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          regulated electric utility, is required to follow regulatory                
          accounting for financial reporting purposes.                                
               The FERC publishes a Uniform System of Accounts (USOA) which           
          contains a standard set of accounts, rules, and regulations.                
          Florida Power, as a major electric utility, is required to follow           
          the USOA.  The FPSC also requires Florida Power to follow the               
          USOA.  For regulatory accounting purposes, the FERC also                    
          publishes a list of Units of Property for Use in Accounting for             
          Additions and Retirements of Electric Plant (FERC list), which is           
          separate from the USOA.  The units of property identified in the            
          list are referred to as retirement units.  The FERC list of                 
          retirement units may be expanded by any utility without other               
          authorization by the FERC, but no retirement unit may be larger             
          in size than those identified in the FERC list.  The FERC list              
          may not be condensed, but a subdivision or addition of other                
          units is permitted.                                                         
               The FPSC authorizes an expanded list of retirement units               
          (FPSC list) beyond those prescribed by the FERC.  The FPSC has              
          the discretion to authorize a list of retirement units in which             
          the retirement units are larger in size than the corresponding              
          FERC retirement units.  Florida Power could add retirement units            
          to the FPSC list or expand the size of existing retirement units,           
          but it had to notify the FPSC semiannually of these changes.                
          Increasing the size of retirement units would increase the amount           






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