| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to renewable energy; amending s. 366.91, |
| 3 | F.S.; deleting a provision requiring that certain net |
| 4 | metering be made available when a utility purchases power |
| 5 | generated from biogas produced by the anaerobic digestion |
| 6 | of agricultural waste; ratifying the rules on renewable |
| 7 | portfolio standards adopted by the Public Service |
| 8 | Commission; providing an effective date. |
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| 10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 12 | Section 1. Subsection (7) of section 366.91, Florida |
| 13 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 14 | 366.91 Renewable energy.- |
| 15 | (7) Under the provisions of subsections (5) and (6), when |
| 16 | a utility purchases power generated from biogas produced by the |
| 17 | anaerobic digestion of agricultural waste, including food waste |
| 18 | or other agricultural byproducts, net metering shall be |
| 19 | available at a single metering point or as a part of conjunctive |
| 20 | billing of multiple points for a customer at a single location, |
| 21 | so long as the provision of such service and its associated |
| 22 | charges, terms, and other conditions are not reasonably |
| 23 | projected to result in higher cost electric service to the |
| 24 | utility's general body of ratepayers or adversely affect the |
| 25 | adequacy or reliability of electric service to all customers, as |
| 26 | determined by the commission for public utilities, or as |
| 27 | determined by the governing authority of the municipal electric |
| 28 | utility or rural electric cooperative that serves at retail. |
| 29 | Section 2. Pursuant to s. 366.92(3), Florida Statutes, the |
| 30 | Legislature ratifies chapters 25-17.400, 25-17.410, and 25- |
| 31 | 17.420, Florida Administrative Code, approved on January 9, |
| 32 | 2009, by the Public Service Commission. |
| 33 | Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |