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m <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ANNOUNCED THAT GENE BARRY AND SANDY MACMILLAN, <br />ALSO OF FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT, ARE PRESENT TO REQUEST THAT THE BOARD <br />ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO PRESENT TO THE GOVERNOR ASKING HIM TO CONSIDER <br />TEMPORARILY LOWERING THE STANDARDS ON FUEL THAT CAN BE UTILIZED BY FLORIDA <br />POWER & LIGHT. <br />MR. MACMILLAN INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THEIR MAIN SUPPLIER, <br />EXXON CO., HAS ADVISED THEM OF A 50% REDUCTION IN THEIR SUPPLY OF LOW <br />SULFUR CONTENT OIL DUE TO THE IRANIAN SITUATION. THEY CAN MAKE UP THE <br />DIFFERENCE, BUT ONLY WITH THE REGULAR SULFUR OIL VS. LOW SULFUR OIL. THE <br />PROBLEM IS THAT FP&L IS NOT ALLOWED TO BURN THIS FUEL BECAUSE OF THE AIR <br />EMISSION REGULATIONS. MR. MACMILLAN CONTINUED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN IN <br />CONTACT WITH THE GOVERNORS OFFICE AND ARE TRYING TO GET HIM TO EXERCISE <br />HIS EMERGENCY POWERS TO RELAX THE STANDARDS TEMPORARILY. HE NOTED THAT <br />THERE ARE ALSO FEDERAL STANDARDS AND THAT.WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE <br />PRESIDENT_0F�`'HE UNITED STATES.*'•MR. MACKILLAW STATED THAT IF THEY ARE' <br />NOT ALLOWED TO UTILIZE THE HIGHER SULFUR CONTENT OIL, THEY MIGHT NOT BE <br />ABLE TO MEET THE DEMAND,AND OUTAGES COULD BE CREATED. HE STATED THAT <br />EXXON HAS NOT ADVISED THEM HOW LONG THE SITUATION WOULD LAST, AND FP&L <br />IS JUST ASKING THAT THE BOARD CONSIDER A RELAXATION OF STANDARDS FOR A <br />FOUR MONTH PERIOD. <br />COMMISSIONER DEESON ASKED IF THE ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE AN <br />INCREASE IN THE COST TO THE CONSUMER. <br />MR. MACMILLAN REPLIED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO ON THE OPEN <br />MARKET FOR OIL AND DO NOT KNOW THE PRICE THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY; ALSO, <br />THEY ARE NOT SURE ABOUT GAS SUPPLY. HE NOTED THAT COAL, AS AN ALTERNATIVE, <br />IS VERY IMPRACTICAL IN.FLORIDA. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE CITY OF <br />VERO BEACH PASSED A SIMILAR RESOLUTION LAST NIGHT. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT.FELT THE SIGNIFICANT THING IS THAT IT IS <br />ONLY FOR FOUR MONTHS. <br />MR. MACMILLAN STATED THAT UNDER THE PRESENT REGULATIONS, THEY <br />ARE.REQUIRED TO BURN 1% SULFUR OIL, AND THE REGULAR OIL THEY ARE DIS- <br />CUSSING:LS 2-1/2%. <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMIS- <br />SIONER•LOY, TO ADOPT RESOLUTION No. 79-27 AS REQUESTED BY FLORIDA POWER <br />& LIGHT. <br />29 <br />BOOK 39 eAcE 8 <br />