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ORDER NO. PSC-2020-0512-TRF-EI <br /> DOCKET NO. 20200170-EI <br /> PAGE 6 <br /> stations that will not take service under the proposed UEV tariff, the revenue requirement would <br /> be recovered from the general body of ratepayers, if approved by us in the next rate case. <br /> Conclusion <br /> Based on the above, we approve FPL's proposed optional UEV pilot tariff, effective <br /> January 1, 2021. As detailed below, FPL shall file annual reports by January 30, with the first <br /> report due January 30, 2022, for the reporting period of January through December 2021, to <br /> allow us to monitor the reasonableness of the UEV rate. The tariff shall remain in effect for a <br /> period of five years, unless extended, modified, or terminated by order of this Commission or <br /> terminated early by FPL upon notice to us. Not later than September 1, 2025, FPL shall file a <br /> petition to extend,modify, or terminate the UEV pilot tariff. <br /> Reporting Requirements <br /> This is the first request by a Florida utility for an EV charging rate applicable to utility- <br /> owned fast charging stations. During the pilot period, FPL shall file annual reports by January 30 <br /> providing capital and operating costs, revenue requirements, revenues collected, and energy sales <br /> of its utility-owned fast charging stations. FPL shall also collect data regarding charging times to <br /> measure time of use and demand for its utility-owned fast charging stations and shall include this <br /> information in the annual report. The first annual report is due January 30, 2022, for the <br /> reporting period January through December 2021. In addition, FPL shall evaluate and provide <br /> any updates to the market rates, i.e., rates charged by non-utility EV charging providers, to <br /> maintain consistency with the market rates. The information collected by FPL will allow our <br /> staff, and interested parties, to monitor the development of the EV charging under the UEV <br /> tariff and ultimately determine a cost-based rate. If FPL and/or Commission staff determine that <br /> the UEV rate should be modified during the five-year term of the pilot program, based on the <br /> data collected by the utility, staff will open a docket for Commission consideration. The annual <br /> reports are to be filed in this docket. <br /> Proposed GSD-1EV and GSLD-1EV Pilot Tariffs <br /> The proposed optional pilot tariffs would apply to customers that operate public fast <br /> charging stations and would remain in effect for five years. In response to a data request from <br /> Commission staff, FPL clarified that the tariff would apply to existing and new charging stations. <br /> Since the fast charging stations are typically commercial customers, they are billed on FPL's <br /> standard commercial General Service Demand (GSD) or General Service Large Demand <br /> (GLSD) rate schedules. The GSD and GSLD rate schedules are comprised of an energy charge <br /> (based on the amount of energy, or kWh, consumed) and a dollar per kilowatt (kW) demand <br /> charge. The demand charge is billed on the highest usage, or demand, over a specified time <br /> interval (30 minutes). This peak usage determines the demand charge for the billing month. <br /> FPL states that the current rate design poses a challenge to the economics of the public <br /> fast charging stations that experience a high demand and low levels of kWh energy sales, or <br /> utilization. At low levels of utilization, the electric bills incurred by the charging stations result <br /> in demand charges being spread over a relatively low volume of energy sales. This is referred to <br />