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Planning and Measurement
State Advisory Board
Status: Completed
Details: On June 25, 2008, Florida Governor Charlie Crist approved H.B. 7135, which established the Florida Energy and Climate Commission to coordinate the state's efforts on energy and climate change.
The Florida Action Team, which was authorized in Executive Order 07-128 (July 13, 2007), seeks to develop a comprehensive strategy to achieve targets for statewide GHG reductions, including policy recommendations and changes to existing law. Chaired by the Department of Environmental Protection secretary, the Florida Action Team includes a state utility regulator, four state legislators, a consumer advocate, five environmental advocates, three business representatives, an energy commissioner, three academics, a utility industry representative, and a mayor.
- http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h7135er.xml&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=7135&Session=2008
- http://www.dep.state.fl.us/climatechange/team/default.htm
- http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/En/media/enews/2007/pdf/07-128-actionteam.pdf
Regional Initiatives
Status: No Activity Identified
GHG Inventory
Status: Completed
Details: On February 14, 2008, Governor Charlie Crist released the first comprehensive assessment of greenhouse gas emissions produced by state government, pursuant to Executive Order 07-126 (July 13, 2007). The Florida Department of Environmental Protection released a Preliminary Inventory of Florida Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 1990-2005 in January 2008. First statewide inventory completed in 2001; summary document available.
- http://myfloridaclimate.com/leading_by_example/greenhouse_gas_reduction_scorecard
- http://www.dep.state.fl.us/air/about_air/climate/GHG_Inventory.pdf
- http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/downloads/FLSummary_03_08.pdf
Climate Change Action Plan
Status: Completed/Further Work In Progress
Details: The Governor's Action Team on Energy and Climate Change released their Phase 1 Report - Florida's Energy and Climate Change Action Plan - on November 1, 2007, pursuant to Governor Charlie Crist's Executive Order 07-128 (August 13, 2007). The first phase included developing a comprehensive strategy to achieve targets for statewide GHG reductions, including policy recommendations and changes to existing law. In the second phase, due by October 1, 2008, the team is to focus on mitigating impacts to society, public health, the economy, and the environment created by GHG emissions from new growth. Signed by Governor Bush on June 19, 2006, the Florida Renewable Energy Technologies & Energy Efficiency Act (SB888) directed the Florida Energy Commission to produce the report and schedule for the development of a comprehensive state climate action plan.
- http://www.dep.state.fl.us/climatechange/files/20071101_final_report.pdf
- http://www.flgov.com/release/9315
- http://laws.flrules.org/files/Ch_2006-230.pdf
Targets and Caps
Lead by Example Target
Status: Completed
Details: Executive Order 07-126, signed by Governor Crist on July 13, 2007, sets near-term GHG emissions goals for state agencies-a 10% reduction from 2007 levels by 2012, a 25% reduction by 2017, and a 40% reduction by 2025.
Statewide GHG Target
Status: Completed/Further Work Proposed
Details: On July 13, 2007, Florida Governor Charlie Crist issued Executive Order 07-127, which established statewide GHG emission reduction targets of 2000 levels by 2017, 1990 levels by 2025, and 80% below 1990 levels by 2050.
In its 2007 Report to the Legislature, the Florida Energy Commission (FEC) recommended slightly less ambitious GHG emission reduction goals: to 2000 levels by 2020; to 1990 levels by 2030; and 80% below 1990 levels by 2050. Chairman Tommy Boroughs said that the reason the commission embraced later deadlines than the ones the governor set is because there's more uncertainty among FEC members that nuclear power can come online as quickly as the governor expects.
Statewide GHG Cap
Status: Proposed
Details: On June 25, 2008, Florida Governor Charlie Crist approved H.B. 7135, which asks the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to propose a program to cap emissions and allow reductions to be sold or traded as credits. The law states that the DEP shall not adopt rules for a cap and trade regulatory program until after January 1, 2010, and the rules shall not become effective until ratified by the Legislature.
Reporting
Electricity Disclosure
Status: No Activity Identified
Details: Issued December 2006, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's "Whitepaper on Climate Change Science and Policy Options" suggests including GHG emissions on monthly electric bills.
In March 1999, the Florida Public Service Commission issued an order requiring the state's investor owned electric utilities, which serve about 80-85% of the state's customers, to provide information on their fuel mix to customers on a quarterly basis, effective April 18, 1999. This information must be included as a bill insert or on the bill itself, and must be based on data available for the most recent 12-month period. Considered no activity because emissions data are not required.
- http://www.publicpower.com/pdf/dep_whitepaper.pdf
- http://www.dsireusa.org/documents/Incentives/FL09R.htm
GHG Registry
Status: In Progress
Details: Member of The Climate Registry - a collaboration aimed at developing and managing a common GHG emissions reporting system across states, provinces, and tribes. It will provide an accurate, complete, consistent, transparent, and verified set of GHG emissions data from reporting entities, supported by a robust accounting and verification infrastructure. Members released a final General Reporting Protocol in May 2008. The Climate Registry plans to start accepting data in summer 2008.
Mandatory GHG Reporting
Status: No Activity Identified
Power Sector
CO2 Offset Requirements
Status: No Activity Identified
GHG Performance Standard
Status: No Activity Identified
Advanced Coal Technology
Status: Completed
Details: On June 12, 2007, Governor Charlie Crist signed into law a bill to boost investment in integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) technology for coal-fired electricity generating plants in the state. H.B. 549 orders the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) to establish cost recovery mechanisms for the siting, design, licensing, and construction of nuclear and IGCC power plants.
Power Sector GHG Cap and Trade
Status: In Progress
Details: On June 25, 2008, Florida Governor Charlie Crist approved H.B. 7135, which requires the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to create a cap-and-trade regulatory program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from major emitters, but sets no specific limits and requires any program to be ratified by the legislature.
Transportation Sector
GHG Auto Standards
Status: In Progress
Details: The state DEP had been slowly going through the regulatory process over the past 10 months, but in May 2008, the state legislature passed an energy bill that included a prohibition on the state DEP from adopting the standards without legislative approval.
On July 13, 2007, Florida Governor Charlie Crist issued Executive Order 07-126, which requires the Department of Management Services to only approve the purchase of new vehicles with the greatest fuel efficiency in a given class as required for that vehicle to minimize GHG emissions. The Governor also issued Executive Order 07-127 (July 13, 2007), which adopted California's GHG standards for motor vehicles.
On January 2, 2008, California filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. EPA's denial of the state's effort to regulate GHG emissions from motor vehicles, in response to EPA's rejection of a petition for a Clean Air Act waiver on December 19, 2007. A waiver is required for California and other states to implement a vehicle emissions standard tougher than the federal one. The proposed auto standard calls for the reduction of GHG emissions from new vehicles of 22% by 2012 and 30% by 2016.
- http://www.cleancarscampaign.org/web-content/stateaction/stateaction.html#Anchor-States-17304
- http://www.flgov.com/pdfs/orders/07-126-actions.pdf
- http://www.flgov.com/pdfs/orders/07-127-emissions.pdf
Low Carbon Fuel Standard
Status: No Activity Identified