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Committee approves measure clarifying rural electric cooperatives’ fuel-source governance
Summary
HB 379 clarifies that rural electric cooperatives may govern their choices of fuel sources used for electricity production; proponents from electric cooperatives and advocacy groups waived in support and the committee approved the bill.
Representative Shoaff presented HB 379 as a clarification allowing rural electric cooperatives to govern the types of fuel sources they use to produce electricity. Supporters including Americans for Prosperity and Florida Electric Cooperatives waived in support. There was no recorded debate, and the committee voted to report the bill favorably.
Representative Shoaff characterized the bill as a straightforward statutory clarification rather than a policy shift. The committee adjourned after completing the agenda.
