Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1154
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/21/2009           .                                
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       The Policy and Steering Committee on Ways and Means (Baker)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 59 - 98
    4  and insert:
    5         (2) As used in this section, the term:
    6         (a) “Class I clean energy source” means Florida clean
    7  energy resources derived from wind or solar photovoltaic
    8  systems.
    9         (b) “Class II clean energy source” means clean energy
   10  derived from Florida clean energy resources other than class I
   11  clean energy sources or class III clean energy sources.
   12         (c) “Class III clean energy source” means clean energy
   13  derived from nuclear energy or integrated gasification combined
   14  cycle for which carbon capture and sequestration plans have been
   15  approved by the Department of Environmental Protection.
   16         (d) “Clean energy” means electrical energy produced from a
   17  method that uses one or more of the following fuels or energy
   18  sources: nuclear energy placed in commercial service after July
   19  1, 2009, integrated gasification combined cycle for which carbon
   20  capture and sequestration plans have been approved by the
   21  Department of Environmental Protection, hydrogen produced from
   22  sources other than fossil fuels, biomass, solar photovoltaic,
   23  geothermal energy, wind energy, ocean energy, or hydroelectric
   24  power. The term includes waste heat from sulfuric acid
   25  manufacturing operations manufacturing operations and waste heat
   26  thermal energy which is produced by a combined heat and power
   27  system placed in service in this state after July 1, 2009, and
   28  which is used to produce biofuel and any associated coproducts.
   29         (e) “Combined heat and power system” means a system that
   30  simultaneously or sequentially generates electricity and thermal
   31  energy from the same primary energy source.
   32         (f)(a) “Florida clean renewable energy resources” means
   33  clean renewable energy, as defined in s. 377.803, that is
   34  produced in Florida.
   35         (g)(b) “Provider” means a “utility” as defined in s.
   36  366.8255(1)(a).
   37         (c) “Renewable energy” means renewable energy as defined in
   38  s. 366.91(2)(d).
   39         (h)(d) “Clean Renewable energy credit” or “REC” means a
   40  product that represents the unbundled, separable, clean
   41  renewable attribute of clean renewable energy produced in
   42  Florida and is equivalent to 1 megawatt-hour of electricity
   43  generated by a source of clean renewable energy located in
   44  Florida. For combined heat and power systems placed in service
   45  in this state after July 1, 2009, one clean energy credit shall
   46  be produced for every 3.412 million British thermal units of
   47  waste heat thermal energy used to produce biofuel and any
   48  associated coproducts.
   49         (i)(e) “Clean Renewable portfolio standard” or “RPS” means
   50  the minimum percentage of total annual retail electricity sales
   51  by an electric utility a provider to consumers in Florida which
   52  is that shall be supplied by clean renewable energy or through
   53  the purchase of clean energy credits from clean energy produced
   54  in Florida.