| 1 | Representative Mayfield offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove lines 1973-2037 and insert: |
| 5 | (9) The commission is authorized to allow an investor- |
| 6 | owned electric utility an additional return on equity of up to |
| 7 | 50 basis points for exceeding 20 percent of their annual load- |
| 8 | growth through energy efficiency and conservation measures. The |
| 9 | additional return on equity shall be established by the |
| 10 | commission through a limited proceeding. |
| 11 | (10)(4) The commission shall require periodic reports from |
| 12 | each utility and shall provide the Legislature and the Governor |
| 13 | with an annual report by March 1 of the goals it has adopted and |
| 14 | its progress toward meeting those goals. The commission shall |
| 15 | also consider the performance of each utility pursuant to ss. |
| 16 | 366.80-366.85 and 403.519 when establishing rates for those |
| 17 | utilities over which the commission has ratesetting authority. |
| 18 | (11)(5) The commission shall require each utility to |
| 19 | offer, or to contract to offer, energy audits to its residential |
| 20 | customers. This requirement need not be uniform, but may be |
| 21 | based on such factors as level of usage, geographic location, or |
| 22 | any other reasonable criterion, so long as all eligible |
| 23 | customers are notified. The commission may extend this |
| 24 | requirement to some or all commercial customers. The commission |
| 25 | shall set the charge for audits by rule, not to exceed the |
| 26 | actual cost, and may describe by rule the general form and |
| 27 | content of an audit. In the event one utility contracts with |
| 28 | another utility to perform audits for it, the utility for which |
| 29 | the audits are performed shall pay the contracting utility the |
| 30 | reasonable cost of performing the audits. Each utility over |
| 31 | which the commission has ratesetting authority shall estimate |
| 32 | its costs and revenues for audits, conservation programs, and |
| 33 | implementation of its plan for the immediately following 6-month |
| 34 | period. Reasonable and prudent unreimbursed costs projected to |
| 35 | be incurred, or any portion of such costs, may be added to the |
| 36 | rates which would otherwise be charged by a utility upon |
| 37 | approval by the commission, provided that the commission shall |
| 38 | not allow the recovery of the cost of any company image- |
| 39 | enhancing advertising or of any advertising not directly related |
| 40 | to an approved conservation program. Following each 6-month |
| 41 | period, each utility shall report the actual results for that |
| 42 | period to the commission, and the difference, if any, between |
| 43 | actual and projected results shall be taken into account in |
| 44 | succeeding periods. The state plan as submitted for |
| 45 | consideration under the National Energy Conservation Policy Act |
| 46 | shall not be in conflict with any state law or regulation. |
| 47 | (12)(6)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 377.703, |
| 48 | the commission shall be the responsible state agency for |
| 49 | performing, coordinating, implementing, or administering the |
| 50 | functions of the state plan submitted for consideration under |
| 51 | the National Energy Conservation Policy Act and any acts |
| 52 | amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto and for performing, |
| 53 | coordinating, implementing, or administering the functions of |
| 54 | any future federal program delegated to the state which relates |
| 55 | to consumption, utilization, or conservation of electricity or |
| 56 | natural gas; and the commission shall have exclusive |
| 57 | responsibility for preparing all reports, information, analyses, |
| 58 | recommendations, and materials related to consumption, |
| 59 | utilization, or conservation of electrical energy which are |
| 60 | required or authorized by s. 377.703. |
| 61 | (b) The Executive Office of the Governor shall be a party |
| 62 | in the proceedings to adopt goals and shall file with the |
| 63 | commission comments on the proposed goals including, but not |
| 64 | limited to: |
| 65 | 1. An evaluation of utility load forecasts, including an |
| 66 | assessment of alternative supply and demand side resource |
| 67 | options. |
| 68 | 2. An analysis of various policy options which can be |
| 69 | implemented to achieve a least-cost strategy. |
| 70 | (13)(7) The commission shall establish all minimum |
| 71 | requirements for energy auditors used by each utility. The |
| 72 | commission is authorized to contract with any public agency or |
| 73 | other person to provide any training, testing, evaluation, or |
| 74 | other step necessary to fulfill the provisions of this |
| 75 | subsection. |
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| 79 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 80 | Remove line 173 and insert: |
| 81 | and penalties; authorizing the commission to allow an investor- |
| 82 | owned utility to earn an additional return on equity for |
| 83 | exceeding energy efficiency and conservation goals; amending s. |
| 84 | 366.8255, F.S.; redefining the |