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Board of County Commissioners
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ORDER NO. PSC -2018 -0435 -TRF -EI <br />DOCKET NO. 20180088 -El <br />PAGE 2 <br />(small commercial) customers is set to begin in November 2018. Upon completion of the <br />deployment, expected by December 2021, smart meters will become DEF's standard meter. <br />Associated with the AMI project is meter communication infrastructure needed to enable <br />communication with the meters and DEF's information technology system. <br />DEF's current meters are Automated Meter Reading (AMR) meters that emit a radio <br />frequency signal. That signal is picked up once a month by a meter reading vehicle driving by <br />the neighborhood. DEF installed the AMR meters in 2005 and 2006 and states that at the time <br />there was no public opposition to the AMR meter deployment. In the last five years, DEF has <br />received a small number of complaints regarding radio frequency transmission, which is similar <br />between the AMR and AMI smart meters. In all complaints so far, the AMR meter was retained <br />as Duke does not have an opt -out tariff. However, DEF stated that some customers specifically <br />requested an opt -out option and a meter that emits no radio frequency signal. <br />DEF anticipates that some customers will elect to forego the new AMI smart meters and <br />request a non-communicating meter; therefore, DEF filed the instant petition and associated opt - <br />out tariff. The opt -out tariff is applicable to customers that request a non-communicating, i.e., <br />non-standard, meter and includes an initial one-time set-up fee of $96.34 and a monthly <br />surcharge of $15.60. The requested charges are based on DEF's incremental costs to provide the <br />opt -out tariff. <br />We approved a similar opt -out tariff and charges ($89.00 one-time set-up fee, $13.00 <br />monthly surcharge) for Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) in 2015.3 Several municipal <br />electric utilities, City of Lakeland and Orlando Utilities Commission, and rural electric <br />cooperatives, Sumter Electric, Talquin Electric, Tri -County Electric, and Peace River, also <br />provide optional opt -out tariffs. <br />On April 18, 2018, DEF waived the 60 -day file and suspend provision per Section <br />366.06(3), Florida Statutes (F.S.). DEF responded to several Commission staff data requests on <br />May 3, June 4, June 20, and July 17, 2018. On May 23, 2018, DEF provided revised tariff sheets <br />reflecting a minor correction. On July 23, 2018, DEF provided revised tariff sheet No. 6.400 to <br />include language that an opt -out customer who already has a non-communicating meter installed <br />would not be required to pay the $96.34 one-time set up fee. The legislative version of the <br />revised opt -out tariff sheet No. 6.400 is shown in Attachment A to this Order.4 We have <br />jurisdiction pursuant to Sections 366.03, 366.04, 366.05, and 366.06, F.S. <br />Decision <br />DEF is offering this opt -out tariff ahead of AMI deployment after reviewing the <br />experiences of other utilities with their customers and smart meters. In its petition, the Utility <br />states that FPL began deploying smart meters in 2010, but received customer complaints <br />regarding smart meters and subsequently filed a petition for an opt -out tariff in August 2013. <br />3 Order No. PSC-15-0026-FOF-EI, issued on January 7, 2015, in Docket No. 130223 -EI, In re: Petition for approval <br />Of optional non-standard meter rider, by Florida Power & Light Company. <br />4 DEF's petition included other non -substantive tariff changes that have not been attached to this order. <br />lq-�_ <br />
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