LTC 036-2022 CITY OF HALLANDALE RESOLUTION NO. 2022-006MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
No. 036-2022
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
LETTER TO COMMISSION
Mayor Dan Gelber and Members of the City Commission
Rafael E. Granado, City Clerk d
January 28, 2022
SUBJECT: CITY OF HALLANDALE RESOLUTION NO. 2022-006
Attached for your information is Resolution No. 2022-006, adopted by the Mayor and City
Commission of City of Hallandale on January 19, 2022.
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
HALLANDALE BEACH, FLORIDA, STRONGLY OPPOSING SENATE BILL 1024
AND COMPANION BILL HOUSE BILL 741 IN THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE
WHICH SEEK TO DECIMATE NET ENERGY METERING AND THE
EXPANSION OF ROOFTOP SOLAR ENERGY; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
The City of Hallandale Clerk has requested that a copy of this Resolution be provided to the
Miami Beach Mayor, Commissioners, and the City Manager.
If you have any questions, please contact the Office of the City Clerk at 305.673. 7 411.
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1 RESOLUTION NO. 2022 -006
2 A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF
3 THE CITY OF HALLANDALE BEACH, FLORIDA, STRONGLY
4 OPPOSING SENATE BILL 1024 AND COMPANION BILL
5 HOUSE BILL 741 IN THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE WHICH
6 SEEK TO DECIMATE NET ENERGY METERING AND THE
7 EXPANSION OF ROOFTOP SOLAR ENERGY; AND PROVIDING
8 AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
9 WHEREAS, Net Energy Metering ("NEM") is designed to support the installation of
10 customer-sited renewable energy generation; and
11 WHEREAS, NEM allows electricity customers to generate power themselves with
12 rooftop solar and offset it against the electricity they buy from their utility and then they can
13 ultimately save money on their utility bills and receive bill credits for excess solar power
14 generated they don't use and is then shared with the power grid to serve nearby customers; and
15 WHEREAS, NEM is what has allowed solar to become increasingly accessible to low
16 and moderate income households in Florida and empowers Floridians to have choices in how
17 they receive and pay for electricity; and
18 WHEREAS. Florida is one of 47 states in the United States that allow homeowners and
19 business owners to produce power and sell it back to the energy grid and providers; and
20 WHEREAS, the rooftop solar industry supports sustained economic development
21 throughout the State by generating over $18 billion to to the Florida's economy and net metering
22 supports over 40,500 direct and indirect jobs in Florida;1 and
23 WHEREAS, the Florida solar industry has the second largest solar workforce in the
24 United States provides over 11 ,000 direct jobs, as reported by the 11th Annual National Solar
25 Jobs Census2·3; and
1 The Washington Economics Group, Inc., on behalf of Conservatives for Clean Energy Florida, "The Comprehensive Economic
Development Impacts of the Rooftop Solar Power Industry on the State of Florida," November 2, 2021,
https.llvNN1.cleanenergyconservat1ves com/wp-contenVuploads/2021 / 11/CCE-Rooftop-Solar-Report-November-2021-1 .pdf
2 https://irecusa org/resources/national-solar-1obs-census-2020I
3 https .llwww se1a org/state-solar-poltcylflorida-solar
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26 WHEREAS, Senate Bill ("SB") 10244, and its related bill, House Bill ("HB") 741 5, have
27 been filed for consideration during the 2021 Florida State Legislative Session; and
28 WHEREAS, these proposals, as introduced, would slash the credits that customers
29 receive for sharing their excess electricity with the power grid, thereby making customer-sited
30 renewable energy more expensive, increasing the amount of time it takes for customers to pay
31 off their solar systems, and significantly diminishing the installation of distributed solar in Florida;
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33 WHEREAS, many in the solar industry, homeowners, and providers oppose legislation
34 that restricts the expansion of rooftop solar in Florida and organizations in opposition include but
35 are not limited to the League of Women Voters Florida, Florida Conservation Voters, the
36 Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Solar United Neighbors, Catalyst Miami, the CLEO
37 Institute, and Vote Solar; and
38 WHEREAS, Environmental and Climate Justice Chair of the Florida NAACP Florida
39 State Conference, Lewis Jennings, wrote "Power companies' attack on home-based solar
40 energy demonstrates their continued insistence that their customers rely on outdated,
41 dangerous sources of energy that put Florida closer to the devastating consequences of climate
42 change. That poses an even greater threat to minorities and disadvantaged communities, as
43 they will experience the first and worst damage from the warming climate. For the sake of these
44 vulnerable communities, Florida must ensure that important clean energy policies are preserved
45 and advanced. The Legislature should stop this unfair, unwanted attack on net metering and the
46 Florida communities who benefit from it.116; and
47 WHEREAS, the City of Hallandale Beach cannot meet its clean energy goals with utility
48 scale solar alone; and
49 WHEREAS , expanding access to rooftop solar in the City of Hallandale Beach will
50 support resiliency, provide environmental and public health benefits by reducing air emissions,
51 lessen the impacts of the climate crisis, avoid the need to build costly power generation, add
• https·/Jwww.flsenate.gov/Session/BilV2022/1024
5 https://www .flsenate.qov/Session/BilV202217 41
6 Jennings, Lewis. "An attack on solar net metering threatens Florida's disadvantaged communities I Opinion: Sun Sentinel, 26
December 2021, https://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/commentarylfl-op-com-invadinq-sea-net-meterinq-sotar-low-income-
20211226-xp6fcy2nmbghlpc:zlykw5i2rsa-story html.
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52 value directly to the local economy by supporting local job creation, and contribute to the
53 achievement of reliability and clean energy goals; and
54 WHEREAS, we are in a climate change crisis and need to make the transition to clean
55 energy more accessible and affordable for everyday Floridians with every tool possible which
56 includes rooftop solar.
57 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
58 CITY OF HALLANDALE BEACH, FLORIDA:
59 Section 1. The foregoing "WHEREAS" clauses are hereby ratified and confirmed as
60 being true and correct and are incorporated herein by this reference.
61 Section 2. The City Commission of Hallandale Beach urges the Florida Legislature to
62 oppose Senate Bill 1024, House Bill 741, or similar legislation that would decimate net energy
63 metering and the expansion of rooftop solar energy in Florida.
64 Section. 3 The City Commission of Hallandale Beach supports expanding clean energy
65 access by making it easier, not harder, for Floridians to adopt rooftop solar in all communities
66 and households, particularly those struggling to pay for electricity.
67 Section 4. The City Commission of Hallandale Beach directs the Clerk of the Board to
68 transmit certified copies of this resolution to the Governor, the Senate President, the House
69 Speaker, Senator Jennifer Bradley, Representative Lawrence McClure, Representative Alex
70 Andrade, the Florida Public Service Commission, the Broward State Legislative Delegation, and
71 the Broward League of Cities.
72 Section 5. The City Commission of Hallandale Beach directs the City's state lobbyists to
73 advocate against the legislation above and authorizes amending the 2022 State Legislative
74 Package to include this item.
75 APPROVED AND ADOPTED on this 19th day of January, 2022.
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JENNIFER MERINO
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FINAL VOTE ON ADOPTION
Mayor Cooper
Vice Mayor Butler
Commissioner Javellana
Commissioner Lazarow
Commissioner Lima-Taub
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