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Home My Public Portal AboutRE_ Meeting on June 30th Renee Basel From:Susan Schoettle-Gumm <spgumm@mailmt.com> Sent:Monday, June 27, 2011 8:44 AM To:'Danny Brannon' Subject:RE: Meeting on June 30th Attachments:image002.jpg Danny - Please let me know who you think will be able to attend the hearing on June 30th, 9am to talk about the other two undergrounding projects. Also, please do not forget your resume to submit into the record at the hearing. I will probably talk first of the consultant team then turn to you to cover at least the following points: 1) opinion of project cost 2) increased safety and reliability, including connection to existing underground feeder line (brief repeat of your statement at last hearing - and refer to your May 3, 2011 memo to the Commission that was entered into the record at the last hearing) 3) Place au Soleil will not be served by or benefit from the undergrounding project and has already undergrounded utilities in that area 4) Gulf Stream Shores statements that "FPL would charge < $20,000 to underground our lines" (April 28, 2011) and "FPL would charge < $40,000" (May 13, 2011) --- what would this provide in your opinion After you cover these points, if you would please hand off to Habib for a discussion of the assessment methodology. Give me a call if you have any questions. I'd like to touch base by phone sometime before the hearing -- maybe mid-day on Wednesday while I'm driving to Gulf Stream?? Please let me know. Thanks, Susan From: Danny Brannon \[mailto:dbrannon@bngengineers.com\] Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 10:43 AM To: 'Susan Schoettle-Gumm' Subject: Meeting on June 30th Will Chris be providing the same information as the previous meeting, or do we need something different? Danny P. Brannon, P.E. The linked image cannot be displayed. The file may have been Brannon & Gillespie, LLC moved, renamed, or deleted. Verify that the link points to the correct file and location. 12798 West Forest Hill Blvd, Ste 102 Wellington, FL 33414-4704 Phone: (561)795-0833 - Fax: (561) 795-5678 Website: www.BnGEngineers.com No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1382 / Virus Database: 1513/3721 - Release Date: 06/23/11 1 STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS INDEX The Firm Personnel Pertinent Projects THE FIRM Brannon & Gillespie, LLC was founded in December, 2001. The firm has two members, Danny P. Brannon and James S. Gillespie. Danny P. Brannon is a registered engineer in the state of Florida with over 28 years in the electric utility engineering, technology, and construction management areas. During the past eight years, Danny has provided utility coordination services for major developers such as Lennar, Standard Pacific, First Florida, and RAM Development providing negotiation and design services relative to the installation of underground utility facilities. In addition, consulting services for undergrounding existing facilities are currently being provided to the Towns of Jupiter Island, Jupiter Inlet Colony, Palm Beach, Wellington, Gulf Stream, and Hollywood. James S. Gillespie is currently a registered engineer in the states of Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Missouri, Ohio, New York, New Jersey, and Tennessee, with over thirty years of electrical engineering and management experience. In addition to Utility Coordination, Both Principals also provide full service professional engineering services for commercial and industrial projects. The firm routinely provides electrical designs associated with new construction and renovation projects such as hotels, churches, shopping centers, industrial facilities, funeral homes, sports fields, standby generator installations, marinas, parking garage structures, and large multifamily apartment buildings. Designs for renovation of historic buildings including the Artist’s Colony in West Palm Beach, the Estee Lauder estate, and Donald Trump's Mar-A-Lago Club in Palm Beach have also been provided. An emphasis is placed on delivering functional and quality designs, Code compliance, cost control, and value engineering. The firm also has extensive expertise in negotiations with electrical, telephone, and Cable TV utility companies to facilitate the acquisition of optimal results at a minimum cost to clients. Brannon & Gillespie have provided designs for large scale standby generators for clients such as Johnson & Johnson, Florida Power & Light Company, Miami Biltmore Hotel, Miami Downtown Federal Detention Center, and many others with generators typically ranging from one megawatt to three megawatts. Brannon & Gillespie carries general liability and errors & commission insurance, and is registered with the State of Florida engineering board as an engineering business, Certificate of Authorization #6784. PERSONNEL JAMES S. GILLESPIE, P.E. General Partner SUMMARY OF CAPABILITIES Electrical engineering design Lighting calculations  Renovation consulting Electrical system assessment  Utility negotiations Energy conservation consulting  EDUCATION BSEE, Electrical Engineering, University of Tennessee, 1972 PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION Registered Professional Engineer Florida 1987 #37932 North Carolina 1994 #19994 South Carolina 1994 #16095 Tennessee 1994 #101856 Texas 1995 #80785 Georgia 1995 #22265 Alabama 1996 #21368 Missouri 1998 #29499 Ohio 2000 #64911 New York 2002 #079609 New Jersey 2003 #24GE04405900 WORK HISTORY 2001 - Present Brannon & Gillespie, LLC., Wellington, Florida General Partner with shared responsibility for financial, marketing, design, and technical areas of the company. 1993 - 2001 Gillespie & Associates, Inc., Wellington, Florida President. Ownership and overall responsibility for financial, marketing, design, and technical areas of the corporation. 1972 - 1993 Florida Power & Light Company, Juno Beach, Florida Principal Engineer, Substation Field Support Training (1991-1993) Responsible for developing training programs for field personnel on new and existing equipment, switching, entry level employee familiarization, and safety. Project Manager, Distribution Automation (1990 - 1991) Responsible for the system-wide implementation of distribution automation at Florida Power & Light. Superintendent of Emergency Services, Eastern Division (1982 - 1990) Responsible for operation of Emergency Services in the Eastern Division service territory of approximately 4100 square miles and 620,000 customers. Directed a staff of nine management and 38 bargaining unit personnel with responsibility for the operation of the electrical distribution system including 350 feeders and 70 substations. Superintendent of Jupiter Service Center (1980 - 1982) Responsible for the Jupiter Service Center operation which included one management and 25 bargaining unit personnel. Assistant Supervisor, West Palm Beach Central Service Center (1976 - 1980) Responsible for various crew supervisory tasks including overhead, underground, and job scheduling. Responsibilities included conducting investigations of customer voltage complaints, feeder load balancing, regulator setting calculations and feeder switching for routine maintenance or emergency restoration. Engineer, Eastern Division Distribution Engineering Department (1972 - 1976) Responsibilities included engineering design of overhead and underground electrical distribution and street light facilities, which increased in complexity from 1972 to 1976. PUBLICATIONS Practical Considerations for Hardware and Installation of Remotely Operated Feeder Switches - The Distribution Automation Experience at Florida Power & Light Company, presented at the Summer Power Meeting of IEEE, July, 1991. Practical Considerations for Hardware and Installation of Remotely Operated Feeder Switches - Successes, Failures, Explosions - FPL's Experience, presented at the Second Annual DA/DSM International Symposium, January, 1992. DANNY P. BRANNON, P.E. General Partner SUMMARY OF CAPABILITIES Electrical Engineering Design Lighting Analysis & Design  Utility Undergrounding Electrical System Assessment  Construction Coordination Business Case Development  EDUCATION BSEE, Electrical Engineering, Auburn University, 1973 PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION Registered Professional Engineer, Florida 1978 PE#25601 WORK HISTORY 2001 - Present Brannon & Gillespie, LLC., Wellington, Florida General Partner with shared responsibility for financial, marketing, design, and technical areas of the company. 2000 - 2001 Science Applications International, New Orleans, Louisiana Managed the development and implementation of Information technology tools to support electric distribution system design, construction, operation and maintenance. Provided Project Management and Technical guidance in resolving a 25 million dollar legal dispute between the City of New Orleans and Entergy New Orleans, Inc., relative to the design, construction, maintenance, and billing associated with 52,000 City owned street lights. 1998 - 2000 Entergy Services, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana Distribution Business Unit IT Manager responsible for the acquisition and management of Information technology tools to support electric distribution system design, construction, operation and maintenance including tools supporting such functions as load analysis, fault analysis, line design optimization, and outage status. 1991-1998 Florida Power & Light Company, Juno Beach, Florida Responsible for the design of overhead and underground transmission lines within the state of Florida. 1989-1991 Florida Power & Light Company, West Palm Beach, Florida District Operations Manager responsible for the design, construction, and maintenance of overhead and underground electric distribution facilities serving 75,000 residential, commercial, and industrial electric accounts within the metropolitan West Palm Beach area. 1986-1989 Florida Power & Light Company, West Palm Beach, Florida Eastern Division Systems manager responsible for development, installation, operation, and maintenance of division distribution information management systems. 1973-1986 Florida Power & Light Company, West Palm Beach, Florida Engineer/Engineering Supervisor responsible for the engineering design of overhead and underground electric distribution facilities serving the West Palm Beach area. PROJECTS PROJECT NAME SERVICES GENERATORS Florida Department of Designs for the installation of 1,000 Transportation as design KW Generators for FT. Drum, St. professional for Florida Power & Lucie, West Palm Beach, Pompano, Light Company. and Snapper Creek Service Plazas, as well as Pompano Operations Center, and the Boca Raton Sunpass Data Center. Cordis (Johnson & Johnson) Miami Designs for the installation of five Lakes, Florida as design 750 KW Bi-Fuel units with professional for Florida Power & paralleling switchgear to provide Light Company. 3,750KW standby capacity. Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables, Designs for the installation of a new Florida, as design professional for 2,000 KW Generator & generator Florida Power & Light Company. building. Phillips Point Office Building, West Designs for the installation of two Palm Beach, Florida new 2,200 KW Generators with paralleling switchgear & generator building on top of existing seven story parking garage Seminole Tribe, Brighton, Florida Installation of three new generators. CURRENT OVERHEAD UTILITY CONVERSION PROJECTS Town of Jupiter Island, Florida Project management and design consulting services for a $15 million project for the conversion of all overhead electric, telephone, and cable tv utilities from overhead to underground. Town of Jupiter Inlet Colony, Florida Project management and design consulting services for a $3.1 million project for the conversion of all overhead electric, telephone, and cable tv utilities from overhead to underground. Town of Gulf Stream, Florida Project Feasibility consulting services for a $4.6 million project for the conversion of all overhead electric, telephone, and cable tv utilities from overhead to underground. Town of Palm Beach, Florida Ongoing contract for Project coordination and design consulting services for the conversion of all overhead electric, telephone, and cable tv utilities from overhead to underground within specific neighborhood areas. Town of Wellington, Florida Project coordination and design consulting services for the conversion of all overhead electric, telephone, and cable tv utilities from overhead to underground the new Wellington Town Center. Provide coordination and facilitation Town of Hollywood, Florida services to optimize utility designs for FPL, Comcast, AT&T, and Street Lighting. Provide consolidated designs for the installation of required conduit systems and equipment locations. Provide feasibility and conceptual Casey Key Foundation, Florida designs for undergrounding overhead utilities for Casey Key.