Duke Energy Florida, LLC v. Gary F. Clark, etc.

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC20-1601 ____________ DUKE ENERGY FLORIDA, LLC, Appellant, vs. GARY F. CLARK, etc., et al., Appellees. July 7, 2022 LAWSON, J. Duke Energy Florida, LLC (DEF), appeals a final order of the Florida Public Service Commission (Commission) denying DEF’s request to recover approximately $16 million from its customers for costs DEF incurred to meet its customers’ demand for electricity when a 420-megawatt (MW) steam-powered generating unit went offline at its Bartow plant in 2017 and was placed back in service at a derated capacity of 380 MW. We have…