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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
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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 * * *
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