3         s. 377.803, F.S.; defining the term "net

  4         metering"; creating s. 377.805, F.S.; providing

  5         a short title; directing the Public Service

  6         Commission and the Department of Environmental

  7         Protection to develop rules requiring all

  8         electric utilities to develop net metering

  9         programs; providing for a customer to receive

10         credit for electricity generated by renewable

11         energy systems owned by the customer; directing

12         the commission and department to adopt rules

13         setting the standards renewable energy systems

14         must meet for customers to qualify for the

15         program; providing 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.  Subsections (5) through (10) of section

20  377.803, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (6)

21  through (11), respectively, and a new subsection (5) is added

22  to that section to read:

23         377.803  Definitions.--As used in ss. 377.801-377.806,

24  the term:

25         (5)  "Net metering" means a process by which an

26  electric utility buys back energy produced by a customer who

27  uses one or more renewable energy systems and produces more

28  energy than he or she uses.

29         Section 2.  Section 377.805, Florida Statutes, is

30  created to read:

31         377.805  Electric utilities; net metering.--

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 2820
    16-1389-07                                              See HB




 1         (1)  This section may be cited as the "Florida Net

 2  Metering Conservation Act."

 3         (2)  The commission and the department shall develop

 4  rules requiring all electric utilities to develop net metering

 5  programs that meet the requirements of this subsection. The

 6  utilities shall make available meters that run backwards when

 7  a customer produces more energy than the customer uses. The

 8  customer shall receive credit at the full retail rate for

 9  energy generated by eligible systems. If the customer's system

10  generates more energy than the customer consumes during a

11  billing cycle, the customer shall pay only the basic charge

12  for service and the excess credit shall be carried forward to

13  the following billing cycle.

14         (3)  The commission and the department shall develop

15  rules setting the standards renewable energy systems must meet

16  for customers to be eligible to participate in the net

17  metering program.

18         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

19  law.

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