E. Leon Jacobs Jr., former chairman of the Florida Public Services Commission, elected chairman of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, a non-profit environmental organization, said: September 2020. “There were absolutely problems and challenges to be addressed with that transmission line.”
The project will be partially funded by a $ 692 million increase in customer fees in 2022. This is part of the $ 4.9 billion cumulative tariff increase for four years approved by the Civil Service Commission since Jacobs’ resignation. Due to the voltage of the transmission lines, the design and suitability of the project did not require a more detailed review by the Commission or other state agencies.
Infection; Infection data Collected by the US Department of Energy highlights how rare 161 kilovolt power lines are, especially over long distances. According to McCullough, who reviewed the data, only 3 percent of all power lines in the country are 161 kilovolts, with an average length of 5 miles.
The Public Services Commission, which is cautious about investing in utilities and is responsible for ensuring that it avoids financial waste, refuses to comment on transmission lines, their financing, or Florida Power and Light practices. , Said that the charge case could be sued.
The company said it meets legal and regulatory requirements.
“Frankly, this kind of criticism is going in the wrong direction, showing a fundamental lack of understanding of how the regulatory process works,” said a spokesperson for utility-owning NextEra Energy. Man, David Reuter, said. “The unanimous FPSC decision on the FPL’s tariff case is the culmination of an almost year-long public process that reviews and sets new electricity-based tariffs.”
Richard Gentry, Appointed as the state’s top consumer advocate early last year After working as a lobbyist in tobacco, alcohol, horse racing, manufacturing and other industries for a long time, he said his office was not authorized to question low voltage transmission projects.