RA-12-009, Evidence of Guarantee of Payment of Deferred Premiums

Evidence of Guarantee of Payment of Deferred Premiums

ML12128A013
Person / Time
Site:	Harris, Brunswick, Crystal River, Robinson
Issue date:	04/16/2012
From:	Alexander D Progress Energy Carolinas
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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RA-12-009
Download: ML12128A013 (8)

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Confidential Financial Information Submitted Under 10 CFR 2.390 Prmgrei E n 10CFR 140.21(e)

PO Box 1551 411 Fayetteville Street Mall Raleigh NC 27602 Serial: RA-12-009 April 16, 2012 ATTENTION: Document Control Desk Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-325 AND 50-324 / RENEWED LICENSE NOS. DPR-71 AND DPR-62 CRYSTAL RIVER UNIT 3 NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT DOCKET NO. 50-302 / LICENSE NO. DPR-72 SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNIT NO. 1 DOCKET NO. 50-400 / RENEWED LICENSE NO. NPF-63 H. B. ROBINSON STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, UNIT NO. 2 DOCKET NO. 50-261 / RENEWED LICENSE NO. DPR-23 EVIDENCE OF GUARANTEE OF PAYMENT OF DEFERRED PREMIUMS Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to 10 CFR 140.21 (e), enclosed are 2011 actual and 2012 projected cash flow statements as evidence of guarantee of payment of deferred premiums for the above listed plants belonging to Carolina Power & Light Company (CP&L), now doing business as Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.,

and Florida Power Corporation (FPC), now doing business as Progress Energy Florida, Inc.

Enclosure I provides evidence of guarantee of payment of deferred premiums for the principal owner-licensee and other owners-licensees of the Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2; Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit No. 1; H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit No. 2; and Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant. contains information confidential to CP&L and FPC. CP&L and FPC request that the content of Enclosure 1 be withheld from public disclosure in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390(a)(4).

An affidavit supporting the 10 CFR 2.390(a)(4) request is contained in Enclosure 2. A non-confidential version of the projected internal cash flows is contained in Enclosure 3.

This document contains no new regulatory commitment.

If you have additional questions, please call me at (919) 546-5357.

Sincerely, Donna Alexander Manager - Nuclear Regulatory Affairs Enclosure 1 to this letter contains Confidential Financial Information Submitted Under 10 CFR 2.390', 0 '

Upon removal of Enclosure 1, this letter is decontrolled. /4

United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission RA-12-009 Page 2 DBM Enclosures

1. Evidence of Guarantee of Payment of Deferred Premiums Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2; Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit No. 1; H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit No. 2; and Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant (Contains Confidential Financial Information)

2. Affidavit - Request to Withhold Proprietary Information From Public Disclosure

3. Evidence of Guarantee of Payment of Deferred Premiums Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2; Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit No. 1; H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit No. 2; and Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant - Redacted Version c: F. Saba, NRR Project Manager - BSEP, Unit Nos. 1 and 2; CR3 A. Billoch Col6n, NRR Project Manager - SHNPP, Unit No. 1 and HBRSEP, Unit No. 2 Enclosure 1 to this letter contains Confidential Financial Information Submitted Under 10 CFR 2.390 Upon removal of Enclosure 1, this letter is decontrolled.

United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission RA-12-009 ENCLOSURE 2 AFFIDAVIT REQUEST TO WITHHOLD PROPRIETARY INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE

United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission RA-12-009 Enclosure 2 Page I of 2 REQUEST TO WITHHOLD CONFIDENTIAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION PROGRESS ENERGY BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, UNIT NOS. I AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-325 50-324 CRYSTAL RIVER UNIT 3 NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT DOCKET NO. 50-302 SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNIT NO. I DOCKET NO. 50-400 H. B. ROBINSON STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, UNIT NO. 2 DOCKET NO. 50-261 Progress Energy hereby requests that Enclosure I to letter RA-12-009 entitled "Evidence of Guarantee of Payment of Deferred Premiums" be withheld from public disclosure due to its confidential nature. The details of this request are provided in the following affidavit:

AFFIDAVIT I, Sherri L. Green, Treasurer of Progress Energy, do hereby affirm and state as follows:

I. I am an officer of Progress Energy, authorized to execute this affidavit on its behalf. I am further authorized to review information submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and apply for the withholding of information from disclosure.

2. The information sought to be withheld consists of portions of the 2012 Internal Cash Flow Projection that is included in Enclosure 1 to Progress Energy's letter RA-12-009 to the NRC entitled "Evidence of Guarantee of Payment of Deferred Premiums". Enclosure 1, a two page document, has the words "Confidential Financial Information Submitted Under 10 CFR 2.390" on the top and bottom of the pages.

3. Progress Energy is providing information pursuant to 10 CFR 140.21 (e), which constitutes confidential financial information that should be held in confidence by the NRC pursuant to the policy reflected in 10 CFR 2.390(a)(4), because:

i. This information has been held in confidence by Progress Energy.

ii. This information is of a type that is held in confidence by Progress Energy and there is rational basis for doing so because the information contains sensitive financial information concerning Progress Energy net income and internal cash flow.

iii. This information is being transmitted to the NRC in confidence.

iv. This information is not available in public sources and could not be gathered readily from other publicly available information.

v. Public disclosure of this information would create substantial harm to the competitive position of Progress Energy by disclosing Progress Energy's internal financial projections to other parties whose commercial interests may be adverse to those of Progress Energy.

4. Accordingly, Progress Energy requests that the designated documents be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to the policy reflected in 10 CFR 2.390(a)(4).

United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission RA-12-009 Page 2 of 2 This letter contains no restricted or other defense information.

PROGRESS ENERGY Sherri L. Green Treasurer NOTARY PUBLIC DATE:

My Commission expires on I +*a-

United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission RA-12-009 ENCLOSURE 3 Evidence of Guarantee of Payment of Deferred Premiums Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2; Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit No. 1; H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit No. 2; and Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant Redacted Version

NON-PROPRIETARY INFORMATION United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission RA-12-009 Page 1 of 2 Carolina Power & Light 2012 Internal Cash Flow Projection for H. B. Robinson, Unit 2; Brunswick Units I and 2; Shearon Harris, Unit I (Dollars in Millions)

Year Ended Year Ended December 31, 2011 December 31, 2012 Actual Projected Net Income After Taxes $ 516 Less Dividend Paid (585)

Retained Earnings (69)

Adjustments:

Depreciation and Amortization 659 Deferred Income Taxes and Withheld from Investment Tax Credits 262 AFUDC (71) public disclosure Total Adjustments 850 per Affidavit Internal Cash Flow $ 781 Average Quarterly Cash Flow $ 195 Percentage Ownership in Robinson, Brunswick 1 & 2, and Harris plants 100%

• Maximum Total Contingent Liability $ 70.0

• Carolina Power & Light is the principal licensee as owner of 100%, 83.83% and 81.67% of the Robinson, Harris, and Brunswick nuclear units, respectively.

This certified cash flow statement is made as of March 28, 2012, and covers all of the owners of these units.

I do certify the above to be correct and accurate.

Sherri L. Green Treasurer Prepared by: K. Long T:\CashMgmt\Compliance\2012 NRC Letter\ [RA-12-009 NRC Cash Flow Projection 2012 Mar.xlsx]PECI I NON-PROPRIETARY INFORMATION

NON-PROPRIETARY INFORMATION United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission RA- 12-009 Page 2 of 2 Florida Power Corporation 2012 Internal Cash Flow Projection for Crystal River Unit 3 (Dollars in Millions)

Year Ended Year Ended December 31, 2011 December 31, 2012 Actual Projected Net Income After Taxes 314 Contribution Received / (Dividend Paid) (510)

Retained Earnings (196)

Adjustments:

Depreciation and Amortization 174 Deferred Income Taxes and Withheld from Investment Tax Credits 234 public disclosure AFUDC (32)

Total Adjustments 376 per Affidavit Internal Cash Flow $ 180 Average Quarterly Cash Flow $ 45 Percentage Ownership in Crystal River Unit No. 3 100%

• Maximum Total Contingent Liability 17.5

• Florida Power Corporation is the principal licensee as owner of 91.8% of the unit.

This certified cash flow statement is made as of March 28, 2012, and covers all of the owners of this unit.

I do certify the above to be correct and accurate.

Sherri L. Green Treasurer Prepared by: K. Long T:\CashMgmt\Compliance\2012 NRC Letter\ [RA-12-009 NRC Cash Flow Projection 2012 Mar.xlsx]PECI I NON-PROPRIETARY INFORMATION