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Senator Saunders moved the following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)

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     Between line(s) 2126-2127

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insert:

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     Section 31.  Section 366.91, Florida Statutes, is amended to

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read:

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     366.91  Renewable energy.--

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     (1)  The Legislature finds that it is in the public interest

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to promote the development of renewable energy resources in this

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state. Renewable energy resources have the potential to help

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diversify fuel types to meet Florida's growing dependency on

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natural gas for electric production, minimize the volatility of

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fuel costs, encourage investment within the state, improve

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environmental conditions, and make Florida a leader in new and

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innovative technologies.

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     (2)  As used in this section, the term:

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     (a)  "Biomass" means a power source that is comprised of,

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but not limited to, combustible residues or gases from forest

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products manufacturing, waste, byproducts or products from

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agricultural and orchard crops, waste and co-products from

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livestock and poultry operations, waste and byproducts from and

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food processing, urban wood waste, municipal solid waste,

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municipal liquid waste treatment operations, and landfill gas.

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     (b)  "Renewable energy" means electrical energy produced

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from a method that uses one or more of the following fuels or

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energy sources: hydrogen produced from sources other than fossil

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fuels, biomass, solar energy, geothermal energy, wind energy,

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ocean energy, and hydroelectric power. The term includes the

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alternative energy resource, waste heat, from sulfuric acid

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manufacturing operations.

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(c) "Customer-owned renewable generation" means an electric

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generating system located on a customer's premises that is

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primarily intended to offset part or all of the customer's

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electricity requirements with renewable energy.

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(d) "Net metering" means a metering and billing methodology

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whereby customer-owned renewable generation is allowed to offset

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the customer's electricity consumption on-site.

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     (3)  On or before January 1, 2006, each public utility must

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continuously offer a purchase contract to producers of renewable

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energy. The commission shall establish requirements relating to

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the purchase of capacity and energy by public utilities from

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renewable energy producers and may adopt rules to administer this

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section. The contract shall contain payment provisions for energy

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and capacity which are based upon the utility's full avoided

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costs, as defined in s. 366.051; however, capacity payments are

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not required if, due to the operational characteristics of the

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renewable energy generator or the anticipated peak and off-peak

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availability and capacity factor of the utility's avoided unit,

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the producer is unlikely to provide any capacity value to the

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utility or the electric grid during the contract term. Each

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contract must provide a contract term of at least 10 years.

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Prudent and reasonable costs associated with a renewable energy

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contract shall be recovered from the ratepayers of the

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contracting utility, without differentiation among customer

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classes, through the appropriate cost-recovery clause mechanism

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administered by the commission.

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     (4)  On or before January 1, 2006, each municipal electric

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utility and rural electric cooperative whose annual sales, as of

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July 1, 1993, to retail customers were greater than 2,000

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gigawatt hours must continuously offer a purchase contract to

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producers of renewable energy containing payment provisions for

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energy and capacity which are based upon the utility's or

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cooperative's full avoided costs, as determined by the governing

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body of the municipal utility or cooperative; however, capacity

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payments are not required if, due to the operational

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characteristics of the renewable energy generator or the

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anticipated peak and off-peak availability and capacity factor of

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the utility's avoided unit, the producer is unlikely to provide

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any capacity value to the utility or the electric grid during the

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contract term. Each contract must provide a contract term of at

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least 10 years.

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(5) On or before January 1, 2009, each public utility must

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develop a standardized interconnection agreement and net metering

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program for customer-owned renewable generation. The commission

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shall establish requirements relating to the expedited

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interconnection and net metering of customer-owned renewable

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generation by public utilities and may adopt rules to administer

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this section.

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(6) On or before July 1, 2009, each municipal electric

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utility and each rural electric cooperative that sells

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electricity at retail must develop a standardized interconnection

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agreement and net metering program for customer-owned renewable

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generation. Each governing authority shall establish

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requirements relating to the expedited interconnection and net

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metering of customer-owned generation. By April 1 of each year,

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each municipal electric utility and rural electric cooperative

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utility serving retail customers shall file a report with the

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commission detailing customer participation in the

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interconnection and net metering program, including but not

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limited to the number and total capacity of interconnected

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generating systems and the total energy net metered in the

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previous year.

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     (7)(5) A contracting producer of renewable energy must pay

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the actual costs of its interconnection with the transmission

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grid or distribution system.

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     Delete line(s) 182

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and insert:

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gas emissions; amending s. 366.91, F.S.; providing

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definitions; requiring each public utility, municipal

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electric utility, and rural electric cooperative to

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develop a standardized interconnection agreement and net

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metering program for customer-owned renewable generation;

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provides for rulemaking and the filing of certain reports;

4/16/2008  4:54:00 PM     EP.37.07775