FLORIDA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMMISSION CONFERENCE AGENDA
CONFERENCE DATE AND
TIME: Thursday, July 7,
2022, 9:30 a.m.
LOCATION: Betty Easley Conference Center, Joseph P. Cresse Hearing Room 148
DATE ISSUED: June 24, 2022
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1**................. Consent
Agenda
5..................... Docket No.
20220069-GU – Petition for rate
increase by Florida City Gas.
8**................. Docket No.
20220003-GU – Purchased gas
adjustment (PGA) true-up.
PAA A) Application for Certificate of Authority to Provide Telecommunications Service.
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DOCKET NO. |
COMPANY NAME |
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Gigapower, LLC (f/k/a Infrastructure Endeavors, LLC) |
Recommendation: The Commission should approve the action requested in the docket referenced above and close the docket.
2**PAA Docket No. 20220046-TP – Commission approval of Florida Telecommunications Relay, Inc.'s fiscal year 2022/2023 proposed budget.
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Critical Date(s): |
None |
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Commissioners Assigned: |
All Commissioners |
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Prehearing Officer: |
La Rosa |
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Staff: |
IDM: Williams, Fogleman GCL: Imig, Tan |
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Issue 1:
Should the Commission approve Florida Telecommunications Relay, Inc.'s proposed budget as presented in Attachment A of staff’s memorandum dated June 24, 2022, for Fiscal Year 2022/2023, effective August 15, 2022?
No. Staff recommends the Commission modify FTRI’s proposed budget expense of $3,753,703 to increase relay service expense by $208,042, and approve a total budget expense of $3,961,745 for Fiscal Year 2022/2023.
Issue 2:
Should the Commission approve FTRI’s request to reduce the Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) surcharge to $.07 per month?
Yes. Staff recommends the Commission approve FTRI’s request to reduce the surcharge to $0.07. Staff recommends the Commission order all local exchange companies to bill the $0.07 TRS surcharge for Fiscal Year 2022/2023.
Issue 3:
Should this docket be closed?
If no person whose substantial interests are affected by the proposed agency action files a protest within 21 days of the issuance of the order, this docket should be closed upon the issuance of a consummating order.
3** Docket No. 20220001-EI – Fuel and purchased power cost recovery clause with generating performance incentive factor.
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Critical Date(s): |
None |
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Commissioners Assigned: |
All Commissioners |
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Prehearing Officer: |
La Rosa |
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Staff: |
AFD: Higgins ECO: Coston GCL: Brownless, Sandy |
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Issue 1:
Should the Commission modify FPUC’s currently-approved PPA cost recovery factors for purposes of addressing the period-ending 2021 under-recovery of PPA costs?
Yes. Staff recommends the Commission approve adjustments to FPUC’s currently-approved PPA cost recovery factors to incorporate the Company’s period-ending 2021 under-recovery of PPA costs in the amount of $3,790,314.
Issue 2:
If approved by the Commission, what is the appropriate effective date for FPUC’s revised PPA cost recovery factors?
The PPA cost recovery factors, as shown on Appendix A, should become effective with the first billing cycle of August 2022.
Issue 3:
Should this docket be closed?
No. The 20220001-EI docket is an on-going proceeding and should remain open.
4**PAA Docket No. 20220055-EI – Petition for approval of new environmental program for cost recovery through Environmental Cost Recovery Clause, by Tampa Electric Company.
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Critical Date(s): |
None |
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Commissioners Assigned: |
All Commissioners |
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Prehearing Officer: |
La Rosa |
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Staff: |
ENG: Knoblauch, Ramos ECO: Wu GCL: Imig |
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Issue 1:
Should the Commission approve Tampa Electric Company’s petition for approval of the CAA, NESHAP Subpart YYYY Compliance Project for cost recovery through the Environmental Cost Recovery Clause?
Yes. Staff recommends that TECO’s CAA, NESHAP Subpart YYYY Compliance Project is necessary to comply with the EPA’s CAA, NESHAP Subpart YYYY standard. The Project’s capital expenditures and operation and maintenance expenses should be allocated to rate classes on an energy basis.
Issue 2:
Should this docket be closed?
Yes. This docket should be closed upon issuance of a Consummating Order unless a person whose substantial interests are affected by the Commission’s decision files a protest within 21 days of the issuance of the Proposed Agency Action Order.
5 Docket No. 20220069-GU – Petition for rate increase by Florida City Gas.
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Critical Date(s): |
7/30/2022 (60-Day Suspension Date) |
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Commissioners Assigned: |
All Commissioners |
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Prehearing Officer: |
Clark |
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Staff: |
ENG: Knoblauch, Ramos ECO: Hampson, Coston GCL: Trierweiler, Jones |
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(Tariff Suspension - Participation is at
the discretion of the Commission)
Issue 1:
Should the request for a permanent increase in rates and charges be suspended for FCG?
Yes. Staff recommends that the requested permanent increase in rates and charges be suspended for FCG.
Issue 2:
Should this docket be closed?
No. This docket should remain open pending the Commission’s final resolution of the Company’s requested rate increase.
6**PAA Docket No. 20220057-SU – Application for original wastewater certificate for existing utility currently charging for service in Franklin County, by SGI Wastewater Services, Inc.
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Critical Date(s): |
7/10/22 (Statutory deadline for original certificate pursuant to Section 367.031, Florida Statutes) |
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Commissioners Assigned: |
All Commissioners |
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Prehearing Officer: |
La Rosa |
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Staff: |
ENG: Maloy, Ramos AFD: Sewards, Thurmond ECO: Bethea GCL: Rubottom, J. Crawford |
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(Proposed Agency Action for Issue 2)
Issue 1:
Should the application for a wastewater certificate by SGI Wastewater Services, Inc. be approved?
Yes. SGI
should be granted Certificate No. 580-S to serve the territory described in Attachment A of
staff’s recommendation dated June 24, 2022, effective the date of the Commission’s vote. The resultant order
should serve as SGI’s wastewater certificate and it should be retained by the
Utility. SGI’s existing rates, late payment charge, and initial customer
deposits, shown on Schedule No. 1 of staff’s recommendation dated June 24, 2022,
should remain in effect until a change is authorized by the Commission in a
subsequent proceeding.
Issue 2:
Should SGI Wastewater Services, Inc.’s miscellaneous service charges be revised to conform to amended Rule 25-30.460, F.A.C.?
Yes. The miscellaneous service charges should be revised to
conform to the recent amendment to Rule 25-30.460, F.A.C. The tariff should be
revised to reflect the removal of initial connection and normal reconnection
charges. SGI should be required to file a proposed customer notice to reflect
the Commission-approved charges. The approved charges should be effective on or
after the stamped approval date on the tariff sheet pursuant to Rule
25-30.475(1), F.A.C. In addition, the approved charges should not be
implemented until staff has approved the proposed customer notice and the
notice has been received by customers. The Utility should provide proof of the
date notice was given within 10 days of the date of the notice. SGI
should be required to charge the approved miscellaneous service charges until
authorized to change them by the Commission in a subsequent proceeding.
Issue 3:
Should this docket be closed?
Yes. If no person whose substantial interests are affected by the proposed agency action files a protest within 21 days of the issuance of the order, a consummating order should be issued. The docket should remain open for staff’s verification that the revised tariff sheets and customer notice have been filed by the Utility and approved by staff. Once these actions are complete, this docket should be closed administratively.
7**PAA Docket No. 20220075-EU – Joint petition for approval of modification to territorial agreement in Polk County, by City of Lakeland and City of Bartow.
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Critical Date(s): |
None |
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Commissioners Assigned: |
All Commissioners |
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Prehearing Officer: |
Clark |
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Staff: |
ECO: Guffey GCL: Brownless |
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Issue 1:
Should the Commission approve the proposed New Territorial Agreement in Polk County between Lakeland and Bartow?
Yes, the Commission should approve the proposed New Territorial Agreement in Polk County between Lakeland and Bartow. The approval of this New Territorial Agreement will enable Lakeland and Bartow to accurately reflect their current service areas, better serve existing and future customers in Polk County, and will not be a detriment to the public interest.
Issue 2:
Should this docket be closed?
Yes. If no protest is filed by a person whose substantial interests are affected within 21 days of the issuance of the Order, this docket should be closed upon the issuance of the Consummating Order.
8** Docket No. 20220003-GU – Purchased gas adjustment (PGA) true-up.
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Critical Date(s): |
7/7/22 |
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Commissioners Assigned: |
All Commissioners |
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Prehearing Officer: |
La Rosa |
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Staff: |
ECO: Barrett, Coston GCL: Sandy |
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Issue 1:
Should the Commission approve the Petition for Mid-Course Correction filed by Peoples Gas System?
Yes. The Commission should approve the Petition for Mid-Course Correction filed by Peoples Gas System. Adjusting the PGA cap as proposed by the Company would allow it the opportunity to timely recover the recent market-driven escalation in the Company’s forecasted costs for natural gas that are expected to be much higher than originally forecasted.
Issue 2:
If approved by the Commission, what is the appropriate effective date for Peoples’ revised levelized PGA cap?
The appropriate revised levelized PGA cap shown on Attachment A (tariff sheet No. 7.101-1) of staff’s recommendation dated June 24, 2022, should become effective with the first billing cycle of August 2022.
Issue 3:
Should this docket be closed?
No. Docket No. 20220003-GU is an on-going proceeding and should remain open.
9 Docket No. 20220067-GU – Petition for rate increase by Florida Public Utilities Company, Florida Division of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation, Florida Public Utilities Company - Fort Meade, and Florida Public Utilities Company - Indiantown Division.
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Critical Date(s): |
07/25/22 (60-Day Suspension Date) |
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Commissioners Assigned: |
All Commissioners |
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Prehearing Officer: |
Passidomo |
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Staff: |
ECO: Guffey, Coston, Draper GCL: Sandy, J. Crawford |
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(Tariff Suspension - Participation is at
the discretion of the Commission)
Issue 1:
Should the request for a permanent increase in rates and charges be suspended for FPUC?
Yes. Staff recommends that the requested permanent increase in rates and charges be suspended for FPUC.
Issue 2:
Should this docket be closed?
No. This docket should remain open pending the Commission’s final resolution of the Company’s requested rate increase.