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1345� c Zln6 �y FILED 5/16/2025 V DOCUMENT NO. 05666-202.5 FP C - C MMI BION CLERK BEFORE THE FLORIDA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION In re: Petition for approval of renewable DOCKET NO. 20250056 -EQ energy tariff and standard offer contract, by ORDER NO. ASC -2025 -0163 -PCO -EQ Florida Power & Light Company. ISSUED: May 16, 2025 The following Commissioners participated in the disposition of this matter: MIKE LA ROSA, Chairman ART GRAHAM GARY F. CLARK ANDREW GILES FAY GABRIELLA PASSIDOMO SMITH ORDER SUSPENDING TARIFF Section 366.91(3), Florida Statutes (F.S.), requires each investor-owned utility to continuously offer to purchase capacity and energy from renewable generating facilities and small qualifying facilities. Rules 25-17.200 through 25-17.310, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.), implement the statute and require each investor-owned utility to file with the Commission, by April 1 of each year, a revised standard offer contract based on the next avoidable fossil -fueled generating unit of each technology type identified in the utility's current Ten -Year Site Plan (TYSP). We have jurisdiction over this amended standard offer contract pursuant to Sections 366.04, 366.041, 366.05, 366.055, 366.06, and 366.9 1, F.S. On April 1, 2025, Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) filed a petition for approval of its amended standard offer contract based on its 2025 TYSP in accordance with Rule 25-17,250, F.A.C. Pursuant to Section 366.06(3), F.S., we must respond to FPL's petition within sixty days or the revised renewable energy tariff will automatically become effective. We find that the proposed tariff shall be suspended to allow sufficient time to review the petition and gather all pertinent information in order to present an informed recommendation on the tariffs proposal. Failure to suspend the proposed tariff within sixty days will result in the tariff becoming effective. Pursuant to Section 366.06(3), Florida Statutes, we may withhold consent to the operation of all or any portion of a new rate schedule, delivering to the utility making the request a reason or written statement of good cause for doing so within sixty days. We find that taking time to thoroughly review the petition and gather information is good cause consistent with the requirement of Section 366.06(3), F.S., and, therefore, the tariff shall be suspended. The proposed tariff is suspended to allow our staff sufficient time to review the petition, gather all pertinent information, and to present an informed recommendation on the g-1