The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)
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. . . This subsection shall not apply to an electric utility, as defined in s. 366.02(2). . . .
. . . I disagree with the majority’s conclusion that under sections 366.06(1) and 366.02(2), Florida-Statutes . . . Section: 366.02(2) defines an “[ejlectric utility” as' “any municipal electric utility, investor-owned . . . Neither section 366.02(2), section 366,06(1), nor any other provision in chapter 366 limit the PSC’s . . . .” § ‘ 366.02(2), Fla. Stat. (2014). It is undisputed that FPL is an electric utility. . . . the authority to determine and fix fair, just, and reasonable rates for public utilities, and section 366.02 . . .
. . . .” § 366.02(1), Fla. Stat. (2014). . . .
. . . Analysis Although KES is not a “public utility” within the definition of section 366.02(1), Florida Statutes . . . (2011), it is an “electric utility” under the subsection which follows, section 366.02(2). . . .
. . . This subsection shall not apply to an electric utility, as defined in s. 366.02(2). . . .
. . . Under section 366.02, Florida Statutes (2002), such entities are not considered "pub-lie utilities” and . . . The majority cites section 366.02(2), Florida Statutes (2002), defining "electric utility.” . . . exercise of the police power of the state” and setting forth criteria governing such regulation); § 366.02 . . .
. . . Section 366.02(1), Florida Statutes (2001), includes suppliers of gas to or for the public within Florida . . . FGTC does not qualify as a public utility under section 366.02(1) because it falls within the exclusion . . . Public Utilities,” but as noted previously, the definition of “public utility” contained in section 366.02 . . .
. . . Section 366.02(2), Florida Statutes defines the term “electric utility” as follows: (3) “Electric utility . . . Seminole concedes it is an “electric utility” as defined in Section 366.02(2), Florida Statutes. . . . Sections 366.04(2)(b) and 366.02(2), Florida Statutes, given their plain and ordinary meaning, clearly . . . This interpretation is consistent with the plain language used by the Legislature in Sections .366.02 . . . Section 366.02, Florida Statutes (2001), provides the following definition for an electric utility: ( . . .
. . . . §§366.02(1), 366.03 (West Supp. 1997); see generally §§366.01 through 366.14 (West 1968 and Supp. 1997 . . .
. . . .” § 366.02(1), Fla.Stat. (1987). . . . single customer makes the provider a “public utility” subject to PSC jurisdiction pursuant to section 366.02 . . . The PSC in this case relied on the language in sections 366.04(1) and 366.02(1) as the basis of its jurisdiction . . .
. . . . § 366.02. . . . .
. . . . § 366.02 to “prescribe fair and reasonable rates and charges” includes the power to approve territorial . . .
. . . The decision hinges' on the phrase “to the public,” as it is used in section 366.02(1), Florida Statutes . . . Section 366.02(1) provides the following exemption: “[T]he term ‘public utility’ as used herein does . . . As explained in the PSC order: In parallel with Section 366.02(1), Section 367.021, Florida Statutes . . . Thus if Section 366.02(1) is given its plain and ordinary meaning, a person is not supplying electricity . . .
. . . . § 366.02 (1985). . . .
. . . See §§ 366.02, 366.11 and 367.022(2), Fla.Stat. (1983). . . .
. . . Merritt Square Corporation, 334 So.2d 351 (Fla. 1st DCA 1976) (citing Section 366.02, Florida Statutes . . . E.g., Section 366.02(1), Florida Statutes (1985), defines "public utility” as an entity supplying electricity . . .
. . . King, Collier on Bankruptcy ¶ 366.02 (15th ed. 1984). . . .
. . . Comm’n, 237 So.2d 585 (Fla. 2d DCA), cert. denied, 240 So.2d 643 (Fla. 1970); §§ 366.02, 366.11, 367.022 . . .
. . . On May 24, 1979, Peoples, a public utility as defined in section 366.02, Florida Statutes (1977), applied . . .
. . . relevant. here, the jurisdiction of the PSC is limited to “public utilities”, which are defined in Section 366.02 . . . Jacksonville and that it, therefore, lies within the jurisdictional exclusions pronounced by Sections 366.02 . . .
. . . Plant City Natural Gas Company is a public utility within the definition of Section 366.02, Florida Statutes . . .
. . . See: Sections 366.02 and 367.022(2), Florida Statutes. 12. In Storey v. . . .
. . . Both utilities have been exempt from regulation by this Commission pursuant to Section 366.02, Florida . . .
. . . substance) to or for the public within this state, directly or indirectly for compensation; . . . ” § 366.02 . . .
. . . Both sides agree that the Florida Legislature could repeal the exemption expressed in Section 366.02, . . . if the public interest so requires, simply by repealing the exemption which now appears in Section 366.02 . . . Section 366.02, Fla.Stat. (1973). . Art. Ill, § 1, Fla.Const. (1968). . Art. . . .
. . . . § 366.02 because the resale of electricity was not “to the public” as that phrase has ordinarily been . . .
. . . Id., §366.02. The Commission exercises this power. . . .
. . . . §§ 366.02, 366.11 and 367.02, F.S.A. . . .
. . . The statutory definition is found in §366.02, the pertinent portion thereof reads as follows — “The term . . .
. . . Section 366.02 specifically states that the term “public utility” does not include a person (which term . . .