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Update on Solar Power Plant Development in Florida | Holland & Knight LLP

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Solar photovoltaic (PV) generation projects continue to grow in Florida. Although Florida s net metering rule
1 has fostered smaller customer-owned rooftop solar projects, the most dramatic growth has been in large scale
2, utility-owned solar PV projects proposed by Florida s investor-owned electric utilities (IOUs).
The predominance of utility-owned projects can be traced to a combination of four factors. First, Florida law does not permit a third-party solar developer to make retail sales of electricity to others
3, which essentially relegates the developer to making wholesale sales to IOUs and other electric utilities via wholesale power purchase agreements (PPAs). Second, current regulatory policy in Florida does not permit IOUs to earn a return on payments made to third-party solar developers pursuant to a PPA, so there is little incentive for IOUs to enter into PPAs with third-party developers. ....

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As Florida electric rate hikes loom, lawmakers to choose utility watchdog

As Florida electric rate hikes loom, lawmakers to choose utility watchdog
Under state law, the Office of Public Counsel serves as the voice of consumers in electric, water and natural gas cases that relate to consumer finances. Lawmakers consider two new candidates.
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Updated Feb. 4
TALLAHASSEE â As Floridaâs largest electric utility company positions itself for a $1 billion increase in its base rates, a legislative committee will decide who to hire as the watchdog to protect residential customers from being overcharged by the monopoly utility companies.
be the first of two meetings to fill a vacancy at the Office of Public Counsel, the legal office created to protect customers from excess utility profits in rate cases before the Florida Public Service Commission. But on Thursday, one of the two remaining candidates withdrew, leaving only one applicant, Richard Gentry, a 70-year-old veteran lobbyist who last year lobbied for a utility-backed non-p ....

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