Fla. Stat. § 368.01
Short title
This law may be known and cited as “The Gas Safety Law of 1967.”
Florida Statutes Chapter 368 — GAS TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
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Fla. Stat. § 368.021
Applicability
The provisions of this law and all orders, rules, and regulations adopted pursuant thereto shall apply to every person, corporation, partnership, association, public agency, municipality, cooperative, gas district, or other legal entity and their lessees, trustees, or receivers, now or hereafter owning, operating, mana…
Fla. Stat. § 368.03
Purpose and legislative intent
This law authorizes the establishment of rules and regulations covering the design, fabrication, installation, inspection, testing and safety standards for installation, operation and maintenance of gas transmission and distribution systems, including gas pipelines, gas compressor stations, gas metering and regulating…
Fla. Stat. § 368.05
Commission jurisdiction; rules
(1) In addition to its existing functions, the Florida Public Service Commission shall have jurisdiction over all persons, corporations, partnerships, associations, public agencies, municipalities, or other legal entities engaged in the operation of gas transmission or distribution facilities with respect to their comp…
Fla. Stat. § 368.061
Penalty
(1) A person who violates this part, or any regulation issued hereunder, is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed the following:(a) Until June 30, 2025, $266,015 for each violation for each day that such violation persists, except that the maximum civil penalty may not exceed $2,660,135 for any related series of vio…
Fla. Stat. § 368.101
Short title
Sections 368.101-368.112 may be cited as the “Natural Gas Transmission Pipeline Intrastate Regulatory Act.”
Fla. Stat. § 368.102
Legislative declaration
The Legislature has determined that regulation of natural gas intrastate transportation and sale is in the public interest and ss. 368.101-368.112 shall be deemed to be an exercise of the police power of the state for the protection of the public welfare. The Legislature intends that the provisions of chapter 120 apply…
Fla. Stat. § 368.103
Definitions
As used in ss. 368.101-368.112, the term:(1) “Affiliated,” when used in relation to any person, means another person who owns or controls, is owned by or controlled by, or is under common ownership or control with, such person.(2) “Commission” means the Florida Public Service Commission.(3) “Natural gas” means either n…
Fla. Stat. § 368.104
Jurisdiction, authority to ensure compliance; rate regulation
Subject to ss. 368.101-368.112, the commission is vested with all authority and power of the state to ensure compliance of natural gas transmission companies with the obligations imposed by ss. 368.101-368.112. For this purpose, the commission is empowered to fix and regulate rates and services of natural gas transmiss…
Fla. Stat. § 368.105
Rates and services; just and reasonable and not unduly discriminatory
(1) Every natural gas transmission company shall file with the commission rates which are subject to the jurisdiction of the commission and which are in force at the time of any service offered by the natural gas transmission company. Such filing may include minimum and maximum rates for any service offered. Each natur…
Fla. Stat. § 368.106
Statement of intent to increase rates; major changes; hearing; suspension of rate schedules; determination of rate level
(1) Except when a rate is deemed just and reasonable pursuant to s. 368.105(3), no natural gas transmission company may charge an initial rate or increase its rates above the maximum rate on file for a service except by filing a statement of intent with the commission no later than 60 days prior to the proposed effecti…
Fla. Stat. § 368.107
Unreasonable or violative existing rates and services
If the commission, after reasonable notice and hearing, on its own motion or written complaint by any person who has a substantial interest, finds that any rate or service filed with the commission, including any rate filed pursuant to s. 368.105(3), whether or not being demanded, observed, charged, or collected by any…
Fla. Stat. § 368.108
Confidentiality; discovery
(1) The commission shall continue to have reasonable access to all natural gas transmission company records and records of the natural gas transmission company’s affiliated companies, including its parent company, regarding transactions or cost allocations among the natural gas transmission company and such affiliated…
Fla. Stat. § 368.1085
Travel costs
The commission has the authority to assess a natural gas transmission company for reasonable travel costs associated with reviewing the records of the natural gas transmission company and its affiliates when such records are kept out of state. The natural gas transmission company may bring the records back into the sta…
Fla. Stat. § 368.109
Regulatory assessment fees
Each natural gas transmission company operating under ss. 368.101-368.112, for all or any part of the preceding 6-month period, shall pay to the commission, within 30 days following the end of each 6-month period, a fee that may not exceed 0.25 percent annually of its gross operating revenues derived from intrastate bu…
Fla. Stat. § 368.111
Penalties
The commission shall have the power to impose upon any entity subject to its jurisdiction under ss. 368.101-368.112 which is found to have refused to comply with or to have willfully violated any lawful rule or order of the commission or any provision of ss. 368.101-368.112 a penalty for each offense of not more than $…
Fla. Stat. § 368.1115
Injunctive relief
The Legislature finds that violations of commission orders or rules, in connection with the impairment of a natural gas transmission company’s operations or service, constitute irreparable harm for which there is no adequate remedy at law. The commission is authorized to seek relief in circuit court including temporary…
Fla. Stat. § 368.112
Judicial review
As authorized by s. 3(b)(2), Art. V of the State Constitution, the Supreme Court shall review, upon petition, any action of the commission relating to rates or service of a natural gas transmission company. For purposes of judicial review, a natural gas transmission company is a utility providing gas service within the…