Florida Statutes Title XXVII Chapter 366 - Public Utilities

• 366.01 - Legislative Declaration.
  The regulation of public utilities as defined herein is declared to be in the public interest and this chapter shall be deemed to be an...
• 366.015 - Interagency Liaison.
  The commission is directed to provide for, and assume primary responsibility for, establishing and maintaining continuous liaison with all other appropriate state and federal agencies...
• 366.02 - Definitions.
  As used in this chapter:(1) “Public utility” means every person, corporation, partnership, association, or other legal entity and their lessees, trustees, or receivers supplying electricity or...
• 366.03 - General Duties Of Public Utility.
  Each public utility shall furnish to each person applying therefor reasonably sufficient, adequate, and efficient service upon terms as required by the commission. No public...
• 366.031 - Definitions; Preference Relating To Cable Television Prohibited; Penalties.
  (1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Affiliate,” when used in relation to any person, means another person who owns or controls, is owned or controlled...
• 366.04 - Jurisdiction Of Commission.
  (1) In addition to its existing functions, the commission shall have jurisdiction to regulate and supervise each public utility with respect to its rates and service;...
• 366.041 - Rate Fixing; Adequacy Of Facilities As Criterion.
  (1) In fixing the just, reasonable, and compensatory rates, charges, fares, tolls, or rentals to be observed and charged for service within the state by any...
• 366.05 - Powers.
  (1)(a) In the exercise of such jurisdiction, the commission shall have power to prescribe fair and reasonable rates and charges, classifications, standards of quality and measurements,...
• 366.051 - Cogeneration; Small Power Production; Commission Jurisdiction.
  Electricity produced by cogeneration and small power production is of benefit to the public when included as part of the total energy supply of the...
• 366.055 - Availability Of, And Payment For, Energy Reserves.
  (1) Energy reserves of all utilities in the Florida energy grid shall be available at all times to ensure that grid reliability and integrity are maintained....
• 366.06 - Rates; Procedure For Fixing And Changing.
  (1) A public utility shall not, directly or indirectly, charge or receive any rate not on file with the commission for the particular class of service...
• 366.07 - Rates; Adjustment.
  Whenever the commission, after public hearing either upon its own motion or upon complaint, shall find the rates, rentals, charges or classifications, or any of...
• 366.071 - Interim Rates; Procedure.
  (1) The commission may, during any proceeding for a change of rates, upon its own motion, or upon petition from any party, or by a tariff...
• 366.072 - Rate Adjustment Orders.
  Any order issued by the commission adjusting general increases or reductions of the rates of an electric or gas company shall be reduced to writing...
• 366.075 - Experimental And Transitional Rates.
  (1) The commission is authorized to approve rates on an experimental or transitional basis for any public utility to encourage energy conservation or to encourage efficiency....
• 366.076 - Limited Proceedings; Rules On Subsequent Adjustments.
  (1) Upon petition or its own motion, the commission may conduct a limited proceeding to consider and act upon any matter within its jurisdiction, including any...
• 366.08 - Investigations, Inspections; Power Of Commission.
  The commission or its duly authorized representatives may during all reasonable hours enter upon any premises occupied by any public utility and may set up...
• 366.09 - Incrimination At Hearing Of Commission.
  Any person called upon to testify before the commission or one of its examiners shall not be excused from answering on the ground or claim...
• 366.093 - Public Utility Records; Confidentiality.
  (1) The commission shall continue to have reasonable access to all public utility records and records of the utility’s affiliated companies, including its parent company, regarding...
• 366.095 - Penalties.
  The commission shall have the power to impose upon any entity subject to its jurisdiction under this chapter that is found to have refused to...
• 366.10 - Judicial Review.
  As authorized by s. 3(b)(2), Art. V of the State Constitution, the Supreme Court shall review, upon petition, any action of the commission relating to...
• 366.11 - Certain Exemptions.
  (1) No provision of this chapter shall apply in any manner, other than as specified in ss. 366.04, 366.05(7) and (8), 366.051, 366.055, 366.093, 366.095, 366.14,...
• 366.125 - Natural Gas Jurisdiction Limits.
  Any provision of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, the jurisdiction of the commission over the sale of natural gas shall not extend beyond the...
• 366.13 - Taxes, Not Affected.
  No provision of this chapter shall in any way affect any municipal tax or franchise tax in any manner whatsoever.History.—s. 13A, ch. 26545, 1951; s....
• 366.14 - Regulatory Assessment Fees.
  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, each regulated company under the jurisdiction of the commission which was in operation for any part of...
• 366.15 - Medically Essential Electric Public Utility Service.
  (1) As used in this section, the term “medically essential” means the medical dependence on electric-powered equipment that must be operated continuously or as circumstances require...
• 366.80 - Short Title.
  Sections 366.80-366.83 and 403.519 shall be known and may be cited as the “Florida Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act.”History.—s. 5, ch. 80-65; s. 2, ch....
• 366.81 - Legislative Findings And Intent.
  The Legislature finds and declares that it is critical to utilize the most efficient and cost-effective demand-side renewable energy systems and conservation systems in order...
• 366.82 - Definition; Goals; Plans; Programs; Annual Reports; Energy Audits.
  (1) For the purposes of ss. 366.80-366.83 and 403.519:(a) “Utility” means any person or entity of whatever form which provides electricity or natural gas at retail to...
• 366.825 - Clean Air Act Compliance; Definitions; Goals; Plans.
  (1) For the purposes of this section, reference to the “Clean Air Act” means 42 U.S.C. ss. 7401 et seq. as the same may hereinafter be...
• 366.8255 - Environmental Cost Recovery.
  (1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Electric utility” or “utility” means any investor-owned electric utility that owns, maintains, or operates an electric generation, transmission, or...
• 366.8260 - Storm-recovery Financing.
  (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:(a) “Ancillary agreement” means any bond, insurance policy, letter of credit, reserve account, surety bond, swap arrangement, hedging arrangement, liquidity...
• 366.83 - Certain Laws Not Applicable; Saving Clause.
  No utility shall be held liable for the acts or omissions of any person in implementing or attempting to implement those measures found cost-effective by,...
• 366.91 - Renewable Energy.
  (1) The Legislature finds that it is in the public interest to promote the development of renewable energy resources in this state. Renewable energy resources have...
• 366.92 - Florida Renewable Energy Policy.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to promote the development of renewable energy; protect the economic viability of Florida’s existing renewable energy facilities; diversify...
• 366.93 - Cost Recovery For The Siting, Design, Licensing, And Construction Of Nuclear And Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Power Plants.
  (1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Cost” includes, but is not limited to, all capital investments, including rate of return, any applicable taxes, and all...
• 366.94 - Electric Vehicle Charging Stations.
  (1) The provision of electric vehicle charging to the public by a nonutility is not the retail sale of electricity for the purposes of this chapter....
• 366.95 - Financing For Certain Nuclear Generating Asset Retirement Or Abandonment Costs.
  (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:(a) “Ancillary agreement” means any bond, insurance policy, letter of credit, reserve account, surety bond, interest rate lock or swap...

Last modified: September 23, 2016