ML092720639

LTR-09-0465 - Letter to the Editor of Sun Sentinel from Thomas Saporito Regarding Electronic Filing in Florida Power and Light Company Rate Case Docket No. 080677-EI

ML092720639
Person / Time
Site:	Turkey Point
Issue date:	09/20/2009
From:	Saporito T Renewable Electric Systems
To:	NRC/SECY, State of FL, Public Service Commission
References
080677-EI, LTR-09-0465
Download: ML092720639 (6)

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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY CORRESPONDENCE CONTROL TICKET Date Printed: Sep 22,2009 08:I3 PAPER NUMBER:

ACTION OFFICE:

AUTHOR:

YY9-0465 Mr. Thomas Saporito LOGGING DATE: 0912 112009 AFFILIATION : FL ADDRESSEE: Letters to the Editor, Sun Sentinel

SUBJECT:

Electronic filing in Florida Power and Light Company rate case docket No. 080677-EI ACTION : Information DISTRIBUTION: Chairman, Comrs, ED0 LETTER DATE:

ACKNOWLEDGED SPECIAL HANDLING:

NOTES:

FILE LOCATION: ADAMS DATE DUE: DATE SIGNED:

From: Thomas Saporito [support@renewableelectricsystems.com]

Sent: Sunday, September 20,2009 11:59 AM To: Florida Public Service Commission Cc: Anna Williams, Esq.; Brian P. Armstrong, Esq.; Cecilia Bardley; D. Marcus Braswell, Jr., Esq.;

Wade Litchfield; J.R. Kelly, Esq.; Jean Hartman, Esq.; Jennifer L. Spina, Esq.; John T. Butler; John T. LaVia, Ill, Esq.; John W. McWhirter, Jr., Esq.; Jon C. Moyle, Jr.; Joseph A.

McGlothlin, Esq.; Kenneth L. Wiseman, Esq.; Lisa Bennett, Esq.; Lisa M. Purdy, Esq.; Mark F.

Sundback, Esq.; Robert Scheffel Wright, Esq.; Martha Brown, Esq.; Robert A. Sugarman, Esq.; Vicki Gordon Kaufam; Mary F. Smallwood; Barry Richard; Stephanie Alexander; Shayla L. McNeill; Tamela lvey Perdue; Chairman Matthew M. Carter; Commissioner Nancy Argenziano; Commissioner Lisa Polak Edgar; Commissioner Katrina J. McMurrian; Commissioner Nathan A. Skop

Subject:

ELECTRONIC FILINGS IN FPL RATE CASE DOCKET NO. 080677-El Attachments: 20 SEP 2009 Letter to the Editor - Sun-Sentinnel.pdf Electronic filing in Docket No. 080677-El

a. Person responsible for this filing:

Thomas Saporito, Executive Director RenewableElectricSystems.com

b. Post Office Box 8413, Jupiter, Florida 33468-8413 Phone: 561-283-0613

c. Docket No. 080677-El, In re: FPL rate case

d. Document filed on behalf of Thomas Saporito

e. There are a total of 2 pages

f. The document attached for electror~icfiling is: Letters to the Editor of the Sun-Sentinel Newspaper -

in Response to FPL's public letter about the current FPL $1.3 billion dollar rate case.

Thomas Saporito, Executive Director RenewableElectricSystems.com Post Office Box 8413, Jupiter, Florida 33468-8413 Voice: (561) 247-6404 Fax: (561) 952-4810 Email: Su~port@RenewableElectricSystems.com Web: http://RenewableElectricSystems.com NOTICE: This email message and any attachments to it may contain confidential information. The information contained in this transmission is intended solely for the individual(s) or entities to which the email is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you are prohibited from reviewing, retransmitting, converting to hard copy, copying, disseminating, or otherwise using in any manner this email or any attachments to it. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by replying to this message and delete it from your computer.

20 SEP 2009 Letters to the Editor Sun Sentinel 200 E. Las Olas Blvd.

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

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~l . corn This letters serves to respond to FPL1s recent letter to the editor in which FPL claims that:

"Under no circumstances do we ask anyone to take any inappropriate action or to offer us support as a result of charitable contributions or civic memberships. . . Statewide, just 55 people came to report service problems out of our 4.5 million customers. . . Our typical residential customer bill will go down in January 2010, not up, due to lower fuel prices and gains in fuel efficiency. . .

First, of all, why didn't FPL disclose to the Commission the affiliation or relationship that those charitable organizations enjoyed with FPL? Why didn't the organizations identify their relationship with FPL to the Commission?

Second, FPL was required under law to notice each of its 4.5 million customers about the local service hearings being held in their communities. As a customer of FPL, I do not recall receiving any notice from FPL about my right to attend these service hearings before the Commission. The question is whether or not FPL complied with the law and actually provided its 4.5 million customers notice about these local service rate hearings? Maybe that is why only 55 customers complained? Hmmm Third, FPL has consistently mislead its 4.5 million customers by insisting that the customers' electric bill will be less in January 2010 due to the current $1.3 billion dollar rate case currently pending before the Public Service Commission. Clearly, if FPL's $1.3 billion dollar rate increase is approved by the Commission, each of FPL's customers' electric rates will INCREASE by $12.40 per 1,000 kW of electric power used by the customer. Sure, a decrease in fuel costs will be passed along to FPL's 4.5 million customers because the law requires FPL to do so.

However, the rate increase of $12.40 cannot be compared to the fuel cost adjustments which vary with the price of a barrel of oil. The FPL $1.3 billion dollar rate increase is forever and that is the message that FPL does not want its customers to learn about and that is why FPL evades disclosure of this fact by sounding the horn about lower fuel charges.

The Commission should reject and deny FPL's 1.3 billion dollar rate increase request and instead require FPL to provide its 4.5 million customers with lease-to-own solar voltaic systems which would obviate any need for FPL to build two more nuclear power plants.

Thomas saporito Executive Director RenewableElectricSystems.com Post Off ice Box 8413 Jupiter, Florida 33468-8413 Tel: 561-247-6404

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CC: "Anna Williams, Esq." <ANWILLIA@PSC.STATE.FL.US>,

"Brian P. Armstrong, Esq." <barmstrong@ngnlaw.com>,

Cecilia Bardley <cecilia.bradley@myfloridalegal.com>,

"D. Marcus Braswell, Jr., Esq." <mbraswell@sugarmansusskind.com>,

Wade Litchfield <Wade-Litchfield@fpl.com>,

"J.R. Kelly, Esq." <Kelly.jr@leg.state.fl.us>,

"Jean Hartman, Esq." <.IHARTMAN@PSC.STATE.FL.US>,

"Jennifer L. Spina, Esq." <jspina@andrewskurth.com>,

"John T. Butler" <John.Butler@fpl.com>,

"John T. LaVia, Ill, Esq." <jlavia@yvlaw.net>,

"John W. McWhirter, Jr., Esq." <jmcwhirter@mac-law.com>,

"Jon C. Moyle, Jr." <jmoyle@kagmlaw.com>,

"Joseph A. McGlothlin, Esq." <mcglothlin.joseph@leg.state.fl.us>,

"Kenneth L. Wiseman, Esq." <kwiseman@andrewskurth.com~,

"Lisa Bennett, Esq." <LBENNETT@PSC.STATE.FL.US>,

"Lisa M. Purdy, Esq." <lisapurdy@andrewskurth.com>,

"Mark F. Sundback, Esq." <msundback@andrewskurth.com~,

"Robert Scheffel Wright, Esq." <swright@yvlaw.net>,

"Martha Brown, Esq." <mbrown@psc.state.fl.us>,

"Robert A. Sugarman, Esq." ~sugarman@sugarmansusskind.com~,

Vicki Gordon Kaufam <vkaufman@kagmlaw.com>,

"Mary F. Smallwood" <Mary.Smallwood@Ruden.com>,

Barry Richard <richardb@gtlaw.com>,

Stephanie Alexander <sda@trippscott.com>,

"Shayla L. McNeill" <shayla.mcneill@tyndall.af.mil>,

Tamela lvey Perdue <tperdue@aif.com>,

"Chairman Matthew M. Carter" <Chairman@psc.state.fl.us>,

Commissioner Nancy Argenziano <Commissioner.Argenziano@psc.state.fl.us>,

Commissioner Lisa Polak Edgar <Commissioner.Edgar@psc.state.fl.us~,

"Commissioner Katrina J. McMurrian" ~Commissioner.McMurrian@psc.state.fl.us>,

"Commissioner Nathan A. Skop" <Commissioner.skop@psc.state.fl.us~

Subject:

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