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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 .
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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]
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection stated that there were eleven WtE facilities in the state as of 2022, all in central or south Florida. Covanta operates a majority of the plants. [10] The flat terrain in Florida limits the potential use of Hydropower. In fact, the highest point in the state is only 345 feet above sea level. [11]
Florida Power & Light customers will see higher electricity bills in the new year after regulators approved a rate increase for the utility in 2021.
Here’s when you may expect to see a drop in your electric bill this fall.
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.
Since 2019, FPL has moved eight power lines in the neighborhood underground, and the utility began its effort to move more underground at the end of 2023. How Jupiter Farms is growing: FPL placing ...