Florida Public Service Commission Internal Affairs Briefing

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Florida Public Service Commission Internal
Affairs Briefing

• Lynne Tejeda
• General Manager CEO

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Keys Energy Services Facts

• Since 1943
• Serves Key West to Seven-Mile Bridge
• 28,000 customers
• 154 employees
• Entire Service Area Classified as Coastal
• Literally Most Hurricane Prone County
• Affected by 9 Hurricanes since 1992

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Keys Energy Services Facts

• 142 MW system load
• 83 MW on-island local generation
• 8 substations with 35 feeders
• 257 miles distribution _at_ 13.8kV
• 90 of distribution is aerial
• 60 miles of transmission _at_ 69 138kV
• 1 radial line - interconnection to FKEC

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Keys Energy Services Facts

• 5-members
• Elected by Citizens of Key West
• Responsive to Community
• Responsive to Staff

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Generation
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On Island Generation

• Utility Board requires 60 On-island Generation
• FMPA Maintains this requirement level
• 6 High Speed Diesels
• 2 Medium-Speed diesels
• 1 KEYS Combustion Turbine
• 3 FMPA Combustion Turbines

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6 High Speed Diesels

• One Unit at Big Pine Key / 2.5 Mw / installed
  1969
• Two units at Cudjoe Key / 2.5 Mw 2.0 Mw/
  installed 1965
• Three units at Stock Island / 2.0 Mw each /
  installed 1965
• Black Start Units

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Medium Speed Diesels

• Colt-Pielstick
• Located at Stock Island
• 8.7 Mw each
• Installed 1990
• Black Start Units

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3 GE Frame V Combustion Turbines

• Stock Island
• CT 1 - 20 Mw / installed 1980 / Black Start Unit
• CT 2 - 18.6 Mw / installed 1998
• CT 3 - 18.1 Mw / installed 1998

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LM6000 Combustion Turbine

• Stock Island
• 43 Megawatts
• Operational on June 28th

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Fuel Supply

• 3.9 Million Gallons of Fuel Storage
• Maintain 14-day supply
• Hurricane Georges no barges took on 429,514
  gallons of oil by tankers over 2 days

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Transmission
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Transmission

• Keys Energy Services TieLine
• 138 kilovolts
• Sole Ownership to Marathon 60 miles
• FKEC and KEYS transmission Line
• 138 kilovolts
• Joint ownership to the Dade-Monroe
• Dual Lines
• 21 miles from Tavernier to the County Line
• Stock Island to Big Coppitt

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Transmission

• All Concrete or Steel
• Wind Ratings Vary
• Inspections
• Constant
• Aerial 2 years
• Foundation/Anchors 3-4 years
• Stress analysis on transmission only
• Polymer Insulators - new since 1998

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Transmission

• Sailboat Issue

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Distribution
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Distribution

• Substations
• Poles
• Informal pole inspections
• Pole Replacements to concrete
• Attachments
• Stress analysis case-by-case depending on
  situation
• Transformers
• Elevated above Flood

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Vegetation

• Transmission Trimming
• Twice Yearly
• 15 feet minimum on transmission lines
• Distribution Trimming
• Every Two Years
• 10 feet minimum on all open conductors greater
  than 600 volts
• 5 feet minimum clearance on all open conductors
  less than 600 volts.
• Unique agreement with BellSouth/ComCast
• Tree Commission

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Recovery
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Have a Plan

• Hurricane Plan that is updated yearly
• Success of our restoration based largely on
  following the plan
• Success of our restoration also based largely on
  good communications

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KEYS Hurricane Plan

• Review Process Annually
• Updated After Each Storm

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KEYS Hurricane Plan

• Employee Issues
• To Evacuate or Not to Evacuate
• Hospitals
• All Hands on Deck
• Review Process Annually

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KEYS Hurricane Plan

• Mutual Aid / Contractors
• Hotels
• Caterers
• Laundry

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KEYS Hurricane Plan

• In the Field
• Immediate Inspection
• Daily Crew Assignments
• Fully Energized
• 2nd Inspection
• Punchlist

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Internal Communications

• Internal
• Radio
• Cell Phones
• Meetings
• Sense of Humor

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KEYS Hurricane Plan

• Communications
• EOC
• Media
• Customers
• City Officials
• Chamber of Commerce

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Every Storm is Different the Variables

• Generation
• Transmission
• Distribution
• Work Force

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Hurricane Andrew

• Non- Event
• Generation fine
• Transmission down outside our service area
• Distribution fine
• Work Force all available
• No Mutual Aid/Contractors

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Hurricane Georges

• Wind Event
• Generation slightly damage
• Transmission down in our service area
• Distribution severe damage
• Work Force all available
• Mutual Aid
• Contractors

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Hurricane Georges TD

• Keys Energy Services
• Linemen from Key West to Key Haven
• Engineering Field Reps.
• Meter Services
• Outside Crews - 296 utility workers
• Duke Engineering
• All Others

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Hurricane Georges

• List of Distribution Concerns
• Cross Arms 97
• Cracked Poles 82
• Leaning Poles 60
• Down Guy Repair or Replacement 566
• Sagging Line 301
• Street Light Repair 485
• Stub Pole Removal 373

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Hurricane Georges 275 Poles Down and Broken
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Transmission Improvement

• Constantly maintaining and improving
• Redundancy
• New Insulators
• 26.4 miles from Coco Plum to Islamorada
• Stock Island to Marathon

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Improvements

• Transmission
• More redundancy
• New insulators
• Distribution
• Substation Upgrades
• 4.16 to 13.8 conversion
• Upgrade poles - wood to concrete
• Tree Trimming

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Hurricane Wilma

• Wind and Flooding Event
• Generation fine
• Transmission fine
• Distribution damage
• Work Force partially available
• Mutual Aid/Contractors

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Hurricane Wilma68 Poles Down and Broken
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Hurricane Wilma Clean Up

• Guy Guard Attachment
• Guy Wire Tight
• Guy Wire Grounded
• Street Light Grounded
• Neutral Grounded
• Cross Arm Condition/Repair
• Poles replace cracked ones
• Tree Trimming
• Service Wedges Broken
• Street Light Audit
• Street Light Repair
• Critical Care Customer Field Tags

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Looking Ahead

• Learned from experiences
• Still worry
• Worry is interest paid on trouble before it
  falls due -William Ralph Inge