Florida House Bill 1427 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 9 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-09 - Died in Energy and Utilities Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires Public Service Commission (PSC) to consider certain factors in performing its duties; requires PSC to ensure that utility rate structures are designed to meet certain goals; provides requirements for such rate structure determinations; revises provisions authorizing commission to establish financial rewards & penalties relating to such goals; requires impact studies for proposed power plants; requires commission to initiate specified rulemaking; requires electric utilities to collect monthly systems charge from residential, commercial, & industrial customers; provides for deposit of collected funds into Sustainable & Renewable Energy Policy Trust Fund; creates direct-support organization for Office of Energy; requires contract between office & direct-support organization; provides for use of funds; requires annual audit; requires that purchase contract offered to producers of renewable energy contain payment provisions for energy & capacity based upon public utility's equivalent cost-recovery rate for certain clean energy projects; extends period of time for which residents are eligible to receive rebates for specified solar energy systems; provides schedule for rebate amounts.

Energy

Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-09		Died in Energy and Utilities Subcommittee
2012-01-12		Referred to Energy and Utilities Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; State Affairs Committee -HJ 216
2012-01-10		Introduced -HJ 143
2012-01-09		Filed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
350	001		Amended Code	See Bill Text
366	82		Amended Code	See Bill Text
366	91		Amended Code	See Bill Text
377	806		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/1427
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/1427/BillText/Filed/PDF