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FILED 8/24/2017 DOCUMENT NO. 07277-2017 FPSC - COMMISSION CLERK BEFORE THE FLORIDA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION In re: Petition for approval of amended standard offer contract and amended interconnection agreement, by Duke Energy Florida, LLC. DOCKET NO. 20170072 -EQ q7/2117 /i 17 ORDER NO. PSC -2017 -0336 -PAA -EQ 9/Z ISSUED: August 24, 2017 The following Commissioners participated in the disposition of this matter: JULIE I. BROWN, Chairman ART GRAHAM RONALD A. BRISK DONALD J. POLMANN NOTICE OF PROPOSED AGENCY ACTION ORDER APPROVING DUKE ENERGY FLORIDA, LLC'S STANDARD OFFER CONTRACT AND RATE SCHEDULE BY THE COMMISSION: NOTICE is hereby given by the Florida Public Service Commission that the action discussed herein is preliminary in nature and will become fmal unless a person whose interests are substantially affected files a petition for a formal proceeding, pursuant to Rule 25-22.029, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.). Background Section 366.91(3), Florida Statutes (F.S.), requires that each investor-owned utility (IOU) continuously offers to purchase capacity and energy from renewable generating facilities and small qualifying facilities. Florida Public Service Commission (Commission) Rules 25-17.200 through 25-17.310, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.), implement the statute and require each IOU to file with this Commission, by April 1 of each year, a standard offer contract based on the next avoidable fossil fueled generating unit of each technology type identified in the utility's current Ten -Year Site Plan. On March 30, 2017, Duke Energy Florida, LLC (DEF) filed a petition for approval of its amended standard offer contract and rate schedule and amended interconnection agreement based on its 2017 Ten -Year Site Plan. The standard offer contract requires execution of the interconnection agreement; however, the interconnection agreement can be utilized without the standard offer contract. At the Commission Conference held on July 13, 2017, we discussed concerns regarding certain terms of the amended standard offer contract, such as changes to completion/performance security provisions and inclusion of language for right of refusal regarding environmental attributes. We deferred the item and on July 14, 2017, DEF filed a revised amended standard offer contract to address these concerns.