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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 as defined 15
in s. 366.91(2): 16
(a) Solar energy collectors, photovoltaic modules, and 17
inverters. 18
(b) Storage tanks and other storage systems, excluding 19
swimming pools used as storage tanks. 20
(c) Rockbeds. 21
(d) Thermostats and other control devices. 22
(e) Heat exchange devices. 23
(f) Pumps and fans. 24
(g) Roof ponds. 25
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(h) Freestanding thermal containers. 26
(i) Pipes, ducts, wiring, structural supports, refrigerant 27
handling systems, and other components used as integral parts of 28
such systems; however, such equipment does not include 29
conventional backup systems of any type or any equipment or 30
structure that would be required in the absence of the renewable 31
energy source device. 32
(j) Windmills and wind turbines. 33
(k) Wind-driven generators. 34
(l) Power conditioning and storage devices that store or 35
use solar energy, wind energy, or energy derived from geothermal 36
deposits to generate electricity or mechanical forms of energy. 37
(m) Pipes and other equipment used to transmit hot 38
geothermal water to a dwelling or structure from a geothermal 39
deposit. 40
(n) Pipes, equipment, structural facilities, structural 41
support, and any other machinery integral to the 42
interconnection, production, storage, compression, 43
transportation, processing, and conversion of biogas from 44
landfill waste, livestock farm waste, including manure, food 45
waste, or treated wastewater into renewable natural gas as 46
defined in s. 366.91(2). 47
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The term does not include equipment that is on the distribution 49
or transmission side of the poi nt at which a renewable energy 50
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source device is interconnected to an electric utility's 51
distribution grid or transmission lines or a natural gas 52
pipeline or distribution system . 53
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 54