Florida Senate - 2009                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 1154
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             04/29/2009 03:55 PM       .                                
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       Senator Detert moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 539 and 540
    4  insert:
    5         Section 8. (1) The Florida Energy and Climate Commission,
    6  in conjunction with the Public Service Commission, shall
    7  complete a feasibility report of feed-in tariffs as a mechanism
    8  for deploying renewable energy in Florida. The report shall
    9  include:
   10         (a) An analysis of the of feed-in tariff policies in the
   11  United States and any local Florida jurisdiction;
   12         (b) How the feed-in tariff model could be applied to all
   13  renewable energy in this state; and
   14         (c) An assessment of the economic benefits to this state of
   15  implementing a feed-in tariff program.
   16         (2) The Florida Energy and Climate Commission shall submit
   17  the report to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the
   18  House of Representatives, the Secretary of Environmental
   19  Protection, and the Governor by December 1, 2009.
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   22         And the title is amended as follows:
   23         Between lines 42 and 43
   24  insert:
   25  requiring the Florida Energy and Climate Commission to report on
   26  the feasibility of using feed-in tariffs as a mechanism for
   27  deploying renewal energy in the state; requiring a report by a
   28  specified date;