- 85 - requirement of the application for development approval, a developer submits a letter of inquiry to the offsite source of electricity, in this case FPL, as to whether it can meet the developer’s electricity needs for his proposed development.91 The letter from FPL to the developers generally stated that FPL was ready and able to provide the needed electrical services to serve the development project. For example, the record contains an application for development approval for the Palm Beach International Airport. This application was made according to section 380.06(6) of the Florida Statutes to the Bureau of Land and Water Management, Division of State Planning, Department of Administration, State of Florida. The Palm Beach County Department of Airports made the application to undertake a DRI project. Included with the 90(...continued) that area, also what additional vacant land is in that same area, and then look at alternative ways of serving it, whether it can be served from existing facilities, whether it requires new facilities, and what new facilities it requires. * * * 91 Mr. Hernandez testified as follows: Q: And what does the special process require of the developer? A: As I said, the developer has to make an application, and prior to making that application they must first apply to Florida Power and Light a request for service. They must enumerate how much energy they are going to use * * * and they have to show how much load or demand they are going to have * * *Page: Previous 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 Next
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