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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
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to assessment of renewable energy 2
source devices; amending s. 193.624, F.S.; revising 3
the definition of the term "renewable energy source 4
device"; providing an effective date. 5
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 7
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Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 193.624, Florida 9
Statutes, is amended to read: 10
193.624 Assessment of renewable energy source devices. — 11
(1) As used in this section, the term "renewable energy 12
source device" means any of the following equipment that 13
collects, transmits, stores, or uses solar energy, wind energy, 14
or energy derived from geothermal deposits or biogas: 15
(a) Solar energy collectors, photovoltaic modules, and 16
inverters. 17
(b) Storage tanks and other storage systems, excluding 18
swimming pools used as storage tanks. 19
(c) Rockbeds. 20
(d) Thermostats and other control devices. 21
(e) Heat exchange devices. 22
(f) Pumps and fans. 23
(g) Roof ponds. 24
(h) Freestanding thermal containers. 25
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(i) Pipes, ducts, wiring, structural supports, refrigerant 26
handling systems, and other components used as integral parts of 27
such systems; however, such equipment does not include 28
conventional backup systems of any type or any equipment or 29
structure that would be required in the absence of the renewable 30
energy source device. 31
(j) Windmills and wind turbines. 32
(k) Wind-driven generators. 33
(l) Power conditioning and storage devices that store or 34
use solar energy, wind energy, or energy derived from geothermal 35
deposits to generate electricity or mechanical forms of energy. 36
(m) Pipes and other equipment used to transmit hot 37
geothermal water to a dwelling or structure from a geothermal 38
deposit. 39
(n) Pipes, equipment, construction materials, structural 40
support, interconnection, and any other machinery used in the 41
production, storage, compression, transportation, processing, 42
and conversion of biogas from landfill waste, livestock farm 43
waste, food waste, or tre ated wastewater into renewable natural 44
gas suitable for pipeline injection. 45
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The term does not include equipment that is on the distribution 47
or transmission side of the point at which a renewable energy 48
source device is interconnected to an electric utilit y's 49
distribution grid or transmission lines. 50
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Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 51