AGENDA

SITING BOARD

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

JUNE 26, 2001

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Item 1 Calpine Construction Finance Company, L.P./Osprey Energy Center Final Order

REQUEST: Consideration of an Order, to be executed by the Siting Board, adopting the Administrative Law Judge's Recommended Order recommending the Siting Board grant full and final certification to Calpine, under section 403, Part II, F.S., for the location, construction and operation of the Osprey Energy Center, pursuant to subsections 403.509(1), and 403.511(1), F.S.

COUNTY: Polk

APPLICANT: Calpine Construction Finance Company, L.P.

LOCATION: The Osprey Energy Center power plant is located in Auburndale, an incorporated area of Polk County, Florida.

STAFF REMARKS: Calpine's proposed Osprey Energy Center Project consists of two combustion turbines, two heat recovery steam generators and a single steam turbine operating as a combined cycle unit, with a nominal generating capacity of 527 megawatts (MW). The new power plant will be fired only with natural gas. The Osprey Energy Center site is an approximately 19.5-acre parcel within the city limits of Auburndale. Additional facilities included in the project include cooling towers, water and wastewater treatment facilities, a storm water collection and storage system, an operation center, and transformers and switching gear necessary to connect to the transmission system.

The Florida Public Service Commission issued an affirmative need determination on February 21, 2001. On February 28, 2001, the Administrative Law Judge issued a Recommended Order finding the site to be in compliance with the local land use plans and zoning ordinances. On April 24, 2001, the Siting Board found the site to be consistent and in compliance with existing land use plans and zoning ordinances.

On May 23, 2001, the Administrative Law Judge issued his Recommended Order recommending the Siting Board grant full and final certification to Calpine Construction Finance Company, L.P., under section 403, Part II, F.S., for the location, construction and operation of the Osprey Energy Center, subject to the Conditions of Certification.

(See Attachment 1, Pages 1-102)

RECOMMEND APPROVAL