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FPL or Florida Power & Light Co. is the electric utility subsidiary of FPL Group, with headquarters in Juno Beach, Fla. FPL provides electricity to 4.5 million customers in Florida. FP&L started in 1925 when American Power & Light Company consolidated several of it's properties and named the new company FPL.
Today, the utility owns and operates four nuclear power plants: Turkey Point near Florida City, St. Lucie in Fort Pierce, Seabrook Station in Seabrook, N.H., and Duane Arnold Energy Center near Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Miami-based utility also uses coal, oil, gas and purchased power to provide electricity to residential and business customers. FPL Energy, the energy subsidiary...
Today, the utility owns and operates four nuclear power plants: Turkey Point near Florida City, St. Lucie in Fort Pierce, Seabrook Station in Seabrook, N.H., and Duane Arnold Energy Center near Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Miami-based utility also uses coal, oil, gas and purchased power to provide electricity to residential and business customers. FPL Energy, the energy subsidiary...
FPL or Florida Power & Light Co. is the electric utility subsidiary of FPL Group, with headquarters in Juno Beach, Fla. FPL provides electricity to 4.5 million customers in Florida. FP&L started in 1925 when American Power & Light Company consolidated several of it's properties and named the new company FPL.
Today, the utility owns and operates four nuclear power plants: Turkey Point near Florida City, St. Lucie in Fort Pierce, Seabrook Station in Seabrook, N.H., and Duane Arnold Energy Center near Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Miami-based utility also uses coal, oil, gas and purchased power to provide electricity to residential and business customers. FPL Energy, the energy subsidiary of FPL Group, is an industry leader in wind energy. FPL's parent company is public, trading its stock on the New York Stock Exchange. Its symbol is FPL. But the utility also is regulated by the Florida Public Service Commission because is provides electricity to Florida consumers. FPL's corporate address is 700 Universe Blvd., Juno Beach, FL, 33408.
Today, the utility owns and operates four nuclear power plants: Turkey Point near Florida City, St. Lucie in Fort Pierce, Seabrook Station in Seabrook, N.H., and Duane Arnold Energy Center near Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Miami-based utility also uses coal, oil, gas and purchased power to provide electricity to residential and business customers. FPL Energy, the energy subsidiary of FPL Group, is an industry leader in wind energy. FPL's parent company is public, trading its stock on the New York Stock Exchange. Its symbol is FPL. But the utility also is regulated by the Florida Public Service Commission because is provides electricity to Florida consumers. FPL's corporate address is 700 Universe Blvd., Juno Beach, FL, 33408.
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FPL power plant protesters convicted of seven misdemeanor counts
South Florida Sun-SentinelDefense attorneys tried to convince a jury that seven people broke the law out of necessity, to defend the public against environmental havoc and corporate carelessness. In the end, a jury decided a crime was just a crime. On Thursday, seven...Tags: Justice System, Punishment, Police, Prosecution, Police Arrests
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Seven who protested construction of FPL plant in February convicted
South Florida Sun-SentinelA jury today convicted seven defendants of misdemeanor charges of unlawful assembly, trespassing and resisting arrest without violence. The defendants in February illegally protested the Everglades construction of a Florida Power & Light Co. power plant....Tags: Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, Ric Bradshaw, Police, Defendants, FPL Group
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It's an ever-green! Delray Christmas tree gets energy-saving lights
South Florida Sun-SentinelThis city's Christmas tree is going "green." As in energy-saving green. The 100-foot tree will sport 17,000 new Light-Emitting Diodes that would burn about a sixth of the energy used by the old light bulbs. "It needed to be done," said Marjorie Ferrer,...Tags: Rockefeller Center, Delray Beach, Public Officials, Hurricane Andrew, Conservation
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Family of child killed in Lauderhill fire asks for help
South Florida Sun-SentinelPolice are investigating the death of an 11-month-old girl killed in an apartment fire earlier this week, while her family asked for the public's help in paying for her funeral. Firefighters found Jada Reynolds' body after they put down the blaze...Tags: Lauderhill, Florida, Pompano Beach, Fires, Tamarac
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How can you avoid having your power cut off?
South Florida Sun-SentinelFlorida Power & Light offers emergency bill payment assistance to eligible customers. This help includes programs to ensure that customers can take care of their energy needs. FPL Friendly Reminder authorizes FPL to send a copy of any delinquent...Tags: FPL Group
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Oh, Christmas tree
A marketing publication of the Sun-Sentinel CompanyThe Office Depot Foundation (ODF) and Florida Power & Light (FPL) have partnered with the City of Delray Beach to help celebrate the 15th anniversary of Delray Beach's famous 100-foot Christmas tree. As presenting sponsor, ODF's partnership centers on...Tags: Ceremonies, Florida, Financial Aid, Awards and Prizes, Society
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State commission OKs $1.57 a month FPL rate cut
The Associated PressFlorida Power & Light Co. customers will see a small decrease in their bills starting next year. The total monthly bill for 1,000 kilowatt hours, a bit less than average, will drop by $1.57 starting in January. That's after Florida's Public Service...Tags: Florida, FPL Group, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning
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High winds cut power to Broward, Miami-Dade residents
South Florida Sun-SentinelFlorida Power & Light crews are working today to restore power to more than 500 Broward and Miami-Dade customers affected by Sunday's high winds. At one point, about 10,000 customers were without electricity. After utility crews worked throughout the...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), FPL Group, Fort Lauderdale
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Existing in an alternate universe
Forum Publishing GroupThe federal government is tossing money around as though it's a game of Monopoly. A recent Associated Press story is particularly depressing, because it makes two points: One point is that some big banks have been pressured to accept money they didn't...Tags: Sales, Florida, FPL Group, Fort Lauderdale, State Budgets
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Best Of blogroll
BEST BLOG ABOUT BLOGS The South Florida Daily Blog Southfloridadailyblog.blogspot.com Run by a former b logger at the late b ut well-read b log Stuck on the Palmetto, The South Florida Daily Blog appeared this year and quickly met its mission to...Tags: Track Cycling, Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking, Restaurants, Betty Ford
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FPL flips on light switch
THE PROBLEM David Gray, of Boca Raton, contacted the Sun Sentinel concerned about street lights that were not working along a stretch of Northwest Spanish River Boulevard in Boca Raton that is popular with runners and cyclists. THE BACK STORY Gray,...Tags: FPL Group, Boca Raton, David Gray
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Credit crisis dims power progress
The Associated PressAs workers scramble to build an $800 million coal-fired power plant on a patch of farmland here, a crisis that began on faraway Wall Street threatens to stretch the nation's power supplies to the brink — driving up prices and laying the stage for...Tags: Virginia, Plant Openings, Mining, Metal and Mineral, Montana
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