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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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