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FILED UN 15, 2017 DOCUMENT NO 05341-17 FPSC -COMMISSION CLERK' BEFORE THE FLORIDA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION / 1) In re: Petition for approval of revisions to tariffDOCKET NO. 170093 -EI sheet Nos. 4.070 and 4.080, deposit ORDER NO. PSC -17 -0229 -TRF -EI requirements and customer billing, by Duke ISSUED: June 15, 2017 Energy Florida, LLC. The following Commissioners participated in the disposition of this matter: JULIE 1. BROWN, Chairman ART GRAHAM RONALD A. BRISE JIMMY PATRONIS DONALD J. POLMANN ORDER APPROVING DUKE ENERGY FLORIDA LLC'S MODIFICATIONS TO TARIFF SHEET NOS. 4.070 AND 4.080 BY THE COMMISSION: On April 28, 2017, Duke Energy Florida, LLC (Duke or Company) filed a petition requesting Commission approval of amendments to Tariff Sheet Nos. 4,070 (Guarantee Deposits) and 4.080 (Billing). During the 2015 session, the Florida Legislature enacted House Bill 7109 which was incorporated into Chapter 2015-129, Laws of Florida. Among other things, the legislation created Section 366.05(1)(b) and (c), Florida Statutes (F.S.). Paragraph (1)(b) addresses billing periods and Paragraph (1)(c) addresses customer deposits. These laws became effective on July 1, 2015. We adopted amendments to Rules 25-6.100 (Customer Billings) and 25-6.097 (Customer Deposits), Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.), respectively, to implement the laws enacted in July 2015.1 Duke is requesting tariff modifications at this time to ensure that the Company's tariff language continues to conform to the applicable statutes and rules. We have jurisdiction in this matter pursuant to Sections 366.03, 366.05, and 366.06, F.S. DECISION Section 366.05(1)(b), F.S., provides that if we authorize a public utility to charge tiered rates based upon levels of usage and to vary its regular billing period, the utility may not charge a customer a higher rate because of an increase in usage attributable to an extension of the billing period; however, the regular meter reading date may not be advanced or postponed more than five days for routine operating reasons without prorating the billing for the period. We amended Rule 25-6.100, F.A.C., to implement the statutory changes.2 The prior rule specified that the regular meter reading date may be advanced or postponed not more than 5 days without a proration of the billing for the period, but did not address the application of tiered rates to ' Order No. PSC-16-0024-FOF-PU, issued January 12, 2016, In Docket No. 150241-PU, In re: Proposed amendments to Rules 25-6.093, Information to Customers; 25-6.097, Customer Deposits; 25-6.100, Customer Billings; 25-7.079, Information to Customers; 25-7.083, Customer Deposits; and 25-7.085, Customer Billing, F.A.C. 2 Id. 1.3'11