Florida Senate - 2009                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 2104
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             04/29/2009 02:30 PM       .                                
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       Senator Constantine moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 1374 and 1375
    4  insert:
    5         Section 25. Subsection (14) of section 403.503, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         403.503 Definitions relating to Florida Electrical Power
    8  Plant Siting Act.—As used in this act:
    9         (14) “Electrical power plant” means, for the purpose of
   10  certification, any steam, wind or solar electrical generating
   11  facility using any process or fuel, including nuclear materials,
   12  except that this term does not include any steam, wind or solar
   13  electrical generating facility of less than 75 megawatts in
   14  capacity unless the applicant for such a facility elects to
   15  apply for certification under this act. This term also includes
   16  the site; all associated facilities that will be owned by the
   17  applicant that are physically connected to the site; all
   18  associated facilities that are indirectly connected to the site
   19  by other proposed associated facilities that will be owned by
   20  the applicant; and associated transmission lines that will be
   21  owned by the applicant which connect the electrical power plant
   22  to an existing transmission network or rights-of-way to which
   23  the applicant intends to connect. At the applicant’s option,
   24  this term may include any offsite associated facilities that
   25  will not be owned by the applicant; offsite associated
   26  facilities that are owned by the applicant but that are not
   27  directly connected to the site; any proposed terminal or
   28  intermediate substations or substation expansions connected to
   29  the associated transmission line; or new transmission lines,
   30  upgrades, or improvements of an existing transmission line on
   31  any portion of the applicant’s electrical transmission system
   32  necessary to support the generation injected into the system
   33  from the proposed electrical power plant.
   34         Section 26. Subsection (1) of section 403.506, Florida
   35  Statutes, is amended to read:
   36         403.506 Applicability, thresholds, and certification.—
   37         (1) The provisions of this act shall apply to any
   38  electrical power plant as defined herein, except that the
   39  provisions of this act shall not apply to any electrical power
   40  plant, including its associated facilities, of less than 75
   41  megawatts in gross capacity, or to any electrical power plant of
   42  any gross capacity which uses wind or solar energy including its
   43  associated facilities, unless the applicant has elected to apply
   44  for certification of such electrical power plant under this act.
   45  The provisions of this act shall not apply to capacity
   46  expansions of 75 megawatts or less, in the aggregate, of an
   47  existing exothermic reaction cogeneration electrical generating
   48  facility that was exempt from this act when it was originally
   49  built; however, this exemption shall not apply if the unit uses
   50  oil or natural gas for purposes other than unit startup. No
   51  construction of any new electrical power plant or expansion in
   52  steam generating capacity as measured by an increase in the
   53  maximum electrical generator rating of any existing electrical
   54  power plant may be undertaken after October 1, 1973, without
   55  first obtaining certification in the manner as herein provided,
   56  except that this act shall not apply to any such electrical
   57  power plant which is presently operating or under construction
   58  or which has, upon the effective date of chapter 73-33, Laws of
   59  Florida, applied for a permit or certification under
   60  requirements in force prior to the effective date of such act.
   61         Renumber subsequent sections
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   63  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   64         And the title is amended as follows:
   65         Delete line 126
   66  and insert:
   67  certain class I landfills; amending s. 403.503, F.S.; revising
   68  definitions; amending s. 403.506, F.S.; revising provisions of
   69  power plants using wind or solar energy; providing an effective