TRANSCRIPT - 4/7/26 Commission conference, Item 8.

AI Summary

The Florida Public Service Commission held a public hearing April 7, 2026 on a motion for reconsideration of its settlement approval for Florida Power & Light Company's rate increase petition (Docket 20250011-EI). The Commission voted unanimously to grant oral argument, allowing 10 minutes per side for non-signatory parties to challenge the settlement. The moving parties—including the Office of Public Counsel, Floridians Against Increased Rates, Florida Rising, LULAC, and the Environmental Coalition of Southwest Florida—argued the Commission failed to properly analyze cost-of-service impacts, improperly approved generation resource additions without prudency findings, and shifted hundreds of millions in costs from large commercial customers to residential and small business customers in a settlement increasing FPL's rate base from $16...