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| 3 | 3 | | HB 269 2022 |
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| 10 | 10 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to natural gas and public utility 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | petitions for rate relief; amending s. 366.06, F.S.; 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | revising the number of gigawatt hours that certain 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | utilities must sell to petition for rate relief using 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | the Public Service Commission's proposed agency action 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | procedure; providing an effective date. 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 36 6.06, Florida 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Statutes, is amended to read: 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 366.06 Rates; procedure for fixing and changing. — 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (4) A natural gas utility or a public electric utility 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | whose annual sales to end -use customers amount to less than 1000 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | 500 gigawatt hours may specifically re quest the commission to 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | process its petition for rate relief using the agency's proposed 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | agency action procedure, as prescribed by commission rule. The 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | commission shall enter its vote on the proposed agency action 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | within 5 months of the commencement date f or final agency 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | action. If the commission's proposed action is protested, the 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | final decision must be rendered by the commission within 8 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | months of the date the protest is filed. At the expiration of 5 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | months following the commencement date for final agency action, 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | if the commission has not taken action or if the commission's 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | action is protested by a party other than the utility, the 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | utility may place its requested rates into effect under bond, 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | escrow, or corporate undertaking subject to refund, upon notice 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | to the commission and upon filing the appropriate tariffs. The 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | utility must keep accurate records of amounts received as 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | provided by subsection (3). 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 32 |
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