Florida Public Service Commission Grants Confidential Classification to Florida Power & Light Company's Request

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The Florida Public Service Commission has granted confidential classification to a request made by Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) regarding proprietary and confidential business information. The request, filed on May 2, 2025, pertains to information related to full forced outages and partial forced outages at nuclear and non-nuclear generation plants, as well as root-cause investigations of outages. FPL claims that disclosure of this information would impair its competitive interests and harm its business operations. The Commission has found that the information satisfies the criteria for classification as proprietary confidential business information and has granted confidential classification for a period of up to 18 months.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Florida Public Service Commission has granted FPL's request for confidential classification of proprietary and confidential business information.
  • The information in question pertains to full forced outages and partial forced outages at nuclear and non-nuclear generation plants, as well as root-cause investigations of outages.
  • FPL claims that disclosure of this information would impair its competitive interests and harm its business operations.
  • The Commission has found that the information satisfies the criteria for classification as proprietary confidential business information.
  • The confidential information will remain protected from disclosure for a period of up to 18 months from the date of issuance of the Order.
  • After the 18-month period, the confidential information will no longer be exempt from Section 119.07(1), F.S., unless FPL or another affected person shows, and the Commission finds, that the records continue to contain proprietary confidential business information.
  • Commissioner Gabriella Passidomo Smith has issued the Order as Prehearing Officer.
  • The Order was issued on August 22, 2025.

Statistics:

  • 72 hours: the duration of forced outages at nuclear and non-nuclear generation plants for which FPL has not publicly disclosed information.
  • 18 months: the period during which confidential information will remain protected from disclosure.
  • 1 document: Document No. 03364-2025, which contains the information for which FPL has requested confidential classification.

Sources:

  • ORDER NO. PSC-2025-0321-CFO-EI, issued on August 22, 2025.
  • Docket No. 20250001-EI, filed by Florida Power & Light Company on May 2, 2025.
  • Section 366.093, Florida Statutes (F.S.).
  • Rule 25-22.006, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.).