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State of Florida
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Public Service Commission Capital Circle Office Center ● 2540 Shumard
Oak Boulevard -M-E-M-O-R-A-N-D-U-M- |
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TO: |
Office of Commission Clerk (Teitzman) |
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Division of Economics (Hampson) Office of the General Counsel (Brownless) |
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RE: |
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AGENDA: |
08/06/24 – Regular Agenda – Proposed Agency Action – Interested Persons May Participate |
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COMMISSIONERS ASSIGNED: |
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PREHEARING OFFICER: |
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SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: |
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On May 10, 2024, Florida Public Utilities Company (FPUC) filed a petition for approval of a Special Contract with the Agency for Persons with Disabilities (Agency). The petition was filed pursuant to Rule 25-9.034, Florida Administrative Code. The Agency for Persons with Disability is an agency of the State of Florida that is tasked with serving the needs of Floridians with developmental disabilities. FPUC provides service to the Agency as a General Service Large Demand at the Sunland Center in Marianna, Florida. The Sunland Center is a developmental disability center operated by the Agency for people who need structured care 24 hours a day.
In early 2023, the Agency notified FPUC that it had received a grant from the federal government of approximately $2 million for the upgrade and storm hardening of Sunland Center’s existing 12.47 kV distribution system. As a primary metered customer, the 12.47 kV distribution infrastructure behind the meter is the responsibility of the Agency to operate, maintain, and upgrade. FPUC worked with a third-party engineering firm, Enercon Services Inc. (Enercon), to develop cost estimates to storm harden the Agency’s distribution system. The Enercon report was included as Attachment B to the petition.
After reviewing
the report, FPUC and the Agency negotiated a Special Contact that would utilize
the grant funds to compensate FPUC’s work on the Sunland Center’s distribution facilities,
including completion of the necessary engineering designs and the purchase of
materials. The Special Contract contemplates that FPUC, with the assistance of
third-party contractors, would remove as much of the overhead distribution
system as possible without impacting the existing overhead telephone and
communications equipment and would replace it with new overhead
facilities that meet National Electric Safety Code Storm Hardening Standards.
FPUC would also construct an underground electric distribution system in
certain areas consisting of primary conductors/conduit, pad mounted
transformers and switches, secondary conductors/conduit, as well as service
conductors/conduit. The system would utilize primary overhead metering
equipment, which would be designated as the point of delivery and meter all
energy used at Sunland Center. The Special Contract contemplates that work would
be completed by mid-year 2026.
On June 6, 2024, Commission staff held a phone conference with FPUC to discuss the petition. On June 10, 2024, staff issued a data request, to which responses were received on June 24, 2024.[1] The proposed, unexecuted Special Contract is included in this recommendation as Attachment A. The Commission has jurisdiction over this matter pursuant to Section 366.05 Florida Statutes (F.S.).
