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/ o ' <br />FILED 7/1/2019 <br />DOCUMENT NO. 05284-2019 <br />FPSC - COMMISSION CLERK <br />BEFORE THE FLORIDA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION <br />In re: Petition for approval of renewable <br />energy tariff and standard offer contract, by <br />Florida Power & Light Company. <br />DOCKET NO. 20190082 -EQ <br />ORDER NO. PSC -2019 -0265 -PAA -EQ <br />ISSUED: July 1, 2019 <br />The following Commissioners participated in the disposition of this matter: <br />ART GRAHAM, Chairman <br />JULIE I. BROWN <br />DONALD J. POLMANN <br />GARY F. CLARK <br />ANDREW GILES FAY <br />NOTICE OF PROPOSED AGENCY ACTION <br />ORDER APPROVING FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY'S <br />STANDARD OFFER CONTRACT AND SCHEDULE QS -2 <br />BY THE COMMISSION: <br />NOTICE is hereby given by the Florida Public Service Commission (Commission) that <br />the action discussed herein is preliminary in nature and will become final unless a person whose <br />interests are substantially affected files a petition for a formal proceeding, pursuant to Rule 25- <br />22.029, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.). <br />Background <br />Section 366.91(3), Florida Statutes (F.S.), requires each investor-owned utility (IOU) to <br />continuously offer to purchase capacity and energy from renewable generating facilities and <br />small qualifying facilities. Commission Rules 25-17.200 through 25-17.310, F.A.C., implement <br />the statute and require each IOU to file with this Commission, by April 1 of each year, a revised <br />standard offer contract based on the next avoidable fossil fueled generating unit of each <br />technology type identified in the utility's current Ten -Year Site Plan. On April 1, 2019, Florida <br />Power & Light Company (FPL) filed a petition for approval of its revised standard offer contract <br />and rate schedule based on its 2019 Ten -Year Site Plan. We have jurisdiction over this standard <br />offer contract pursuant to Sections 366.04 through 366.055, and 366.91, F.S. <br />Review <br />Section 366.91(3), F.S., and Rule 25-17.250, F.A.C., require that FPL, an IOU, <br />continuously make available a standard offer contract for the purchase of firm capacity and <br />energy from renewable generating facilities (RF) and small qualifying facilities (QF) with design <br />capacities of 100 kilowatts (kW) or less. Pursuant to Rules 25-17.250(1) and (3), F.A.C., the <br />