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ORDER NO. PSC-2018-0028-FOF-EI DOCKET NO. 2018000 1 -EI PAGE 8 during the period 2017-2021 and to recover through base rates the incremental annualized base revenue requirement for those facilities for the first 12 months of operation commencing when the facilities are placed into service.6 There are several conditions that must be met for recovery in this case. First, FPL must request recovery for these projects during the term of the 2016 Agreement, or prior to December 31, 2020. Second, the cost of the components, engineering, and construction for any solar project is capped at $1,750 per kilowatt alternating current (kWa,). Third, for projects less than 75 MW (as are all of the projects proposed in this case): 1) the request for base rate recovery must be filed in the Fuel Clause docket as part of its final true -up filing; and 2) the issues are "limited to the cost effectiveness of each such project (i.e., will the project lower the projected system CPVRR as compared to each CPVRR without the solar project) and the amount of revenue requirements and appropriate percentage in base rates needed to collect the estimated revenue requirements." 7 If the project meets these requirements, the terms of the 2016 Agreement have been met. Therefore, we find that FIPUG's argument based on reliability criteria is irrelevant. D. 2017 and 2018 Solar Project Cost Effectiveness Anal The in-service date for the 2017 projects is December 31, 2017. The in-service date for the 2018 projects is March 1, 2018. Because of the minor timing difference between the in- service dates, we find that it is appropriate to evaluate both 2017 and 2018 projects together for cost effectiveness. In addition, both the 2017 and 2018 solar generation projects were cumulatively evaluated in the initial filing of the docket. FPL developed two resource plans to form the basis of the cost effectiveness analysis that it performed. These two resource plans are called the No Solar Plan and 2017-2018 Solar Plan. The No Solar Plan assumes that resource needs will be met by combined cycle units and short term purchase power agreements (PPAs) through the year 2030. The 2017-2018 Solar Plan takes into account the eight solar projects, which initially defers the 2025 combined cycle (cc) unit. The Okeechobee CC Unit is currently under construction. The resource plan filed in regards to FPL's initial filing is shown in Table 3 below: Table 3 Initial Resource Plan Year No Solar Resource Plan 2017-2018 Solar Resource Plan 2017 298 MW Solar 2018 298 MW Solar 2019 Okeechobee 3x1 CC Unit Okeechobee 3x1 CC Unit 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 1 -Year 33 MW PPA 2025 1 Greenfield 3x1 CC Unit 1 -Year 119 MW PPA 2026 1 Greenfield 3x1 CC Unit 62016 Agreement at ¶ 10(a). 2016 Agreement at 110(c).