Ten Year Power Plant Site Plan 2015-2024 Submitted To: Florida Public Service Commission Miami, Florida April 2015 OPC 005452 FPL RC-16 (This page is intentionally left blank.) OPC 005453 FPL RC-16 Table of Contents List of Figures and Tables ............................................................................................................ iii List of Schedules .......................................................................................................................... iv Overview of the Document ........................................................................................................... 1 List of Abbreviations ..................................................................................................................... 3 Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................... 5 I. Description of Existing Resources .............................................................................. 13 A. FPL-Owned Resources ..................................................................................... 15 B. Capacity and Energy Power Purchases ......................................................... 19 C. Demand Side Management (DSM) .................................................................... 24 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 .......................................................................................... 34 E. System Peak Forecasts .................................................................................... 35 F. Hourly Load Forecast ....................................................................................... 37 G. Uncertainty ……………………………………………………………………… ....... 37 H. DSM ..................................................................................................................... 38 III. Projection of Incremental Resource Additions ........................................................... 47 A. FPL’s Resource Planning ................................................................................. 49 B. Projected Incremental Resource Additions/Changes in the Resource Plan ............................................................................................................. 59 C. Discussion of the Projected Resource Plan and Issues Impacting FPL’s Resource Planning Work…………………… ........................................... 59 D. Demand Side Management (DSM) .......................................................................... 66 E. Transmission Plan....................................................................................................... 68 F. Renewable Resources ................................................................................................ 75 G. FPL’s Fuel Mix and Fuel Price Forecasts ........................................................ 82 IV. Environmental and Land Use Information ................................................................. 115 A. Protection of the Environment ...................................................................... 117 B. FPL’s Environmental Policy ........................................................................... 118 C. Environmental Management .......................................................................... 120 D. Environmental Assurance Program .............................................................. 121 E. Environmental Communication and Facilitation ......................................... 121 F. Preferred and Potential Sites ......................................................................... 122 Preferred Sites .................................................................................................. 122 1. Preferred Site # 1 - Port Everglades Plant, Broward County ........... 123 2. Preferred Site # 2 - Babcock Ranch Solar Energy Center, Charlotte County .................................................................................... 128 3. Preferred Site # 3 - Citrus Solar Energy Center, DeSoto County ..... 131 Florida Power & Light Company i OPC 005454 FPL RC-16 4. Preferred Site # 4 - Manatee Solar Energy Center, Manatee County ..................................................................................................... 133 5. Preferred Site # 5 - Lauderdale Plant Peaking Facilities, Broward County ..................................................................................... 136 6. Preferred Site # 6 - Ft. Myers Plant Peaking Facilities, Lee County ..................................................................................................... 140 7. Preferred Site # 7 - Okeechobee Site, Okeechobee County .............. 144 8. Preferred Site # 8 - Turkey Point Plant, Miami-Dade County ............. 148 Potential Sites for Generating Options .......................................................... 156 9. Potential Site # 1 - Hendry County ....................................................... 156 10. Potential Site # 2 - Martin County ......................................................... 157 11. Potential Site # 3 - Putnam Plant Site, Putnam County ……………… 158 V. Other Planning Assumptions and Information .............................................................. 213 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 215 Discussion Item #1 ................................................................................................. 215 Discussion Item #2 ................................................................................................. 216 Discussion Item #3 ................................................................................................. 216 Discussion Item #4 ................................................................................................. 217 Discussion Item #5 ................................................................................................. 217 Discussion Item #6 ................................................................................................. 218 Discussion Item #7 ................................................................................................. 218 Discussion Item #8 ................................................................................................. 218 Discussion Item #9 ................................................................................................. 219 Discussion Item #10 ................................................................................................. 220 Discussion Item #11 ................................................................................................. 220 Discussion Item #12 ................................................................................................. 221 Florida Power & Light Company ii OPC 005455 FPL RC-16 List of Figures and Tables Table ES-1 Projected Capacity & Firm Purchase Power Changes ................................... 11 Figure I.A.1 FPL Generating Resources by Location (Map) ............................................... 16 Table I.A.1 Capacity Resource by Unit Type ..................................................................... 17 Figure I.A.2 FPL Substation & Transmission System Configuration (Map) ..................... 18 Table I.A.3 Purchase Power Resources by Contract......................................................... 21 Table I.B.1 FPL’s Firm Purchased Power Summer MW ................................................... 22 Table I.B.2 FPL’s Firm Purchased Power Winter MW........................................................ 23 Figure III.A.1 Overview of FPL’s IRP Process ........................................................................ 50 Table III.E.1 List of Proposed Power Lines .......................................................................... 69 Table IV.E.1 2014 FPL Environmental Outreach Activities ............................................... 121 Preferred Site # 1 - Port Everglades Maps..................................................... 161 Preferred Site # 2 - Babcock Maps ................................................................. 167 Preferred Site # 3 - Citrus Maps ...................................................................... 171 Preferred Site # 4 – Manatee Maps ................................................................. 175 Preferred Site # 5 – Lauderdale Maps ............................................................ 179 Preferred Site # 6 – Ft. Myers Maps .............................................................. 185 Preferred Site # 7 – Okeechobee Maps .......................................................... 191 Preferred Site # 8 – Turkey Point Maps ......................................................... 195 Potential Site # 1 - Hendry Maps .................................................................... 201 Potential Site # 2 – Martin Maps ..................................................................... 205 Potential Site # 3 – Putman Maps ................................................................... 209 Florida Power & Light Company