HomeMy Public PortalAbout2019-15 Supporting Florida House Bill 797 and Senate Bill 796 relating to public utility storm protection plansRESOLUTION NO. 2OI9-I5
A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF'THE
VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING
FLORIDA HOUSE BILL 797 AND SENATE BILL 796
RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITY STORM PROTECTION
PLANS; PROVIDING FOR SUPPORT OF THE MEASURES
IN THE VILLAGE'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA;
PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL; AND PROVIDING
FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Village of Key Biscayne ("Village") Council believes that promoting
storm protection activities will reduce restoration costs and outage times, increase reliability, and
mitigate damage; and
WHEREAS, House Bill 797 and Senate Bill 796 (the "Bills") have been filed for
consideration during the Florida Legislature's 2019 session; and
WHEREAS, the Bills provide various findings including that protecting and
strengthening transmission and distribution electric utility infrastructure from extreme weather
conditions will reduce restoration costs and outage times to customers and improve overall
service reliability for customers, and that all customers benefit from the reduced costs of storm
restoration; and
WHEREAS, the Bills seek to require public utilities to file with the Florida Public
Service Commission ("PSC") a transmission and distribution storm protection plan as part of the
utility's storm hardening plan required by Section 366.04(2)(c), Florida Statutes; and
WHEREAS, the transmission and distribution storm protection plan required by the Bills
would mean a plan for the overhead hardening of electric transmission and distribution facilities,
undergrounding of electric distribution facilities, and increased vegetation management; and
WHEREAS, the Bills further seek to require a storm protection cost recovery clause
(which must be stated separately from the utility's base rates on a customer's bill) and require the
PSC to conduct an annual proceeding to allow public utilities to justify and recover transmission
and distribution storm protection plan costs through the cost recovery clause; and
\ryHEREAS, the Village Council supports the Bills and urges the Florida Legislature to
approve the Bills; and
WHEREAS, the Village Council finds that this Resolution is in the best interest and
welfare of the residents of the Village.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF
TIr[, VILLAGE Or KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Recitals. That each of the above-stated recitals are hereby adopted,
confi rmed, and incorporated herein.
Section 2. Support. That the Village Council hereby supports the Florida
Legislature's approval of the Bills.
Section 3.Inclusion in Leeislative Asenda. That the Village Council directs that
support of the Bills, or similar legislation, be included in the Village's legislative agenda.
Section 4. Transmittal. That the Village Council hereby directs the Village Clerk to
transmit a copy of this Resolution to the Miami-Dade County State Legislative Delegation, the
Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, the President of the Florida Senate, and the
Florida Governor.
Section 5. Effective Date. That this Resolution shall be effective immediately upon
adoption.
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PASSED and ADOPTED this J-l!ou, *t-( ae.u .20t9.
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