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ORDER NO. PSC -2018 -0270 -TRF -EI DOCKET NO. 20180089 -EI PAGE 2 A lighting customer is required to pay a contribution in aid of construction (CIAC) when DEF extends its distribution facilities to provide lighting service. Currently, the CIAC is collected as a one-time payment. As an alternative to the one-time CIAC payment, DEF is proposing to allow customers to pay the CIAC amount as a monthly fee added to the bill. The monthly fee would apply as long as the customer takes service under the LS -1 tariff and is calculated as a percentage of the CIAC amount. The new language does not prohibit a customer from paying the total CIAC amount in a single payment. In addition, DEF proposes tariff modifications to state that customers must notify the utility before installing customer -owned receptacles such as holiday lights. The added language helps the utility track the receptacles to manage electric load and to appropriately bill for energy consumption. The proposed tariff is also revised to remove the language which states that the utility may consider installing and maintaining customer -owned systems. DEF states that, as a business practice, it will no longer consider such requests for customer -owned systems. Additionally, new language is included to clarify the pole replacement process making it consistent with the process currently used for replacing obsolete lighting fixtures. The proposed revisions to the lighting service contract align it with proposed revisions to the LS -1 tariffs discussed above, remove language that is no longer necessary, and revise the utility's name to reflect Duke Energy Florida, LLC. Conclusion We have reviewed DEF's petition and we find that the proposed changes to the LS -1 rate schedule and lighting service contract are reasonable and appropriate. Therefore, DEF's proposed changes to the LS -I rate schedule and lighting service contract, as shown in Attachment A, are approved. The revised tariffs shall be effective May 8, 2018. Based on the foregoing, it is ORDERED by the Florida Public Service Commission that the proposed changes to Duke Energy Florida, LLC's LS -1 rate schedule and lighting service contract as shown in Attachment A are approved. The revised tariffs shall be effective May 8, 2018. It is further ORDERED that if a protest is filed within 21 days of the issuance of the order, the tariffs shall remain in effect, with any revenues held subject to refund, pending resolution of the protest. It is further ORDERED that if no timely protest is filed, this docket shall be closed upon the issuance of a consummating order.