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Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), the principal subsidiary of NextEra Energy Inc. (formerly FPL Group, Inc.), is the largest power utility in Florida. [2] It is a Juno Beach, Florida -based power utility company serving roughly 5 million customers and 11 million people in Florida .
Florida is the third largest generator of electricity in the nation behind Texas and Pennsylvania. [3] Major producers include Florida Power & Light , Duke Energy , JEA , and TECO Energy . In 2020, the average price of electricity in Florida was 10.06 cents per kWh, ranking 21st-highest in the United States.
In 2007, Florida's Public Service Commission rejected a plan by NextEra Energy to build a coal-burning power plant on 5,000 acres (20 km 2) in Moore Haven, Florida, near the Everglades National Park. The National Park Service raised concerns that the coal plant would contaminate Lake Okeechobee with mercury and harm the Everglades. [21] [22]
Florida Power & Light customers will see higher electricity bills in the new year after regulators approved a rate increase for the utility in 2021.
By phone, but only IF you initiate the call to the actual FPL number, 1-800-226-3545 Through providers such as CheckFree or your local bank Through SpeedPay with your credit/debit card
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It had over 450,000 customers in 10 counties and 71 towns in northwest Florida, and a generating capacity of 2.278 GW. [2] GPC was founded in 1925, and was acquired by Juno Beach-based NextEra Energy (the parent company of Florida Power & Light) in 2019. [3] In 2021 GPC was legally merged into Florida Power & Light.
A Florida Power & Light crew member demonstrates the process of moving power lines underground on February 21, 2024, in Jupiter Farms, Fla.