Florida

Legislation Passed
Electric N Gas N

Electric
Overview

• 2001: There are no plans to introduce restructuring legislation in Florida in the near future. The Florida Energy 2020 Commission's final report, released in December 2001, recommends wholesale competition in the state. The Commission stressed that changes to the electricity market should not be made unless electric rates remain at their current level or are lowered.
• 2002: The Florida legislature adjourned without passing a bill to allow wholesale electric competition. Florida remains the only state without either wholesale or retail electric competition.
• September 2002: The Florida Office of Public Counsel is asking the Florida Supreme Court to step in and stop Florida utilities from turning over their main power lines to GridFlorida, an independent transmission company. The counsel's office said it was worried customers' electricity reliability will suffer under GridFlorida and that the company, not the PSC, will have authority to decide when and if to expand the state's power grid.

Natural Gas
Overview

• The state has no unbundled service programs for residential customers. In February 2000, the Florida Public Service Commission adopted rules that extend customer choice to all nonresidential users of natural gas in the state regardless of volume.

Utility Regulatory Commission
Public Service Commission
850-413-6100
http://www.psc.state.fl.us/

Consumer advocate
Division of Consumer Services
1-800-435-7352
www.800helpfla.com/~cs/complaints.html