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ORDER NO. PSC-2018-0028-FOF-EI <br />DOCKET NO. 20180001 -EI <br />PAGE 7 <br />Table 1 <br />Land Usage <br />Site Name <br />Total <br />(acres) <br />Acreage Site <br />acres <br />Acreage Non -Usable <br />Land (acres) <br />Residual Land <br />(acres) <br />Coral Farms <br />587 <br />541 <br />0 <br />46 <br />Horizon <br />1316 <br />552 <br />178 <br />587 <br />Wildflower <br />721 <br />466 <br />12 <br />244 <br />Indian River <br />697 <br />389 <br />1 56 <br />252 <br />Source: EXH 87-88 <br />B. 2018 Project Description <br />FPL is proposing to construct and operate four PV centers with a total nameplate capacity <br />of 298 MWa, (74.5 MWac each) for an in-service date of March 1, 2018. Construction of the <br />2018 solar generation projects began on October 21, 2016. The proposed solar generation <br />projects are Fixed -Tilt Systems with an average projected first year net capacity factor of 26.6 <br />percent. There are no upgrades to existing transmission infrastructure required as part of the <br />construction of the 2018 solar generation projects. <br />The four proposed sites for the 2018 solar project construction are Loggerhead, Barefoot <br />Bay, Hammock, and Blue Cypress. All parcels are new purchases. Not all of the land purchased <br />is being used for construction of the solar projects at the four sites. To develop a better <br />understanding of the ratio of land that could be used for future development, a more detailed <br />breakdown of each site was requested from FPL. This breakdown included four categories: total <br />acreage, acreage used by the projects (Site Acreage), non -usable land, and residual land. <br />Residual land consists of property that could possibly be used in future solar developments on <br />the site, and for sites with adequate amounts of residual land, FPL will consider leasing land to <br />parties for farming or cattle grazing activities. The range of acreages of each site is illustrated in <br />Table 2 below: <br />Table 2 <br />Land Usage <br />Site Name <br />Total Acreage <br />acres <br />Site Acreage <br />acres <br />Non -Usable <br />Land acres <br />Usable Land <br />acres <br />Loggerhead <br />564 <br />425 <br />27 <br />112 <br />Barefoot Bay <br />462 <br />384 <br />52 <br />25 <br />Hammock <br />957 <br />407 <br />375 <br />176 <br />Blue Cypress <br />424 <br />418 <br />0 <br />6 <br />Source: EXH 87-88 <br />C. Standard for Approval <br />The SoBRA projects for 2017 and 2018 for which FPL is seeking approval and cost <br />recovery are part of its 2016 Agreement approved by Order No. PSC-16-0560-AS-El.5 The <br />2016 Agreement allows FPL to construct up to 300 MW per calendar year of solar capacity <br />50rder No. PSC -16 -0560 -AS -EI, issued on December 15, 2016, in Docket No. 20160021 -EI, In re: Petition for rate <br />increase by Florida Power & Light Company. <br />