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ORDER NO. PSC -2020 -0293 -AS -EI <br />DOCKET NOS. 20200067 -EI, 20200069 -EI, <br />20200070-EI,20200071-EI,20200092-EI <br />PAGE 53 <br />Attachment C <br />reasonably balances 'the:interests of customers and the utilities and is consistent with the stated <br />purpose and intent of. Section 366.96 of the Florida, Statutes. Approving :the Stipulation and. <br />Settlement ;Agreement is consistent with the Commission's long-standing policy of encouraging <br />" h6 settlement of contested proceeditigs;in a main er:that,befi fits the customers. of utilities subject <br />to the Commission's regulatory jurisdiction. Accordingly; the Stipulation_ and Settlement. <br />Agreement,is in the public interest and should be approved. <br />11. To maximize the admnistratrve.iand,regulatory. efficiency benefits inherent in the. <br />Stipulation,and Settlement Agreement for the Parties and the Commission; and the.public; Tampa <br />Electric, with the .support of the Parties; requests'that thesCortirnssion take up"the :Stipulation and <br />Settlement Agreement for consideration assoon:as possible; possibly,as early.as the beginning of <br />the August 16'h'hearing 'scheduled in Docket No. 2020:0067=EI.2 Tampa Electric will ;cooperate <br />fully with Staffand,will provide, in at melt' mariner; whatever nfotmaion is necessaryto;enable <br />Commission review of the Stipulation and Settlement Agreement. <br />12. T11e undersigned counsel has consulted with counsel for the Office of Public <br />Counsel; the Florida Industrial Power Users Group, and Walmart and is authorized to represent <br />that they support this Motion. <br />2 If for notice or other reasons,. the Commission doesn't believe that it can take up the Motion and approve the <br />Stipulation and Schlemeni.Agreement in its entirety on August t6" ,Tampa Electric requests that the Commission <br />convene the final hearing in DooketNo. 20200067-:ETon August 10, 2020, admit the testimony and exhibits into the <br />record m provided in the Agreement; recess the hearing,.and take up the Motion and Agreement As soon as possible; <br />perhaps at the September I� 2020 agenda conference. <br />