HJR 43C

1	House Joint Resolution
2	A joint resolution proposing the creation of Section 28 of
3	Article X of the State Constitution to require that 20
4	percent of Florida's electricity be generated by renewable
5	sources by a specified date.
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7	Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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9	That the following creation of Section 28 of Article X of
10	the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted to
11	the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next
12	general election or at an earlier special election specifically
13	authorized by law for that purpose:
14	ARTICLE X
15	MISCELLANEOUS
16	SECTION 28.  Renewable energy sources.-
17	(a)  As used in this section, the term:
18	(1)  "Class I renewable energy source" means Florida
19	renewable energy resources derived from wind or solar
20	photovoltaic systems.
21	(2)  "Class II renewable energy source" means renewable
22	energy derived from Florida renewable energy resources other
23	than class I renewable energy sources or class III renewable
24	energy sources.
25	(3)  "Class III renewable energy source" means renewable
26	energy derived from nuclear energy or any fossil fuel generation
27	for which carbon capture and sequestration plans have been
28	approved by the Department of Environmental Protection or its
29	successor pursuant to general law or from use of pipeline-
30	quality synthetic gas produced by processing waste petroleum
31	coke with carbon capture and sequestration plans approved by the
32	state or federal authority having jurisdiction.
33	(b)  Each public utility must meet or exceed the following
34	renewable portfolio standards through the production of
35	renewable energy or, if provided in general law, through the
36	purchase of renewable energy credits:
37	(1)  By January 1, 2013, 7 percent of the previous year's
38	retail electricity sales.
39	(2)  By January 1, 2016, 12 percent of the previous year's
40	retail electricity sales.
41	(3)  By January 1, 2019, 18 percent of the previous year's
42	retail electricity sales.
43	(4)  By January 1, 2021, 20 percent of the previous year's
44	retail electricity sales.
45	(c)  No more than 25 percent of the amount of the renewable
46	portfolio standard requirement for any year may be from class
47	III renewable energy sources. For the production or procurement
48	of class III renewable energy, a Florida utility that is a
49	member of the Southeastern Electric Reliability Council may co-
50	own or purchase energy from a class III renewable energy source
51	located in another state and owned by an affiliate in a holding
52	company with multistate dispatch.
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54	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be
55	placed on the ballot:
56	CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
57	ARTICLE X, SECTION 28
58	RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES.-Proposing an amendment to the
59	State Constitution to require that at least 20 percent of
60	Florida's electricity be generated by renewable sources by
61	January 1, 2021. The amendment also defines different classes of
62	renewable energy resources and provides a phase-in schedule of
63	increasing renewable energy requirements for specified years
64	leading up to January 1, 2021. The amendment provides that no
65	more than 25 percent of the requirement may be met by class III
66	renewable energy, which is energy produced from nuclear energy,
67	certain fossil fuel generation for which carbon capture and
68	sequestration plans have been approved, or use of pipeline-
69	quality synthetic gas produced by processing waste petroleum
70	coke with approved carbon capture and sequestration plans. The
71	amendment allows certain Florida utilities to obtain class III
72	renewable energy from a source located in another state if the
73	source is owned by an affiliate in a holding company with
74	multistate dispatch.

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