ADVISORY OPINION TO ATTY. GEN. RE RIGHTS

Nos. SC15-2150, SC16-12.

188 So.3d 822 (2016)

ADVISORY OPINION TO the ATTORNEY GENERAL re RIGHTS OF ELECTRICITY CONSUMERS REGARDING SOLAR ENERGY CHOICE. Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re Rights of Electricity Consumers regarding Solar Energy Choice (FIS).

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 31, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Gerry L. Hammond , Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Rachel Erin Nordby , Deputy Solicitor General, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner.

Raoul G. Cantero, III , Thomas Neal McAliley , and Quinshawna S. Landon of White & Case LLP, Miami, FL, for Consumers for Smart Solar, Inc., Sponsor.

William Bartow Willingham and Michelle Lynn Hershel , Tallahassee, FL, and David Bruce May, Jr. and Tiffany Roddenberry of Holland & Knight LLP, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of the Florida Electric Cooperatives Association, Inc.; Daniel Elden Nordby of Shutts & Bowen LLP, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of The 60 Plus Association, Inc.; Barry Scott Richard of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, and Alvin Bruce Davis of Squire Patton Boggs, LLP, Miami, FL, on behalf of Florida Power & Light Company; Major Best Harding and James Dawson Beasley of Ausley & McMullen, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Tampa Electric Company; John Todd Burnett , Deputy General Counsel, Saint Petersburg, FL, on behalf of Duke Energy Florida; Jeffrey Alan Stone and Terrie Springer Didier of Beggs & Lane, R.L.L.P., Pensacola, FL, and Kenneth Bradley Bell of Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Gulf Power Company, as Proponents.

Robert Lowry Nabors , William Clark Garner , and Carly J. Schrader of Nabors, Giblin & Nickerson, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Floridians for Solar Choice, Inc.; Bradley Ian Brustman Marshall and David George Guest of Earthjustice, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Progress Florida, Inc., Environment Florida, Inc., and The Environmental Confederation of Southwest Florida, Inc.; Ennis Leon Jacobs, Jr. , Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Florida Solar Energy Industries Association; and Warren Lee Rhea , Gainesville, FL, on behalf of Florida Energy Freedom, Inc., as Opponents.


The Attorney General of Florida has petitioned this Court for an advisory opinion as to the validity of a proposed citizen initiative amendment to the Florida Constitution titled "Rights of Electricity Consumers Regarding Solar Energy Choice" and the corresponding Financial Impact Statement submitted by the Financial Impact Estimating Conference...

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