The Electric Department of the City of Tallahassee, Florida, operates generating and transmission facilities serving approximately people in the city and surrounding Leon County. The city has proposed the construction of a million, $-$MW Circulating Fluidized$-$Bed Combustor $($CFBC$)$ at the Arvah B$.$ Hopkins Station to power a turbine generator that is currently receiving steam from an existing boiler fueled by gas or oil. Among the advantages associated with the use of CFBC systems are the following: