Florida Public Service Commission native order document 01943-2026

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FILED 4/1/2026 DOCUMENT NO. 01943-2026 FPSC - COMMISSION CLERK
BEFORE THE FLORIDA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
In re: Fuel and purchased power cost recovery clause with generating performance incentive factor.
DOCKET NO. 20260001-EI ORDER NO. PSC-2026-0081-PCO-EI ISSUED: April 1, 2026
ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION TO SPIN OFF BAYSIDE UNIT 2 REPLACEMENT POWER ISSUES
On March 23, 2026, Tampa Electric Company (TECO) and the Office of Public Counsel (collectively, Joint Movants) filed a Joint Motion to Spin Off Bayside Unit 2 Replacement Power Issues (Joint Motion). According to the Joint Motion, one of the current issues in this docket is replacement power costs associated with an outage of TECO's Bayside Steam Turbine 2 lasting from October 1, 2024 to August 15, 2025. The Joint Movants ask to establish a separate docket to review the issues related to this particular outage because they anticipate the evaluation of the docket to be extensive and involve a large number of third party confidential documents The parties to this docket were consulted with respect to the Joint Movants' request; they took no position with respect to the Joint Motion.
Based on the foregoing, the Joint Motion is hereby granted. This decision is consistent with our past practice where we have approved spin-off dockets when finding that it would "result in a more thorough investigation and limit any confusion and inconvenience."" Here, it is reasonable based on the Joint Movants assertions that the volume and complexity of the issues related to the Bayside Steam Turbine 2 outage may cause unnecessary confusion and inconvenience to the parties in this docket. Consistent with the Joint Movants' request, a new docket shall be opened to address the Bayside Unit 2 replacement power costs. A case scheduling order will be issued by the Prehearing Officer in the new docket for a status conference approximately 60 days after the entry of this order.
Therefore, it is
ORDERED by Commissioner Gary F. Clark, as Prehearing Officer, that the Joint Motion to Spin Off Bayside Unit 2 Replacement Power Issues is hereby granted.
1 Order No. 15788, issued February 28, 1986, in Docket No. 860001-EI, In re: Fuel and Purchased Power Cost Recovery Clause with Generating Performance Incentive Factor.

ORDER NO. PSC-2026-0081-PCO-EI
DOCKET NO. 20260001-EI
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By ORDER of Commissioner Gary F. Clark, as Prehearing Officer, this 1st day of April,
2026.
GARY F. CLARK
Commissioner and Prehearing Officer
Florida Public Service Commission
2540 Shumard Oak Boulevard
Tallahassee, Florida 32399
(850) 413-6770
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Copies furnished: 	A copy of this document is
provided to the parties of record at the time of
issuance and, if applicable, interested persons.
MRT
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