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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 assessment of renewable energy 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | source devices; amending s. 193.624, F.S.; revising 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | the definition of the term "renewable energy source 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | device"; providing an effective date. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 193.624, Florida 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Statutes, is amended to read: 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 193.624 Assessment of renewable energy source devices. — 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) As used in this section, the term "renewable energy 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | source device" means any of the following equipment that 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | collects, transmits, stores, or uses solar energy, wind energy, 14 |
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| 28 | | - | or energy derived from geothermal deposits or biogas as defined 15 |
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| 29 | | - | in s. 366.91(2): 16 |
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| 30 | | - | (a) Solar energy collectors, photovoltaic modules, and 17 |
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| 31 | | - | inverters. 18 |
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| 32 | | - | (b) Storage tanks and other storage systems, excluding 19 |
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| 33 | | - | swimming pools used as storage tanks. 20 |
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| 34 | | - | (c) Rockbeds. 21 |
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| 35 | | - | (d) Thermostats and other control devices. 22 |
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| 36 | | - | (e) Heat exchange devices. 23 |
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| 37 | | - | (f) Pumps and fans. 24 |
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| 38 | | - | (g) Roof ponds. 25 |
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| 28 | + | or energy derived from geothermal deposits or biogas: 15 |
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| 29 | + | (a) Solar energy collectors, photovoltaic modules, and 16 |
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| 30 | + | inverters. 17 |
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| 31 | + | (b) Storage tanks and other storage systems, excluding 18 |
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| 32 | + | swimming pools used as storage tanks. 19 |
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| 33 | + | (c) Rockbeds. 20 |
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| 34 | + | (d) Thermostats and other control devices. 21 |
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| 35 | + | (e) Heat exchange devices. 22 |
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| 36 | + | (f) Pumps and fans. 23 |
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| 37 | + | (g) Roof ponds. 24 |
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| 38 | + | (h) Freestanding thermal containers. 25 |
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| 51 | | - | (h) Freestanding thermal containers. 26 |
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| 52 | | - | (i) Pipes, ducts, wiring, structural supports, refrigerant 27 |
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| 53 | | - | handling systems, and other components used as integral parts of 28 |
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| 54 | | - | such systems; however, such equipment does not include 29 |
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| 55 | | - | conventional backup systems of any type or any equipment or 30 |
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| 56 | | - | structure that would be required in the absence of the renewable 31 |
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| 57 | | - | energy source device. 32 |
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| 58 | | - | (j) Windmills and wind turbines. 33 |
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| 59 | | - | (k) Wind-driven generators. 34 |
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| 60 | | - | (l) Power conditioning and storage devices that store or 35 |
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| 61 | | - | use solar energy, wind energy, or energy derived from geothermal 36 |
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| 62 | | - | deposits to generate electricity or mechanical forms of energy. 37 |
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| 63 | | - | (m) Pipes and other equipment used to transmit hot 38 |
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| 64 | | - | geothermal water to a dwelling or structure from a geothermal 39 |
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| 65 | | - | deposit. 40 |
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| 66 | | - | (n) Pipes, equipment, structural facilities, structural 41 |
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| 67 | | - | support, and any other machinery integral to the 42 |
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| 68 | | - | interconnection, production, storage, compression, 43 |
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| 69 | | - | transportation, processing, and conversion of biogas from 44 |
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| 70 | | - | landfill waste, livestock farm waste, including manure, food 45 |
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| 71 | | - | waste, or treated wastewater into renewable natural gas as 46 |
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| 72 | | - | defined in s. 366.91(2). 47 |
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| 73 | | - | 48 |
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| 74 | | - | The term does not include equipment that is on the distribution 49 |
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| 75 | | - | or transmission side of the poi nt at which a renewable energy 50 |
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| 51 | + | (i) Pipes, ducts, wiring, structural supports, refrigerant 26 |
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| 52 | + | handling systems, and other components used as integral parts of 27 |
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| 53 | + | such systems; however, such equipment does not include 28 |
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| 54 | + | conventional backup systems of any type or any equipment or 29 |
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| 55 | + | structure that would be required in the absence of the renewable 30 |
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| 56 | + | energy source device. 31 |
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| 57 | + | (j) Windmills and wind turbines. 32 |
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| 58 | + | (k) Wind-driven generators. 33 |
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| 59 | + | (l) Power conditioning and storage devices that store or 34 |
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| 60 | + | use solar energy, wind energy, or energy derived from geothermal 35 |
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| 61 | + | deposits to generate electricity or mechanical forms of energy. 36 |
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| 62 | + | (m) Pipes and other equipment used to transmit hot 37 |
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| 63 | + | geothermal water to a dwelling or structure from a geothermal 38 |
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| 64 | + | deposit. 39 |
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| 65 | + | (n) Pipes, equipment, structural facilities, structural 40 |
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| 66 | + | support, interconnection, and any other machinery used in the 41 |
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| 67 | + | production, storage, compression, transportation, processing, 42 |
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| 68 | + | and conversion of biogas from landfill waste, livestock farm 43 |
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| 69 | + | waste, including manure, f ood waste, or treated wastewater into 44 |
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| 70 | + | renewable natural gas suitable for pipeline injection. 45 |
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| 71 | + | 46 |
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| 72 | + | The term does not include equipment that is on the distribution 47 |
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| 73 | + | or transmission side of the point at which a renewable energy 48 |
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| 74 | + | source device is interconnected to a n electric utility's 49 |
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| 75 | + | distribution grid or transmission lines or a natural gas 50 |
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