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SB 1718: Renewable Energy Sources

GENERAL BILL by Berman

Renewable Energy Sources; Authorizing a public educational customer to enter into a contract for the installation, maintenance, or operation of a renewable energy source device located on property owned or controlled by the public educational customer; providing that financing arrangements for such contracts are not considered retail sales of electricity; requiring electric utilities to provide meter aggregation to public educational customers under certain circumstances; authorizing business entities or third parties contracted by such owners to install, maintain, and operate a renewable energy source device on or about the structure in which the business entity operates or on a property the business entity owns or leases, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2021
 Last Action: 4/30/2021 Senate - Died in Regulated Industries
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Regulated Industries (RI)
  2. Education (ED)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/25/2021 Senate • Filed
    3/4/2021 Senate • Referred to Regulated Industries; Education; Appropriations -SJ 197
    3/10/2021 Senate • Introduced -SJ 197
    4/30/2021 Senate • Died in Regulated Industries

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  • SB 1718, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/25/2021 at 2:02 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (6)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1611 Renewable Energy Sources Hardy Identical Last Action: 4/30/2021 H Died in Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee Track This Bill
    H 551 Solar Energy Systems Located on the Property of an Educational Facility Hardy Compare Last Action: 4/30/2021 H Died in PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee Track This Bill
    H 1487 School Resiliency Pilot Programs McCurdy Compare Last Action: 4/30/2021 H Died in Pandemics & Public Emergencies Committee Track This Bill
    S 188 Solar Energy Systems Located On the Property of an Educational Facility Berman Compare Last Action: 4/30/2021 S Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education Track This Bill
    S 198 Solar Schools Berman Compare Last Action: 1/22/2021 S Withdrawn prior to introduction -SJ 51 Track This Bill
    S 1538 Public K-12 Educational Institution Resiliency Rodriguez Compare Last Action: 4/30/2021 S Died in Education Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (6)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    366.91 Renewable energy. Page 3 (pdf)
    366.9151 Page 6 (pdf)
    366.92 Florida renewable energy policy. Page 9 (pdf)
    373.236 Duration of permits; compliance reports. Page 9 (pdf)
    403.973 Expedited permitting; amendments to comprehensive plans. Page 10 (pdf)
    1013.44 Low-energy use design; solar energy systems; swimming pool heaters. Page 9 (pdf)

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