General Bill
Underground Electric Distribution Facilities:
Creates the "Florida Reliable Electricity Enhancement Act"; provides that placement of electric distribution facilities underground is the industry standard for new distribution facilities; requires public utilities to aggressively promote and encourage the timely and orderly conversion of existing overhead distribution facilities to underground facilities; details the general duties of a public utility; requires the Public Service Commission to ensure that only the minimum reasonable general and indirect costs associated with underground facilities are included as costs of the underground facilities for any purpose; encourages the use of rights-of-way and rear yards as suitable locations for underground facilities; declares that it is the policy of the state that counties, municipalities, special districts, and community development districts convert electric distribution, telephone, and cable television facilities from overhead systems to underground facilities; requires that certain contractual terms be included in a utility franchise; prohibits a governmental entity from giving or granting a franchise without reserving to itself the right to purchase the utility at the expiration of the franchise or without reserving to itself the right to compete with the private utility for a time period greater than 5 years.
Effective Date:
July 1, 2006.
Last Event:
Died in Utilities & Telecommunications Committee on Friday, May 5, 2006 11:59 PM
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Bill #:
SB 2122
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Subject:
Underground Electric Distribution
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Identical
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