Ten Year Power Plant Site Plan 2019 – 2028 (This page is intentionally left blank.) Ten Year Power Plant Site Plan 2019-2028 Submitted To: Florida Public Service Commission April 2019 (This page is intentionally left blank.) Table of Contents List of Figures and Tables............................................................................................................ iii List of Schedules ........................................................................................................................... v Overview of the Document ........................................................................................................... 1 List of Abbreviations ..................................................................................................................... 3 Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................... 5 Chapter I. Description of Existing Resources .......................................................................... 15 A. FPL-Owned Resources ..................................................................................... 16 B. Capacity and Energy Power Purchases ......................................................... 20 C. Demand Side Management (DSM) .................................................................... 24 Chapter II. Forecast of Electric Power Demand ....................................................................... 27 A. Overview of the Load Forecasting Process .......... …………………………….29 B. Comparison of FPL’s Current and Previous Load Forecasts ....................... 30 C. Long-Term Sales Forecasts ............................................................................. 31 D. Net Energy for Load (NEL) ............................................................................... 35 E. System Peak Forecasts .................................................................................... 36 F. Hourly Load Forecast ....................................................................................... 38 G. Uncertainty ......................................................................................................... 38 H. DSM ..................................................................................................................... 39 Chapter III. Projection of Incremental Resource Additions .................................................... 49 A. FPL’s Resource Planning ................................................................................. 51 B. Projected Incremental Resource Changes in the Resource Plan ................. 60 C. Discussion of the Projected Resource Plan and Issues Impacting FPL’s Resource Planning Work…………………… ..................................................... 61 D. Demand Side Management (DSM) ................................................................... 67 E. Transmission Plan ............................................................................................. 70 F. Renewable Resources and Storage Technology ............................................ 98 G. FPL’s Fuel Mix and Fuel Price Forecasts ...................................................... 106 Chapter IV. Environmental and Land Use Information ......................................................... 183 A. Protection of the Environment ...................................................................... 185 B. FPL’s Environmental Policy ........................................................................... 186 C. Environmental Management .......................................................................... 188 D. Environmental Assurance Program .............................................................. 188 E. Environmental Communication and Facilitation ......................................... 189 F. Preferred and Potential Sites ......................................................................... 190 Preferred Sites.................................................................................................. 190 1. Preferred Site # 1 – Babcock Preserve Solar Energy Center, Charlotte County .................................................................................... 191 2. Preferred Site # 2 – Blue Heron Solar Energy Center, Hendry County ..................................................................................................... 192 Florida Power & Light Company i 3. Preferred Site # 3 – Cattle Ranch Solar Energy Center, DeSoto County ...................................................................................................... 193 4. Preferred Site # 4 – Northern Preserve Solar Energy Center, Baker County ..................................................................................................... 194 5. Preferred Site # 5 – Sweetbay Solar Energy Center, Martin County. 195 6. Preferred Site # 6 – Twin Lakes Solar Energy Center, Putnam County ..................................................................................................... 196 7. Preferred Site # 7 – Echo River Solar Energy Center, Suwannee County ..................................................................................................... 197 8. Preferred Site # 8 – Hibiscus Solar Energy Center, Palm Beach County ...................................................................................................... 198 9. Preferred Site # 9 – Okeechobee Solar Energy Center, Okeechobee County ..................................................................................................... 199 10. Preferred Site # 10 – Southfork Solar Energy Center, Manatee County ..................................................................................................... 200 11. Preferred Site # 11 – Egret Solar Energy Center, Baker County ...... 201 12. Preferred Site # 12 – Lakeside Solar Energy Center, Okeechobee County ..................................................................................................... 202 13. Preferred Site # 13 – Magnolia Springs Solar Energy Center, Clay County ..................................................................................................... 203 14. Preferred Site # 14 – Pelican Solar Energy Center, St. Lucie County …… ............................................................................................. 204 15. Preferred Site # 15 – Rodeo Solar Energy Center, DeSoto County . 205 16. Preferred Site # 16 – Discovery Solar Energy Center, Brevard County….. ............................................................................................... 206 17. Preferred Site # 17 – Manatee County Site, Manatee County ........... 207 18. Preferred Site # 18 – Nassau Solar Energy Center, Nassau County ..................................................................................................... 208 19. Preferred Site # 19 – Orange Blossom Solar Energy Center, Indian River County ............................................................................... 209 20. Preferred Site # 20 – Palm Bay Solar Energy Center, Brevard County ..................................................................................................... 210 21. Preferred Site # 21 – Putnam County Site, Putnam County ............. 211 22. Preferred Site # 22 – Sabal Palm Solar Energy Center, Palm Beach County ..................................................................................................... 212 23. Preferred Site # 23 – Trailside Solar Energy Center, St. Johns County ..................................................................................................... 213 24. Preferred Site # 24 – Union Springs Solar Energy Center, Union County ..................................................................................................... 214 25. Preferred Site # 25 – Battery Storage, Manatee County ..................... 215 26. Preferred Site # 26 – Lauderdale Modernization (Dania Beach Clean Energy Center Unit 7), Broward County .............................................. 216 27. Preferred Site # 27 – Turkey Point Plant, Miami-Dade County .......... 217 Potential Sites .................................................................................................. 218 28. Potential Site # 1 – Hendry County ...................................................... 218 29. Potential Site # 2 – Martin County ........................................................ 219 30. Potential Site # 3 – Miami-Dade County............................................... 220 31. Potential Site # 4 – Okeechobee County ............................................. 221 Environmental Land and Use Information: Supplemental Information...... 222 Chapter V. Other Planning Assumptions and Information ................................................... 345 Florida Power & Light Company ii List of Figures, Tables, and Maps Table ES-1 Projected Capacity & Firm Purchase Power Changes ................................... 14 Figure I.A.1 FPL Generating Resources by Location (as of December 31, 2018) ............ 17 Table I.A.1 Capacity Resource by Unit Type (as of December 31, 2018) ....................... 18 Figure I.A.2 FPL Substation & Transmission System Configuration ................................ 19 Table I.B.1 Purchase Power Resources by Contract (as of December 31, 2018) ........... 21 Table I.B.2 FPL’s Firm Purchased Power Summer MW ................................................... 22 Table I.B.3 FPL’s Firm Purchased Power Winter MW ......................................................