TALLAHASSEE, Fla. \u2014 A state-level regulatory agency that oversees public utilities is considering a Florida Power & Light\u2019s proposal for a new project in South Florida\u2019s western wildland. <\/p>\n
The five-member Florida Public Service Commission<\/a> met on Thursday for a hearing about the Andytown-Oasis project<\/a> to place four 30-mile-long transmission lines from Broward County to Miami-Dade County. <\/p>\n FPL reported<\/a> the proposed transmission lines are meant to deal with \u201can increase of approximately 220,000 new customers\u201d from 2026 to 2033 in Miami-Dade, who will increase load by about 11%.<\/p>\n Despite the complexity of the project, Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019s appointees<\/a>, Gabriella Passidomo Smith, Mike La Rosa, Gary F. Clark, Ana Ortega, and Bobby Payne did not have any questions during the meeting in Tallahassee. <\/p>\n One of the four transmission lines would start at FPL\u2019s existing Andytown substation in Broward and end at FPL\u2019s planned Oasis substation in Miami-Dade, according to the Florida PSC<\/a>. <\/p>\n In Miami-Dade, a second line would start at FPL\u2019s Quarry substation and end at the Oasis substation, and two other lines would start at Oasis, but one would end at Quarry and the other at the Levee substation.<\/p>\n