| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to customer-owned renewable |
| 3 | generation; amending s. 366.91, F.S.; revising the |
| 4 | definition of the term "customer-owned renewable |
| 5 | generation"; allowing a customer of a public utility |
| 6 | who installs customer-owned renewable generation to |
| 7 | sell renewable energy to a tenant of the customer- |
| 8 | owned property and to separately bill the tenant; |
| 9 | requiring that the Florida Public Service Commission |
| 10 | adopt rules; allowing a customer of a municipal |
| 11 | electric utility or rural electric cooperative who |
| 12 | installs customer-owned renewable generation to sell |
| 13 | renewable energy to a tenant of the customer-owned |
| 14 | property and to separately bill the tenant; providing |
| 15 | an effective date. |
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| 17 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 19 | Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) and subsections |
| 20 | (5) and (6) of section 366.91, Florida Statutes, are amended to |
| 21 | read: |
| 22 | 366.91 Renewable energy.- |
| 23 | (2) As used in this section, the term: |
| 24 | (b) "Customer-owned renewable generation" means an |
| 25 | electric generating system located on a customer's premises |
| 26 | which that is primarily intended to offset part or all of the |
| 27 | customer's electricity requirements with renewable energy. The |
| 28 | customer's electricity requirements for renewable energy may |
| 29 | include sufficient generation for use by the customer's tenants |
| 30 | on the customer's premises served by the renewable generation. |
| 31 | (5)(a) On or before January 1, 2009, Each public utility |
| 32 | shall develop a standardized interconnection agreement and net |
| 33 | metering program for customer-owned renewable generation. |
| 34 | (b) A customer of a public utility who installs customer- |
| 35 | owned renewable generation to serve customer-owned property that |
| 36 | is occupied by a tenant may sell the generated renewable energy |
| 37 | to the tenant of the customer-owned property and separately bill |
| 38 | the tenant for the electricity sold. |
| 39 | (c) The commission shall adopt rules to administer this |
| 40 | section and shall establish requirements relating to the |
| 41 | expedited interconnection and net metering of customer-owned |
| 42 | renewable generation by public utilities and may adopt rules to |
| 43 | administer this section. |
| 44 | (6)(a) On or before July 1, 2009, Each municipal electric |
| 45 | utility and each rural electric cooperative that sells |
| 46 | electricity at retail shall develop a standardized |
| 47 | interconnection agreement and net metering program for customer- |
| 48 | owned renewable generation. |
| 49 | (b) A customer of a municipal electric utility or a rural |
| 50 | electric cooperative who installs customer-owned renewable |
| 51 | generation to serve customer-owned property that is occupied by |
| 52 | a tenant may sell the generated renewable energy to the tenant |
| 53 | of the customer-owned property and separately bill the tenant |
| 54 | for the electricity sold. |
| 55 | (c) Each governing authority shall establish requirements |
| 56 | relating to the expedited interconnection and net metering of |
| 57 | customer-owned renewable generation. |
| 58 | (d) By April 1 of each year, each municipal electric |
| 59 | utility and rural electric cooperative utility serving retail |
| 60 | customers shall file a report with the commission detailing |
| 61 | customer participation in the interconnection and net metering |
| 62 | program, including, but not limited to, the number and total |
| 63 | capacity of interconnected generating systems and the total |
| 64 | energy net metered in the previous year. |
| 65 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012. |