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JOHNNY MARTINEZ., P.E.
City Manager
November 9, 2012
Eloy Villasuso, Jr.
Area Manager, External Affairs
Florida Power & Light Co.
4200 W. Flagler Street, (CEA/SCS)
Miami, FL 33134
RE: STREET LIGHTING FACILITIES ON THE CITY OF MIAMI RIGHT OF WAY
Dear Mr. Villasuso:
Based upon the terms and conditions of prior street lighting agreements between the City of
Miami and the Florida Power and Light Company and more current localized street lighting
agreements, the City pays to Florida Power and Light the costs of energy, maintenance,
replacement and upgrades for the Florida Power and Light Company owned street lighting
system citywide. In order to continue to provide service and safety to the City's residents and the
general public, Florida Power and Light is committed to monitor the existing street lighting
system and perform maintenance and service upgrades where warranted and desired by the City
and its residents. The City desires to achieve these goals by requesting that a plan of action be
prepared by the Florida Power and Light Company for the implementation of the following
procedures and options.
1 Street Light Energy Use
Energy consumption is critical in considering the most efficient lighting system for a
neighborhood at the most reasonable cost to the City. This may be accomplished by the
metering of the circuits providing street lighting energy or any other alternative process
that monitors the actual time the luminaires are in use. The Florida Power and Light Plan
will include a) a schedule to survey linventbrytfed b) monitor
performance and c) follow up (verification) with required maintenance for proper billing.
2. Outages
Monitoring street lighting service is a vital part of maintenance paid for by the City and a
plan must be in place to address outages. The Florida Power and Light Plan is to address
outages through the use of communication devices or feedback systems for each circuit.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
444 S.W. 2nd Avenue/Miami, Florida 33130 / (305) 416-1200 / Fax: (305) 416-1278
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 330700 Miami, FL 33233-0708
STREET LIGHTING FACILITIES
ON THE CITY OF MIAMI RIGHT OF WAY
November 9, 2012
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3. Accounting/Billings
The monitoring of outages, addressed above, must be automated in order to adjust
billings, provide rebate/credit and ensure accurate street light accounting based on energy
use.
4. Premium Street Lighting
More options, styles of poles, fixtures and lamps and designs are needed for premium
street lighting in order for the City, working with Florida Power and Light, to select the
most appropriate match for the City's diverse conununities.
The City desires to receive your plan of action and implementation schedule by the end of the
first street lighting billing cycle in calendar year 2013. You may submit the proposed plan
directly to my attention with a copy to Nzeribe Ihekwaba, Ph.D., P.E., Director of Public Works,
If you have any questions concerning this matter, you may contact the Public Works Director at
Nthelcwaba@miami goy. co m.
Sincerely,
y Mariiez, P.E.
City Manager
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C: lice N. Bravo, P.E., Assistant City Manager, Chief of Infrastructure
Nzeribe (Zerry) Ihelcwaba, PhD, P.E., Public Works Director
Juvenal Santana, P.E., Chief Civil Engineer
Jose Solares, FPL Regional Manter, Governmental Accounts
Francisco Javier Cantero,Jr., FPL Account Manager, Governmental Accounts
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City Clerk
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Johnny Martinez
City Manager 444
City of Miami ZcairN
444 SW 2nd Av.
Miami, FL 33130
Dear Mr. Martinez:
Thank you for your letter dated November 9, 2012 regarding street lighting facilities
within the City of Miami. Mr, Villasuso to whom your original correspondence was
addressed is on leave and I am serving In his capacity until his return. Florida Power &
Light values our longstanding relationship with the City of Miami and is committed to
providing safe, reliable, and cost effective service.
Given the broad scope of your letter, we would appreciate the opportunity to meet with
you and your staff to fully discuss the points you have raised.
In the interim, and to facilitate our future discussion, we provide below a high-level
outline of some of the history and factors to consider as we move forward:
Street Light Survey - we are currently completing surveys for several
governmental accounts throughout our service territory. We anticipate beginning
a full survey of the City of Miami In the fourth quarter of 2013.
Street Light Agreements and Billing - At the request of Nzeribe Ihekwaba, In
2012, we provided copies of all available Street Light Agreements for the City. in
September 2012, Nzeribe lhekwaba requested and was provided a detailed
billing report for all City of Miami street light accounts.
Decorative Lighting - FPL offers decorative lighting through a decorative lighting
tariff and we look forward to discussing the diverse needs of the City,
Energy Consumption -The streetlight rate that FPL filed with the State of Florida
Public Service Commission does not contemplate the metering of individual
street lights. Further, the tariff explicitly excludes the refund of electricity charges
due to outages (unbundling charges is not permitted). Street light circuits owned
by the City of Miami - energy only or re-lamping service - could be metered
under the General Service Rate Tariff. Under this tariff, the City would be billed ,
for the amount of energy consumed; however, any re-lamping agreements would
be voided.
Streetlight Monitoring - FPL has been investigating new technologies that would
provide real-time monitoring of our street light facilities. At present, these
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technologies have not been deployed In a large-scale utility setting and are not
economically feasible at thls time. We expect the cost of such technology to
come down over time and we will continue to monitor its development.
Thank you for the opportunity to share this information and we look forward to meeting
with you at your earliest convenience.
Sincerely
Armando Fernandez
Area Manager, External Affairs
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Manny J. Rodriguez
Regional Manager Corp External Affairs
Andrew Kushner
Director, FPL Streetlights
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