TAMPA ELEC. CO. v. GARCIA

Nos. SC95444 to SC95446.

767 So.2d 428 (2000)

TAMPA ELECTRIC CO.; Florida Power Corp.; and Florida Power & Light Co., Appellants, v. Joe GARCIA, et al., as the Florida Public Service Commission; Utilities Commission, City of New Smyrna Beach; and Duke Energy New Smyrna Beach Power Co., Ltd., LLP., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied September 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry W. Long, Jr., pro hac vice, Tampa, Florida, and Lee L. Willis and James D. Beasley of Ausley & McMullen, Tallahassee, Florida, for Tampa Electric Company; Gary L. Sasso, Sylvia H. Walbolt, Robert Pass and Joseph H. Lang, Jr. of Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A., St. Petersburg, Florida, and James A. McGee and Jeff Froeschle, Senior Counsels, St. Petersburg, Florida, for Florida Power Corporation; Matthew M. Childs and Charles A. Guyton of Steel, Hector & Davis, Tallahassee, Florida, and Alvin B. Davis, Thomas R. Julin, Edward M. Mullins and Sandra K. Wolkov of Steel, Hector & Davis, Miami, Florida, for Florida Power and Light Company, Appellants.

Robert D. Vandiver, General Counsel and Richard C. Bellak, Associate General Counsel, Tallahassee, Florida, for the Florida Public Service Commission; Robert Scheffel Wright and John T. LaVia, III of Landers & Parsons, P.A., and Alan C. Sundberg, c/o Landers & Parsons, P.A., Tallahassee, and Steven G. Gey and Mark Seidenfeld, pro hac vice, Florida State University College of Law, Tallahassee, Florida, for Utilities Commission, City of New Smyrna Beach, Florida; Stephen H. Grimes, D. Bruce May, Karen D. Walker and Susan L. Kelsey of Holland & Knight, Tallahassee, Florida, Daniel S. Pearson of Holland & Knight, Miami, Florida, and Brent C. Bailey, pro se, Vice President and General Counsel, Houston, Texas, for Duke Energy New Smyrna Beach Power Co., Ltd., LLP; and Jon C. Moyle, Jr. and Robert J. Sniffen of Moyle, Flanigan, Katz, Kolins, Raymond & Sheehan, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida, for PG & E Generating (f/k/a/ U.S. Generating Company), Appellees.

Bill L. Bryant and Katherine E. Giddings of Katz, Kutter, Haigler, Alderman, Bryant & Yon, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida, for Enron North America ("Enron"), Amicus Curiae.


PER CURIAM.

These consolidated cases are before the Court on appeal from an order of the Public Service Commission (PSC or Commission). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(2), Fla. Const. The issue presented concerns the statutory authority of the PSC to grant a determination of need under the Florida Electrical Power Plant Siting Act (Siting Act)1 and the Florida Energy Efficiency & Conservation Act (FEECA)

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