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Florida.83 FPL had a reliability problem because a single
transmission line fed several substations in the area. As a
result, if the transmission line lost service at one end, all of
the substations would experience an outage. FPL planned to break
that line into two segments, including the new Midway-Jensen-
Crane line. To reliably serve the load in that area, the plan
also called for additional distribution substations to the west.
A 1982 BI No. 244, approved in late 1981, budgeted $1.5
million to: (1) Acquire 16 miles of 15-foot-wide right-of-way
from Jensen substation to Midway substation; (2) acquire a 10-
acre substation site for a distribution/switching station from
Turnpike substation; and (3) acquire 7.5 miles of 15-foot-wide
right-of-way from the Turnpike substation to the Crane
substation. According to the BI, the work was to be started in
January 1982 and was to be completed in December 1985. FPL
revised BI No. 244 in late 1982 to increase the amount authorized
by $200,000 to acquire an additional 1.5 acres at the Jensen
substation for its expansion. In early 1982, ER No. 5058, which
references BI No. 244, authorized the expenditure of $200,000 to
purchase approximately 10 acres of land as a site for the
purposed Turnpike substation.
83 Mr. Sanders testified that the Midway-Turnpike-Jensen
transmission line system operated as an integrated unit, and that
FPL viewed the system as one integrated piece of equipment.
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