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ORDER NO. PSC -2021 -0421 -PAA -EG DOCKET NO. 20210132 -EG PAGE 3 Discussion FPL's Integrated DSM Plan FPL's Integrated DSM Plan is the combination of FPL and Gulf's previously approved DSM plans, and is projected to meet the conservation goals established in the 2019 FEECA Goal Setting proceeding. A brief description of each program included in the Integrated DSM Plan is included as Attachment A to this order. We find that costs associated with the Integrated DSM Plan shall be eligible for cost recovery through FPL's ECCR factor. Based on our review, the retirement of capital assets associated with the Energy Select program is approved and the associated unrecovered plant balance in the amount of $22.7 million shall be recorded as a regulatory asset. Additionally, the recovery of the regulatory asset through the ECCR over a 5 -year period is also approved. On August 3, 2020, we approved DSM plans for FPL and Gulf by Order No. PSC -2020- 0274 -PAA -EG. The criteria used to review the appropriateness of conservation programs are: (1) whether programs advance the policy objectives of FEECA and its implementing rules; (2) whether programs are directly monitorable and yield measurable results; and (3) whether programs are cost-effective.3 As FPL's proposed Integrated DSM Plan must meet the criteria for conservation programs, FPL's Integrated DSM Plan programs must also be evaluated by these criteria. We has reviewed FPL's petition for approval of the Integrated DSM Plan and it appears to be consistent with these criteria. In the 2019 FEECA Goal Setting proceeding, the IOUs presented us with new technical potential studies and analyses of economic and achievable potential savings. By Order No. PSC- 2019-0509-FOF-EG, we decided that it was in the public interest to continue the conservation goals previously approved in the 2014 Goal Setting Order for the period 2020-2024, instead of accepting the proposed goals presented in the 2019 proceeding. The IOUs' 2020 DSM plans were proposed with the objective of meeting the 2014 conservation goals, which affected the programs' ability to most effectively meet the cost-effectiveness criteria. While many programs were not projected to be cost-effective using the Rate Impact Measure (RIM) test, the proposed 2020 DSM plans were projected to result in only minor rate increases. Therefore, we decided the plans met the appropriateness of conservation programs criteria and the 2020 DSM plans were approved as filed.' In its instant petition FPL is proposing that the conservation goals for both FPL and Gulf be combined to create a new set of conservation goals. We will have an 3Order No. 22176, issued November 14, 1989, in Docket No. 19890737-PU, In re: Implementation of Section 366.80-85, F.S., Conservation Activities of Electric and Natural Gas Utilities. 'Order No. PSC -2020 -0274 -PAA -EG, issued August 3, 2020, in Docket No. 20200053 -EG, In re: Petition for approval of demand-side management plan, by Tampa Electric Company, Docket No. 20200054 -EG, In re: Petition for approval of proposed demand-side management plan, by Duke Energy Florida, LLC., Docket No. 20200055 - EG, In re: Petition for approval of proposed demand-side management plan, by Gulf Power Company., Docket No. 20200056 -EG, In re: Petition for approval of demand-side management plan and request to modem residential and business on call tariff sheets, by Florida Power & Light Company., Docket No. 20200060 -EG, In re: Petition for approval of demand-side management plan, by Florida Public Utilities Company. �?C�- 6 -�