Florida HB 1145: Trust Funds

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HB 1145 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to electric utility 10-year site 2
plans; amending s. 186.801, F.S.; revising the 3
information required to be included in electric 4
utility 10-year site plans; revising the procedures 5
for the review and approval or rejection of such plans 6
by the Florida Public Service Commission; requiring 7
electric utilities to submit revised plans to the 8
commission under certain conditions; prohibiting 9
electric utilities from filing applications for 10
certification of certain electrical power plant sites; 11
removing provisions that provide such certification 12
constitutes an amendment to such plans; revising the 13
information the commission is required to consider in 14
its review of such plans; increasing the amount of the 15
fee the commission is authorized to establish for the 16
review of such plans; revising the content of the 17
rules the commission is authorized to adopt for 18
submitting, processing, and approving such plans; 19
providing an effective date. 20
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 22
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Section 1. Section 186.801, Florida Statutes, is amended 24
to read: 25

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186.801 Ten-year site plans.— 26
(1) Each electric utility shall submit to the Public 27
Service Commission a 10-year site plan which estimates its 28
anticipated demand, shall estimate its power-generating needs, 29
the impact of planned demand-side management measures on such 30
generating needs, and the general location of its proposed power 31
plant sites. The 10-year plan must shall be submitted and 32
reviewed at least and submitted not less frequently than every 2 33
years. 34
(2) Within 9 months after the receipt of a 10-year site 35
the proposed plan, the commission shall issue a final order 36
approving, approving with amendments, or rejecting make a 37
preliminary study of such plan and classify it as "suitable" or 38
"unsuitable." The commission may suggest alternatives to the 39
plan. 40
(a) When deciding whether to approve a 10-year site plan, 41
the commission shall make a determination whether the plan is 42
reasonable and in the best interest of the utility's customers 43
and this state. 44
(b) The commission may reject a 10-year site plan if it 45
fails to satisfy the requirements of this section and commission 46
rules. 47
(c) Within 60 days after the receipt of a final order 48
rejecting a 10-year site plan, an electric utility shall submit 49
a revised plan to the commission for approval. 50

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(d) The commission shall hold a public hearing for a 10-51
year site plan submitted by a public utility as defined in s. 52
366.02. 53
(e) The commission may hold a public hearing for a 10-year 54
site plan submitted by any electric utility upon a petition or 55
request for a hearing. Notwithstanding chapter 120 or any other 56
law, the commission shall grant the petition or request if 57
participation by the party submitting the petition or request is 58
in the public interest and will not unduly impair the efficiency 59
or administration of the proceeding. 60
(3) All findings of the commission shall be made available 61
to the Department of Environmental Protection for its 62
consideration at any subsequent electrical power plant site 63
certification proceedings. 64
(4) It is recognized that 10-year site plans submitted by 65
an electric utility are tentative information for planning 66
purposes only and may be amended and submitted for approval at 67
any time at the discretion of the utility upon written 68
notification to the commission. An electric utility may not file 69
an A complete application for certification of an electrical 70
power plant site under chapter 403 that, when such site is not 71
designated in the current 10-year site plan of the applicant, 72
shall constitute an amendment to the 10-year site plan. 73
(5) In its review preliminary study of each 10-year site 74
plan, the commission shall consider all of the following such 75

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plan as a planning document and shall review: 76
(a) The need, including the need as determined by the 77
commission, for electrical power in the area to be served. 78
(b) The adequacy and cost-effectiveness of planned 79
generation, transmission, and distribution resources relative to 80
other available options. 81
(c) The benefits of energy resources sited within