BEFORE THE FLORIDA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

In Re: Energy Conservation Cost			Docket No. 030002-EG
Recovery Clause			
______________________________/		Filed: 	October 15, 2003

THE FLORIDA INDUSTRIAL POWER USERS
GROUP’S PREHEARING STATEMENT

	The Florida Industrial Power Users Group (FIPUG), pursuant to Order No. PSC-03-0358-PCO-EG, hereby files its Prehearing Statement.

A.	APPEARANCES: 

	JOHN W. MCWHIRTER, JR., McWhirter Reeves McGlothlin Davidson Kaufman & Arnold, P.A., 400 North Tampa Street, Suite 2450, Tampa, Florida 33601-3350 and VICKI GORDON KAUFMAN, McWhirter Reeves McGlothlin Davidson Kaufman & Arnold, P.A., 117 South Gadsden Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32301.

	On Behalf of the Florida Industrial Power Users Group.

B.	WITNESSES:
	
	None.

C.	EXHIBITS:

None.  However, FIPUG reserves the right to utilize appropriate exhibits in cross-examination.

D.	STATEMENT OF BASIC POSITION:

	None.
	
E.	STATEMENT OF ISSUES AND POSITIONS:

Generic Energy Conservation Cost Recovery Issues

ISSUE 1:		What is the final end-of-the-period true-up amount for the period January
			2002 through December 2002?

FIPUG:		FIPUG has no position at this time, but reserves the right to take a position on this issue by the date of the prehearing conference.

ISSUE 2:	What are the appropriate conservation cost recovery factors by customer class for the period January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004?

FIPUG:		FIPUG has no position at this time, but reserves the right to take a position on this issue by the date of the prehearing conference.

ISSUE 3:	What should be the effective date of the energy conservation cost recovery factors for billing purposes?

FIPUG:		Agree with Staff.

COMPANY SPECIFIC ISSUES

Tampa Electric Company:

ISSUES 4:		What is the Contracted Credit Value for the GSLM-2 and GSLM-3 rate riders for Tampa Electric for the period January 2004 through December 2004?

FIPUG:		No position at this time.

Florida Public Utilities Company:

ISSUE 5:	What adjustments should be made to FPUC’s current period true-up (January 2003 thru December 2003) in response to the staff’s audit of FPUC conservation programs for the year ended December 31, 2002.

FIPUG:		No position.

	F.	STIPULATED ISSUES:

	None at this time.
	
	G.	PENDING MOTIONS:

	FIPUG has no pending motions. 

H.	OTHER MATTERS:	

None.

						_____________________________________
						John W. McWhirter, Jr.
						McWhirter Reeves McGlothlin Davidson
						Kaufman & Arnold, P.A.
						400 North Tampa Street, Suite 2450
						Tampa, Florida 33601-3350

						Vicki Gordon Kaufman
						McWhirter Reeves McGlothlin Davidson
						Kaufman & Arnold, P.A.
						114 South Gadsden Street
						Tallahassee, Florida 32301
	
						Attorneys for the Florida Industrial Power
						Users Group

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

	I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the Florida Industrial Power Users Group’s Prehearing Statement has been furnished by (*) hand delivery, or U.S. Mail this 15th day of October 2003, to the following parties of record:

(*)Lorena A. Holly						Rob Vandiver
Florida Public Service Commission				Office of the Public Counsel
Division of Legal Services					111 West Madison Street
2540 Shumard Oak Boulevard				Room 812
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0850				Tallahassee, Florida 32399

Charles Guyton						Lee L. Willis
Steel Hector & Davis LLP					James D. Beasley
215 South Monroe Street					Ausley & McMullen
Suite 601							227 S. Calhoun Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32301					Tallahassee, Florida 32302

Jeffrey A. Stone						James A. McGee
Beggs & Lane							100 Central Avenue, Suite CX1D
Post Office Box 12950					St. Petersburg, Florida 33701
Pensacola, Florida 32591

Norman H. Horton						Wayne L. Schiefelbein
Messer, Caparello & Self					 Post Office Box 15856
215 South Monroe Street					Tallahassee, Florida 32317-5856
Suite 701							
Tallahassee, Florida 32302					

Ansley Watson, Jr.						
MacFarlane Ferguson & McMullen		
Post Office Box 1531			
Tampa, Florida 33601

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								Vicki Gordon Kaufman