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capacitor banks to the Poinsett substation. A section of the ER
labeled “purpose and necessity” states, in part:
an increased load demand coincident with the nuclear
units at Turkey Point out of service and insufficient
reactive support will reduce the transfer capability of
the FPL ties with Southern to scheduled firm
interchanges in the 1988 to 1990 time frame. * * *
* * * * * * *
Installation of these capacitor banks and
associated equipment * * * will provide an increase in
transfer capability of the ties with Southern * * *.
ER No. 3623, approved in early 1988, authorized the expenditure
of $992,000 to add a second 230-kV capacitor bank to the Levee
substation.81 ER No. 3219, approved in 1988, authorized the
expenditure of $1,182,715 to add two 88 MVAR 230-kV capacitor
banks to the Duval substation.
A 1986 BI No. 129, approved in 1985, budgeted $13.1 million
to install high initial response exciters.82 ER No. 9327,
approved in 1986, authorized the expenditure of $1,225,000 to
install a high initial response excitation system at Turkey Point
Unit 2. ER No. 9334, approved in 1986, authorized the
expenditure of $740,000 to install a high initial response
81 The purpose and necessity stated in this ER is very
similar to that stated in ER No. 3216.
82 Mr. Sanders testified that the installation or
construction of the high initial response exciters was required
by the interchange contract to effectively utilize the interface.
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