Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 25-22.071 - Submission and Review of the Ten-Year Site Plans
(1) Filing Requirements:
(a) All electric utilities in the State of
Florida with existing generating capacity of 250 megawatt (mW) or greater shall
prepare a ten-year site plan, and submit 25 copies to the Florida Public
Service Commission's Office of Commission Clerk on the first working day of
April of each year, unless extended. The plan shall date from December 31 of
the prior calendar year.
(b) Any
electric utility, other than those filing ten-year site plans pursuant to
paragraph (1)(a), that elects to construct an additional generating facility
exceeding 75 mW gross generating capacity shall prepare a ten-year site plan,
and submit 25 copies to the Public Service Commission's Office of Commission
Clerk in the year the decision to construct is made or at least three years
prior to application for site certification, and every year thereafter until
the facility becomes fully operational.
(2) The Commission will provide a copy of the
ten-year site plans to appropriate federal, state, and local agencies, water
management districts, and regional planning councils.
(3) The Commission will solicit comments from
various federal, state, and local agencies, water management districts, and
regional planning councils regarding the individual utility ten-year site
plans. Any written comments shall be filed with the Commission within 90 days
from the date of receipt of the plans. The state agencies from which comments
will be solicited will include:
(a) The
Department of Environmental Protection.
(b) The Department of
Transportation.
(c) The Department
of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
(d) The Department of Health.
(e) The Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission.
(f) The Board of
Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund.
(g) The Department of Economic Opportunity,
Division of Community Development.
(4) The Commission will complete its review
of the plans within nine months following submission and will report its
findings, along with any comments or recommendations, to the Florida Department
of Environmental Protection and the utilities filing a plan. Other agencies to
which the Commission sent the plan for review, and other entities may request a
copy of the review from the Division of Engineering, 2540 Shumard Oak
Boulevard, Tallahassee, Florida 32399.
(5) Plans that have been previously
classified by the Commission as unsuitable may be classified suitable based on
additional data.
(6) The electric
utilities in Florida shall compile aggregate statewide and peninsular Florida
(the area east of the Apalachicola River) data derived from individual electric
utility plans and shall submit this data to the Commission by July 1 of each
year.
Notes
Rulemaking Authority 350.127(2), 186.801(4) FS. Law Implemented 186.801, 366.04(5), 366.05(7) FS.
New 11-10-97.
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