IN RE ADVISORY OPINION TO ATTY. GEN.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Alfred Lagran Saunders , Assistant Attorney General, Allen C. Winsor , Solicitor General, and Rachel Erin Nordby , Deputy Solicitor General, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner.

Robert Lowry Nabors , Gregory Thomas Stewart , and William Clark Garner of Nabors, Giblin & Nickerson, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, for Floridians for Solar Choice, Inc., Sponsor.

Stephen H. Grimes and David Bruce May, Jr. of Holland & Knight LLP, Tallahassee, FL, and William Bartow Willingham and Michelle Lynn Hershel , Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Florida Electric Cooperatives Association, Inc.; Raoul G. Cantero, III and Thomas Neal McAliley of White & Case LLP, Miami, FL, on behalf of Florida Chamber of Commerce; Linda Loomis Shelley of Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney, PC, Tallahassee, FL, and Harry Morrison, Jr. , Tallahassee, FL, and Dan R. Stengle of Dan R. Stengle , Attorney, LLC, Tallahassee, FL, and Jody Lamar Finklea and Amanda L. Swindle , Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Florida League of Cities, Inc. and Florida Municipal Electric Association, Inc.; Craig Edward Leen , City Attorney, Coral Gables, FL, on behalf of the City of Coral Gables; Floyd Robert Self of Berger Singerman LLP, Tallahassee, FL, and Javier Luis Vazquez of Berger Singerman LLP, Miami, FL, on behalf of the City of Coral Gables and Florida State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; Martin Stephen Turner of Broad and Cassel, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Florida Chapter of the National Congress of Black Women, Inc.; William Christopher Browder , Vice President and General Counsel, and Terrie Louise Tressler , Deputy General Counsel, Orlando, FL, on behalf of Orlando Utilities Commission; Susan Leslie Forbes Clark and Donna Elizabeth Blanton of the Radey Law Firm, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of National Black Chamber of Commerce; Major Best Harding and James Dawson Beasley of Ausley & McMullen, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Tampa Electric Company; Jeffrey Alan Stone and Terrie Springer Didier of Beggs & Lane, R.L.L.P., Pensacola, FL; John Todd Burnett , Deputy General Counsel, Saint Petersburg, FL, on behalf of Duke Energy Florida; Kenneth Bradley Bell of Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Gulf Power Company; Barry Scott Richard of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, and Alvin Bruce Davis of Squire Patton Boggs , Miami, FL, on behalf of Florida Power and Light Company; and Carlos Genaro Mufiiz of McGuireWoods LLP, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Florida Council for Safe Communities, as Opponents.