Florida Public Service Commission native order document 00157-2023

Order No. PSC-2023-0032-CFO-EIFlapubserv

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FILED 1/10/2023
DOCUMENT NO. 00157-2023
FPSC - COMMISSION CLERK
BEFORE THE FLORIDA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
In re: Petition for rate increase by Florida
Power & Light Company.
DOCKET NO. 202 10015-EI
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ORDER NO. PSC-2023-0032-CFO-EI
ISSUED: January 10, 2023
ORDER GRANTING FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY' S
REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL CLASSIFICATION
(DOCUMENT NO. 11023-2021)
On September 9, 2021, pursuant to Section 366.093, Florida Statutes (F.S.), and Rule 25-
22.006, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.), Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) filed a
Request for Confidential Classification (Request) of certain information provided in response to
Commission staffs Tenth Data Request No. 7 (Document No. 11023-2021 ).
Request for Confidential Classification
FPL contends that certain information contained in its response to the Commission staffs
Tenth Data Request No. 7 constitutes proprietary and confidential business information entitled
to protection under Section 366.093, F.S., and Rule 25-22.006, F.A.C. FPL asserts that this
information is intended to be and is treated by FPL as private and has not been publicly
disclosed.
FPL contends that certain information in the response to Commission staffs Tenth Data
Request No . 7 consists of a financial model of FPL ' s Residential Electric Vehicle Charging
Services Pilot that can be used to derive vendor bid pricing and whose disclosure would impair
the competitive business of the provider of the information and impair the competitive business
and efforts of the utility to contract for goods and services on favorable terms. 	On this basis,
FPL argues that this information is protected by Sections 366.093(3)(d) and (e), F.S.
Ruling
Section 366.093(1), F.S., provides that records the Commission ha s found to contain
proprietary business information shall be kept confidential and shall be exempt from Chapter
119, F. S. 	Section 366.093(3), F.S., defines proprietary confidential business information as
information that is intended to be and is treated by the company as private, in that disclosure of
the information would cause harm to the company' s ratepayers or business operations, and ha s
not been voluntarily disclosed to the public. 	Section 366.093(3), F.S., provides that proprietary
confidential business information includes, but is not limited to:
(d) Information concerning bids or other contractual data, the di sclosure of which
would impair the efforts of the public utility or its affiliates to contract for goods
or services on favorable terms.
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(e) Information relating to competitive interests, the disclosure of which would
impair the competitive business of the provider of the information.
Upon review, it appears the above-referenced information satisfies the criteria set forth in
Section 366.093(3), F.S., for classification as proprietary confidential business information. The
information described above and in FPL’s Request appears to contain information relating to
competitive interests, the disclosure of which would impair the competitive business of FPL as
well as the provider of the information. Further, disclosure of this information could adversely
impact FPL’s ability to secure goods and services at the lowest possible price. Thus, the
information identified in Document No. 11023-2021 shall be granted confidential classification.
Pursuant to Section 366.093(4), F.S., the information for which confidential classification
is granted herein shall remain protected from disclosure for a period of up to 18 months from the
date of issuance of this Order. At the conclusion of the 18-month period, the confidential
information will no longer be exempt from Section 119.07(1), F.S., unless FPL or another
affected person shows, and the Commission finds, that the records continue to contain
proprietary confidential business information.
Based on the foregoing, it is hereby
ORDERED by Gary F. Clark, as Prehearing Officer, that Florida Power & Light
Company’s Request for Confidential Classification of Document No. 11023-2021 is granted. It
is further
ORDERED that the information in Document No. 11023-2021, for which confidential
classification has been granted, shall remain protected from disclosure for a period of up to 18
months from the date of issuance of this Order. At the conclusion of the 18-month period, the
confidential information will no longer be exempt from Section 119.07(1), F.S., unless Florida
Power & Light Company or another affected person shows, and the Commission finds, that the
records continue to contain proprietary confidential business information. It is further
ORDERED that this Order shall be the only notification by the Commission to the parties
of the date of declassification of the materials discussed herein.
PSC-2023-0032-CFO-EI
10th
January 2023
ORDER NO.
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By ORDER of Commissioner Gary F. Clark, as Prehearing Officer, this __ day
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SBr
GARY F. CLARK
Commissioner and Prehearing Officer
Florida Public Service Commission
2540 Shumard Oak Boulevard
Tallahassee, Florida 32399
(850) 413-6770
www.floridapsc.com
Copies furnished: 	A copy of this document is
provided to the parties of record at the time of
issuance and, if applicable, interested persons.
NOTICE OF FURTHER PROCEEDINGS OR JUDICIAL REVIEW
The Florida Public Service Commission is required by Section 	I 20.569(1), Florida
Statutes, to notify parties of any administrative hearing or judicial review of Commission orders
that is available under Sections 120.57 or 120.68, Florida Statutes, as well as the procedures and
time limits that apply. 	This notice should not be construed to mean all requests for an
administrative hearing or judicial review will be granted or result in the relief sought.
Mediation may be available on a case-by-case basis. 	If mediation is conducted, it does
not affect a substantially interested person's right to a hearing.
Any 	party 	adversely 	affected 	by 	this 	order, 	which 	is 	preliminary, 	procedural 	or
intermediate in nature, may request: (I) reconsideration within 10 days pursuant to Rule 25-
22.0376, Florida Administrative Code; or (2) judicial review by the Florida Supreme Court, in
the case of an electric, gas or telephone utility, or the First District Court of Appeal, in the case
of a water or wastewater utility. 	A motion for reconsideration shall be filed with the Office of
Commission Clerk, in the form prescribed by Rule 25-22.0376, Florida Administrative Code.
Judicial review of a preliminary, procedural or intermediate ruling or order is available if review
of the final action will not provide an adequate remedy. 	Such review may be requested from the
appropriate court, as described above, pursuant to Rule 9.100, Florida Rules of Appellate
Procedure.

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