Cabinet Affairs

Item 1 Minutes

Submittal of the minutes of the June 24, 1998 Cabinet Meeting.

RECOMMEND ACCEPTANCE

Item 2 Cane Island Power Park Order/Kissimmee Utility Authority/Florida Municipal Power Agency

REQUEST: Consideration of an Order recommending that the Siting Board adopt the Administrative Law Judge's Order of Adoption and the related Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Recommended Order finding the Cane Island Power Park site to be consistent and in compliance with the existing land use plans and zoning ordinances of Osceola County, pursuant to section 403.508(2), F.S.

COUNTY: Osceola

APPLICANTS: Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA) and Florida Municipal Power Agency (FMPA)

LOCATION: The existing Cane Island Power Park is located approximately five miles west of the Kissimmee city limits and one mile north of Intercession City in western Osceola County.

STAFF REMARKS: The KUA and FMPA wish to expand their generating capacity by constructing a 250 megawatt, high efficiency, natural gas-fired, combined cycle generating unit on KUA's existing Cane Island Power Park site. The project includes construction of a mechanical draft cooling tower, water and wastewater treatment facilities, fuel oil and water storage tanks, a storm water detention pond and a short 230 KV transmission line that will interconnect with Florida Power Corporation's Intercession City Generating Plant located approximately one-fourth mile west of the Power Park boundary. Low sulfur, distillate fuel oil will be a backup fuel in case of a temporary curtailment on use of natural gas. Currently KUA operates two natural gas-fired generating units on site. On November 17, 1998, the Administrative Law Judge conducted a public hearing on compliance of the site with the existing land use plan and zoning ordinances. No one testified against or opposed the proposed use of the site.

The Order approves and adopts the Order of Adoption as submitted by the Administrative Law Judge, pursuant to the Florida Electrical Power Plant Siting Act, sections 403.501, et seq., F.S., finding the Cane Island Power Park site to be consistent and in compliance with the existing land use plans and zoning ordinances of Osceola County, pursuant to section 403.508(2), F.S.

(See Attachment 2, Pages 1-15)

RECOMMEND APPROVAL