Florida Senate - 2007 SENATOR AMENDMENT
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11 Senator Bennett moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment
14 Delete lines 122-194,
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17 Section 2. Subsection (4) is added to section 403.502,
18 Florida Statutes, to read:
19 403.502 Legislative intent.--The Legislature finds
20 that the present and predicted growth in electric power
21 demands in this state requires the development of a procedure
22 for the selection and utilization of sites for electrical
23 generating facilities and the identification of a state
24 position with respect to each proposed site. The Legislature
25 recognizes that the selection of sites and the routing of
26 associated transmission lines will have a significant impact
27 upon the welfare of the population, the location and growth of
28 industry, and the use of the natural resources of the state.
29 The Legislature finds that the efficiency of the permit
30 application and review process at both the state and local
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1 whereby a permit application would be centrally coordinated
2 and all permit decisions could be reviewed on the basis of
3 standards and recommendations of the deciding agencies. It is
4 the policy of this state that, while recognizing the pressing
5 need for increased power generation facilities, the state
6 shall ensure through available and reasonable methods that the
7 location and operation of electrical power plants will produce
8 minimal adverse effects on human health, the environment, the
9 ecology of the land and its wildlife, and the ecology of state
10 waters and their aquatic life and will not unduly conflict
11 with the goals established by the applicable local
12 comprehensive plans. It is the intent to seek courses of
13 action that will fully balance the increasing demands for
14 electrical power plant location and operation with the broad
15 interests of the public. Such action will be based on these
16 premises:
17 (4) To assure the citizens of Florida that renewable
18 energy sources and technologies, as well as conservation
19 measures, are utilized to the extent reasonably available.
20 Section 3. Subsections (3) and (4) of section 403.519,
21 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
22 403.519 Exclusive forum for determination of need.--
23 (3) The commission shall be the sole forum for the
24 determination of this matter, which accordingly shall not be
25 raised in any other forum or in the review of proceedings in
26 such other forum. In making its determination, the commission
27 shall take into account the need for electric system
28 reliability and integrity, the need for adequate electricity
29 at a reasonable cost, the need for fuel diversity and supply
30 reliability, and whether the proposed plant is the most
31 cost-effective alternative available, and whether renewable
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1 energy sources and technologies, as well as conservation
2 measures, are utilized to the extent reasonably available. The
3 commission shall also expressly consider the conservation
4 measures taken by or reasonably available to the applicant or
5 its members which might mitigate the need for the proposed
6 plant and other matters within its jurisdiction which it deems
7 relevant. The commission's determination of need for an
8 electrical power plant shall create a presumption of public
9 need and necessity and shall serve as the commission's report
10 required by s. 403.507(4). An order entered pursuant to this
11 section constitutes final agency action.
12 (4) In making its determination on a proposed
13 electrical power plant using nuclear materials or synthesis
14 gas produced by integrated gasification combined cycle power
15 plant as fuel, the commission shall hold a hearing within 90
16 days after the filing of the petition to determine need and
17 shall issue an order granting or denying the petition within
18 135 days after the date of the filing of the petition. The
19 commission shall be the sole forum for the determination of
20 this matter and the issues addressed in the petition, which
21 accordingly shall not be reviewed in any other forum, or in
22 the review of proceedings in such other forum. In making its
23 determination to either grant or deny the petition, the
24 commission shall consider the need for electric system
25 reliability and integrity, including fuel diversity, the need
26 for base-load generating capacity, and the need for adequate
27 electricity at a reasonable cost, and whether renewable energy
28 sources and technologies, as well as conservation measures,
29 are utilized to the extent reasonably available.
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