Res No 076-17-14877RESOLUTION NO.076-17-1 4877
A Resolution authorizing the Mayor to draft and filean amicus curiae brief
in support of Sierra Club's appeal of an order of the Florida Public Services
Commission authorizing a rate increase for Florida Power and Light based
on the company's $1.25 billion acquisition of an all-gas fleet of power plants
commenced without due evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of non-carbon
emitting central-solar/battery technology.
WHEREAS,Florida Power andLight,Co.(FPL)commenced the$1.25 billion
acquisition of anall-gasfleet of power plants without due evaluation of central-solar/battery
technology that,FPL admits could meet some orall of the same customer need atthe same or
less cost than the all-gas fleet;and
WHEREAS,the Sierra Club hasfiledan appeal with Florida's Supreme Court
questioning the prudence of the decision bythe Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC)to
allow FPL to increase its rates and charge its customers forthe$1.25 billion acquisition of fossil-
fuel burning plants,which the FPSC never determined tobethe prudent,least-cost option to
serve customers;and
WHEREAS,the City of South Miami is committed to promotion of renewable energy to
combat climate change;and
WHEREAS,an amicus curiae brief isa "friend of the court"brief;and
WHEREAS,the Mills Law Firm has offered to work probono with South Miami Mayor
Stoddard to research,write,andfilean amicus curiae brief on behalf of the City of South Miami
in support of Sierra Club's appeal;and
WHEREAS,theCity will incur no financial expense or staff commitment inthe
production or filing of this amicus curiae brief;and
WHEREAS,Miami-Dade County has filed a resolution with the Florida PSC in
opposition to FPL's rate increase thatcoversthecost of thesenew gas-power plants.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI,FLORIDA,THAT:
Section 1.The City Commission hereby authorizes Mayor Stoddard to work with the
MillsLaw Firm inthe production andfiling of anamicuscuriae brief on behalf of theCity of
SouthMiamiin support of Sierra Club's appealwith Florida's Supreme Court,CaseNumber:
SC17-82 -SIERRA CLUB vs.JULIE IMANUEL BROWN,ETC.,ET AL.
Section 2.If anysectionclause,sentence,orphrase of this resolution isforany
reasonheld invalid or unconstitutional byacourt of competent jurisdiction,the holding shallnot
affectthe validity of the remaining portions of this resolution.
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Res.No.076-17-14877
Section 3.This resolution shalltake effect immediately upon adoption.
PASSEDANDADOPTEDthis 18 *day of &pril 2017.
ATTEST:APPROVED:
READ AND APPROVED AS TO FORM,
LANGUAGE,LEGALITY,
AND EXECUTION THEREOF:
COMMISSION VOTE 5-0
Mayor Stoddard:yea
Vice Mayor Welsh:Yea
Commissioner Edmond:Yea
Commissioner Harris:Yea
Commissioner Liebman:Yea
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Florida Supreme Court Case Docket
Florida Supreme Court Docket
Case Docket
Case Number:SC17-82 -Active
SIERRA CLUB vs.JULIE IMANUEL BROWN,ETC.,ETAL
Lower Tribunal Case(s):160021-EI,160061-EI,160062-EI,160088-EI
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18 01/20/2017 NOTICE-APPEAL (PSC)AA Sierra Club BY:AA Diana A.C'sank
18 01/20/2017 ACKNOWLEDGMENT
LETTER PAY FEE-NEW CASE
Supreme Court Florida FSCBY:Supreme Court
Florida FSC
•s 01/20/2017 ORDER-COUNSEL PRO HAC
VICE (FOREIGN COUNSEL)
Anyattorneyinvolvedintheabovecasewhoisnota
member of TheFlorida Bar should immediately filea
propermotionpursuanttoFloridaRuleofJudicial
Administration 2.510.iftheywishtohavethisCourt
consider themas counsel ofrecord.Failureto file aproper
motion couldresultinthe imposition of sanctions,
includingstrikingthe pleading listingtheforeignattornev
as counsel of record.
1 01/20/2017 NOTICE-APPEAL (PSC)AA Siena Club BY:AA Diana A.Csank ♦♦UNCERTIFIEDCOPY**
18 01/27/2017 MOTION-COUNS PRO HAC
VICE (FOREIGN COUNSEL)
AA Sierra Club BY:AA Diana A.Csank FILED AS "VERIFIED MOTION FOR ADMISSION TO
APPEAR PRO HAC VICE PURSUANT TO FLORIDA
RULE OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION 2.510"
%01/27/2017 MISC.DOCKET ENTRY AASierraClubBY:AAJoshua Douglas Smith
96844
FILED AS "DIRECTIONS TO CLERK"(STYLED "IN
THE FLORIDA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION"
01/30/2017 FeePaid Through Portal
1 01/30/2017 ORDER-COUNSEL PRO MAC
VICE GR (FOREIGN
COUNSEL)
Themotionto appear prohacvicefiledintheabovecause
byDiana Agnes Csank.on behalf of Sierra Club,is
herebygranted contingent uponcounsel'spaymentofthe
S100.00 feerequiredbysection 25.24l(2)(a).Florida
Statutes (2015),withintendaysfromthedate of this
order.FAILURE TO TIMELY COMPLY WITH THE
PAYMENT REQUIREMENT COULD RESULT IN
THIS ORDER BEING VACATED AND THE MOTION
BEING DENIED.
02/03/2017 Pro Mac Vice 2017-1027568 Amount:SI00
18 02/06/2017 MISC.DOCKET ENTRY AE Florida Public Service Commission PSC
BY:RS Rosanne Gervasi 1848
FILED AS "APPELLEE FLORIDA PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION'S SUPPLEMENTAL DIRECTIONS TO
Tl IE CLERK OF THE FLORIDA PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION"
1 02/06/2017 MISC.DOCKET ENTRY AE Florida Power &Light Company FPLBY:
RSJohnT.Butler 28347Q
FILED AS "FLORIDA POWER &LIGHT COMPANY'S
DIRECTIONS TO CLERK"
1 03/08/2017 MOTION-STRIKE AE Florida Power &Light Company FPLBY:FILED AS "FLORIDA POWER &LIGHT COMPANY'S
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Commissioners:
Julie L Brown,Chairman
Art Graham
Ronald A.Bris£
Jimmy Patronis
Donald J.Polmann
State of Florida
Office of Commission Clerk
Carlotta S.Stauffer
Commission Clerk
(850)413-6770
Public Service Commission
January 18,2017
John A.Tomasino,Clerk
FloridaSupremeCourt
500 South Duval Street
Tallahassee,Florida 32399
Re:Sierra Club vs.Florida Public Service Commission PSC Docket No,160021-EI
Dear Mr.Tomasino:
Enclosed pleasefindacertifiedcopyofa Notice of Administrative Appeal,whichwasfiledwith
g the Public Service Commission on January 17,2017,along with its attachment,Order No.
|&§PHC-16-0560-AS-EI.This appeal was filed on behalf of the Sierra Club.
<asedonot hesitate to contact me should you have any questions concerning this matter.
Sincerely,
(UhkU&
Carlotta S.Stauffer
Commission Clerk
CSS:amc
Enclosure
cc:DianaA.Csank,Staff Attorney
Joshua Smith,Staff Attorney
Samantha Cibula,General Counsel
SuzanneBrownless,Senior Attorney
CharlesJ.Rehwinkel,DeputyPublicCounsel
J.R.Kelly,Public Counsel
Patricia Christensen,Esquire
Erik Sayler,Esquire
Stephanie Morse,Esquire
Kenneth Hoffman
Wade Litchfield,Vice President and General Counsel
John T.Butler,Assistant General Counsel-Regulatory
Capital Circle Office Center •2540 Shumard Oak Boulevard •Tallahassee,FL 32399-0850
An Affirmative Action /Equal Opportunity Employer
PSC Website:http://www.floridapsc.com Internet E-mail:contact@psc£tate.fl.us
NextEraon Storage:'Post 2020,There May Never Be Another Peaker Builtin the US'|Greentech Media
ENERGY STORAGE
NextEra on Storage:Post 2020,There May Never Be Another
Peaker Built in the US'
Energy storage just got a big
vote of confidence from one of
the world's largest utilities.
by Eric Wesoff
(https://www.greentech media
September 30,201 5
4/14/17,3:49 PM
Energy storage at utility scale just got a$100M vote of confidence from one of the
worlds largest utilities.
NextEra Energy (http://www.NextEraEnergy.com)wants to be "the largest,most
profitable clean energy provider in the United States,"according to Jim Robo,CEOof
the utility giant,at an analyst conference at Wolfe Research in New York on Tuesday.
(Here's a link to audio (https://cc.talkpoint.com/wolf001/09291 5a_ae/?
entity=8_6QXJS0S)from the event.)
But Robo also said,"We're starting to make very good progress in our energy storage
business,"noting that energy storage is one of "three growth platforms"at NextEra.
When a player like NextEra Energy,a Fortune 200 firm with utility revenues of$17
billion and 44,900 megawatts of generating capacity,starts to tout energy storage,the
utility industry and the renewables industry take notice."Battery storage is the holy
grail of the renewables business,"said the CEO,adding,"If we can deliver firm power
to renewable customers at a cost-effective rate,you'll see renewables explode even
faster than they already are."
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NextEra on Storage:'Post 2020,There May Never Be Another Peaker Builtin the US'|Greentech Media 4/14/17,3:49 PM
'This has the potential to be an extremely big
market"
According to the CEO,"We're going to deploy probably $100 million in [energy storage]
projects in the next 12 months in places like PJM,California and Arizona."
These projects will mostly be for frequency regulation,but there's also a 4-hour project
being deployed next year and an R&D project with storage "deployed at substations to
drive reliability."Robo noted that energy storage "isn't going to be just to firm
renewables."He suggested it will be used ina variety of applications such as
"reliability purposes and transmission avoidance."
Robo said that he and his team expect energy storage prices to experience a similar
cost plunge to that of solar costs over the last seven years.If that happens,energy
storage will be competitive with gas peaker plants.
Robo said,"Post-2020,there may never be another peaker built in the United States —
very likely you'll be just building energy storage instead."
"It is a great time to be in the renewables business,"said Robo,adding that he also
believes the wind production tax credit will be extended.
NextEra is one of the leading producers of wind and solar power in the world.So,it's
worth noting when NextEra's CEO says,"I want to be the leader in energy storage in the
country."
Eric Eric Wesoff is Editor-at-Large at
Wesoff Greentech Media.Prior to joining
GTM,Eric Wesoff founded Sage
Marketing Partners in 2000 to
provide sales and marketing-
consulting services to venture-
capital firms and their portfolio
companies in the alternative
energy and telecommunications
Editor-at-
Large
Greentech
Media
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