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A TRUE COPY CERTIFICATION ON LAST PAGE RYAN L. BUTLER, CLERK Florida Power & Light Company FPL CARE TO SHARE° PROGRAM AGREEMENT FPL East Service Area 5 -Year Agreement from January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2028 THIS AGREEMENT is entered into between FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, hereinafter referred to as "FPL" and INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, hereinafter referred to as the "Agency." The Agency should provide each of its intake offices involved in the program with a copy of the executed agreement. FPL's facilitation of this program agreement is delegated to FPL's Area Special Consumer Services Business Specialist. Agency staff/volunteers handling intake for the program will hereinafter be referred to as "Caseworkers." To assist the emergency needs of people in times of hardship, FPL shareholders, employees and customers are providing a contribution fund known as the "FPL Care To Share°" emergency energy assistance fund for electric utility payment, also referred to as "C2S." As part of its obligations under this agreement, the Agency will administer the FPL Care To Share funds to provide emergency energy assistance (payment of FPL bills) to eligible residents in Indian River County, Florida. The Agency will serve as the administrator and lead service provider for the program and may be asked to coordinate with other FPL Care To Share service provider(s) in the county, as designated by FPL. The Agency will register in the FPL ASSIST Program. The FPL ASSIST Program provides a standardized process for the Agency to access/verify customer account information, provide information to FPL for program qualification purposes and notify FPL of pending agency payments. The FPL ASSIST Web Portal is the agency's primary resource to access/verify account information and to make commitments. The "FPL ASSIST Office" is the telephone center for the FPL ASSIST Program and serves as a secondary contact point for the Agency, if needed. The Agency will work with the appropriate social service providers in their area by sharing FPL Care To Share program information and promoting broad access to these community resources through the formal FPL Care To Share structure. As a condition to this Agreement becoming effective, the Agency will furnish to FPL a copy of its letter of determination of tax exempt status (not applicable for agreements with county/municipal entities). The Agency will determine the eligibility of energy assistance recipients, subject to the FPL Care To Share program criteria. FPL will play no part in determining the eligibility of the applicant for assistance, or the amount of funding an approved applicant might receive. Before proceeding with eligibility assessment, the Agency must secure from the Account Holder (or Applicant) a signed "Authorization for Release of General and/or Confidential Information" form, in order to have access to FPL billing information. FPL reserves the 1 FPL Care To Share Program Agreement (rev 11-27-2023)