2022 TPP Seminar Program

SESSION DESCRIPTIONS

2022 TPP Seminar

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7

ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS:

3:45 PM TO 5:00 PM

PROPERTY TAX IMPACTS

Tom Flowers, Senior Director Property and Sales Tax, Florida, FPL David A. Wechsler, JD, Senior Tax Manager, Property Tax, FPL Colton MacFarlane, Property Tax Analyst II, FPL El ect r i c vehi c l es ar e no longer a fad . Char g ing s t at ions are sur fac ing s t at e-wide . How i s th i s new t echnology va lued today and what are the future t r ends in va luat i on? Join repr esent at i ves of FPL for useful di a logue about a new t echnology and va luat ion t echniques as we l l as prac t i ca l appra i sa l app l i cat i ons . Topi cs wi l l inc lude t rends in e l ect r i c vehi c l es usage ; bat t ery t echnol ogy (mat er i a l s , expect ed l i f e , fut ure t r ends in bat t ery funct iona l i t y) ; St at e incent ives , mandat es , t ar - get s regard ing carbon r educt ions ; t echnology and proces s of charg ing equipment ; specs and pro ces s of EV s t at ions ; other topi cs and d i scus s i on on EV r e l a t ed i s sues . Tom Flower s i s a graduate f rom Flor ida St at e Univer s i ty and holds a Finance and Rea l Es tat e degr ee . Tom s tar ted hi s car eer as a Tax Ana l ys t at Ar thur Ander s en, LLP. He then worked for Kni ght -Ridder , Inc . and managed both proper ty and sa l es t ax funct ions . Tom i s now at NextEra Energy/Flor ida Power & Li ght and has been for the l as t 23+ year s . Throughout hi s career at NextEra/FPL, Tom has managed a var i et y of funct ions inc luding proper ty t ax and a l l other non - income taxes . Cur rent l y , Tom i s the Sr . Di r ector of Proper ty Tax, and over sees proper ty taxes in over 35 s t ates . David A. Wechs l er , Esq. , i s Sen ior Manager of Proper t y Tax at Fl or i da Power and Li ght i n Juno Beach, Flor ida . David l eads NextEra ’ s proper t y t ax funct ion whi ch i s r espons ibl e for proper t y t ax pl anni ng and compl i ance acros s the lower 48 s t at es suppor t i ng one of the wor ld’ s l ar ges t deployment s of wind, sol ar and bat t er y proj ec t s . Pr ior to join ing NextEra in 2019 , Dav id he ld mul t ip l e pos i t ions at ExxonMob i l in Hous ton, Texas whi ch inc luded proper t y t ax compl i ance , va lua t ion, abat ement , appea l s , and l i t i gat ion for var ious ups t ream, mids t ream, and r e f ining oi l and gas fac i l i t i es . He r ece ived h i s undergr aduat e degr ee f rom the Uni - ver s i t y of Texas and h i s JD f rom the Univer s i t y of Hous ton. He i s a member in good s t anding of the St at e Bar of Texas . Col ton Macf ar l ane graduated f rom the Un iver s i ty of Cent ra l Flor i da wi th a degr ee in Finance . Upon graduat ing , Col ton jo ined NextEr a Ener gy ’ s Rota t iona l Deve l op ment Progr am. He spent hi s f i r s t two rot at ions in the FPLES Bus i ness Serv i ces de par tment and the FP&A Cos t For ecas t ing depar tment . Thi s pas t year , Co l ton spent hi s f ina l rot at ion in the Proper ty Tax depar tment and has recent l y joi ned as a per - manent member of the team. Co l ton has been tasked wi th l ead ing the FPL va l ua t ion wi thin the Proper t y Tax team, whi le cont inuing to handle project s in Nex tEra Energy ’ s deregul ated port fol io. Make sure you have your drink tickets for tonight’s opening cocktail party hosted by the FCIAAO. Drinks and hors d’oeuvres will be served in the hallway area outside of the meeting room. Dinner is on your own. Check the back of this program for sug gestions. See you tomorrow at 8:30 AM.

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