Florida Senate - 2012                                     SB 696
       
       
       
       By Senator Bennett
       
       
       
       
       21-00547A-12                                           2012696__
    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.
   16  
   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 electric
   25  generating system located on a customer’s premises which that is
   26  primarily intended to offset part or all of the customer’s
   27  electricity requirements with renewable energy. The customer’s
   28  electricity requirements for renewable energy may include
   29  sufficient generation for use by the customer’s tenants on the
   30  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.