Florida Senate - 2026                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 484
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/03/2026           .                                
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       The Committee on Community Affairs (Avila) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 153 - 201
    4  and insert:
    5  requirements for large load customers pursuant to all of the
    6  following:
    7         (a) The minimum tariff and service requirements must
    8  reasonably ensure that each large load customer bears its own
    9  full cost of service and that such cost is not shifted to the
   10  general body of ratepayers. Such cost of service includes, but
   11  is not limited to, connection, incremental transmission,
   12  incremental generation, and other infrastructure costs;
   13  operations and maintenance expenses; and any other costs
   14  required to serve a large load customer. The risk of nonpayment
   15  of such costs may not be borne by the general body of
   16  ratepayers.
   17         (b) The minimum tariff and service requirements must
   18  include provisions reasonably designed to prevent a public
   19  utility from providing electric service to a customer that would
   20  otherwise qualify as a large load customer if that customer is a
   21  foreign entity.
   22         (4) A customer may not separate an electrical load at a
   23  single location into multiple smaller connections to avoid being
   24  classified as a large load customer.
   25         (5) To effectuate the requirements of subsection (3), the
   26  commission may include in such requirements utility industry
   27  accepted ratemaking and other financial tools, including, but
   28  not limited to, all of the following:
   29         (a) Contributions in aid of construction or other required
   30  customer infrastructure investments that may be returned, in
   31  whole or in part, to such customers over time.
   32         (b) Demand charges, including minimum demand charges.
   33         (c) Incremental generation charges.
   34         (d) Financial guarantees.
   35         (e) Minimum load factors.
   36         (f) Take-or-pay provisions or similar provisions requiring
   37  payment for contracted capacity, regardless of a large load
   38  customer’s actual electricity use or demand.
   39         (g) Minimum period of service contract requirements,
   40  including early termination fees or other fees for violation of
   41  such contracts.
   42         (6) Any tariff, contractual provision, service requirement,
   43  or other public utility policy relating to large load customers
   44  may not prevent or otherwise hinder the curtailment or
   45  interruption of electric service to a large load customer where
   46  such curtailment or interruption is intended to ensure grid
   47  stability, reduce the likelihood or breadth of wider service
   48  outages, or ensure public safety during an emergency or other
   49  exceptional circumstance.
   50         (7) A public utility may not knowingly provide electric
   51  service to a customer that would otherwise qualify as a large
   52  load customer if that customer is a foreign entity.
   53         (8) The commission shall adopt rules to implement and
   54  administer this section and shall propose a rule for adoption by
   55  March 1, 2027.
   56         (9) Within 60 days after adoption of the final rule
   57  implementing this section, each public utility shall file, for
   58  commission approval, a tariff that complies with the final rule.
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   60  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   61  And the title is amended as follows:
   62         Delete lines 24 - 39
   63  and insert:
   64         requiring that such minimum tariff and service
   65         requirements include certain provisions designed to
   66         prevent a public utility from providing electric
   67         service to a large load customer that is a foreign
   68         entity; prohibiting a customer from separating a
   69         certain electrical load into multiple smaller
   70         connections for a specified purpose; authorizing the
   71         commission to include certain measures in minimum
   72         tariff and service requirements; prohibiting any
   73         tariff, contractual provision, service requirement, or
   74         other public utility policy from preventing or
   75         hindering the curtailment or interruption of electric
   76         service to a large load customer for certain purposes;
   77         prohibiting a public utility from knowingly providing
   78         electric service to a large load customer that is a
   79         foreign entity; requiring the commission to adopt
   80         rules by a specified date; specifying a deadline for
   81         utilities to file a tariff in compliance with the
   82         final rule; amending s. 373.203, F.S.;