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® facilities, and certain transitional issues. <br />• <br />• <br />The City responded by filing both a motion to dismiss and a <br />response in opposition to the requested statements; Florida Power & <br />Light Company ("FPL"), Duke Energy Florida ("Duke"), Tampa Electric <br />Company ("Tampa Electric"), the Florida Electric Cooperatives <br />Association, the Florida Municipal Electric Association ("FMEA"), and <br />the Orlando Utilities Commission ("OUC") also filed responsive <br />pleadings in opposition to the County's requested statements. On <br />November 13, 2014, the PSC Staff issued its recommendation to deny the <br />County's Petition, which the PSC was scheduled to consider at its <br />agenda conference on November 25, 2014. On the morning of November <br />25, however, the County requested and was granted a deferral of its <br />Petition from the PSC's scheduled agenda. The PSC is now expected to <br />hear the matter at its agenda conference on February 3, 2014. <br />Historical Background <br />The City of Vero Beach was initially incorporated in 1919 as the <br />City of Vero, and reincorporated as the City of Vero Beach in 1925. <br />(Coincidentally, Indian River County was also created in 1925.) The <br />City has operated a municipal electric utility system since 1920, when <br />it purchased the original small power plant, poles, and lines from the <br />Vero Utilities Company. Naturally, the City's service area has grown <br />since 1920, and during the intervening 94 years, the City has served <br />customers inside and outside the City limits, pursuant to its own <br />ordinances, pursuant to requests by customers living outside the City <br />limits, pursuant to its powers under Florida Statutes, and, since at <br />least 1972, pursuant to orders of the Commission approving the City's <br />service area in territorial agreements with ("FPL"). <br />Today, the City serves within the service area described in its <br />territorial agreement with FPL, which agreement has been approved, with <br />amendments over. time, by the following Commission orders: In re: <br />Application of. Florida Power and Light Company for approval of a <br />territorial agreement with the City of Vero Beach, Docket No. 72045 -EU, <br />Order No. 5520 (August 29, 1972); In re: Application of Florida Power & <br />Light Company for approval of a modification of territorial agreement <br />and contract for interchange service with the City of Vero Beach, <br />Florida, Docket No. 73605 -EU, Order No. 6010 (January 18, 1974); In re: <br />Application of FPL and the City of Vero Beach for approval of an <br />agreement relative to service areas, Docket No. 800596 -EU, Order No. <br />10382 (November 3, 1981); In re: Application of FPL and the City of <br />Vero Beach for approval of an agreement relative to service areas, <br />Docket No. 800596 -EU, Order No. 11580 (February 2, 1983); and In re: <br />Petition of Florida Power & Light Company and the City of Vero Beach <br />for Approval of Amendment of a Territorial Agreement, Docket No:, <br />3 <br />Is <br />