Florida 2023 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0293 Compare Versions

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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to the Energy Transition Task Force; 2
16	16	creating the task force adjunct to the Department of 3
17	17	Agriculture and Consumer Services for a specified 4
18	18	purpose; providing for the membership and duties of 5
19	19	the task force; requiring the department to provide 6
20	20	staffing and administrative support to the task force; 7
21	21	requiring the task force to submit a report to certain 8
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23	23	expiration of the task force ; providing an effective 10
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26	26	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13
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28	28	Section 1. Energy Transition Task Force. — 15
29	29	(1) The Energy Transition Task Force, a task force as 16
30	30	defined in s. 20.03(8), Flor ida Statutes, is created adjunct to 17
31	31	the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to provide 18
32	32	recommendations for fostering a fair and equitable transition of 19
33	33	the state's energy infrastructure to renewable energy 20
34	34	technologies within minority, underser ved, rural, and low-income 21
35	35	communities. The task force shall comply with the requirements 22
36	36	of s. 20.052, Florida Statutes. 23
37	37	(2) The task force shall consist, at a minimum, of the 24
38	38	following 11 members who reflect the ethnic and gender diversity 25
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52	52	(a) The following private citizen members appointed by the 27
53	53	Commissioner of Agriculture: 28
54	54	1. Four representatives from minority, underserved, rural, 29
55	55	or low-income communities from different regions of the state. 30
56	56	2. At least one environmental justice expert. 31
57	57	3. At least one representative from the electrical workers 32
58	58	profession. 33
59	59	4. At least two energy industry liaisons representing 34
60	60	utility and solar energy interests. 35
61	61	5. At least one representative from a statewide 36
62	62	environmentally focused group. 37
63	63	(b) One member appointed by the President of the Senate. 38
64	64	(c) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House of 39
65	65	Representatives. 40
66	66	(3) The task force shall: 41
67	67	(a) Recommend appropriate policies, including any 42
68	68	necessary statutory changes, for the equitable siting of energy 43
69	69	infrastructure throughout the state, including, but not limited 44
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71	71	1. The siting of utility -scale solar arrays in 46
72	72	nonresidential neighborhoods, nonrural residential communities, 47
73	73	and rural communities; and 48
74	74	2. The siting of industrial solar array facility sites in 49
75	75	a manner compatible with county or municipality comprehensive 50
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89	89	(b) Examine strategies to assist minority, underserved, 52
90	90	rural, and low-income communities in transitioning to energy 53
91	91	efficiency, including energy -efficient appliances, 54
92	92	weatherization, and other methods, to benefit from lower energy 55
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94	94	(4) The department shall provide staffing and 57
95	95	administrative support to the task force in performing its 58
96	96	duties. 59
97	97	(5) The task force shall submit a report of its 60
98	98	recommendations to the Governor, the Commissioner of 61
99	99	Agriculture, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the 62
100	100	House of Representatives by September 30, 2024, and this section 63
101	101	shall expire upon submission of th e report. 64
102	102	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 65