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FPL Group is an energy company with two main subsidiaries, Florida Power & Light Co. and FPL Energy Inc. It has revenues of close to $16 billion annually and has a presence in 26 states. A third subsidiary, FPL FiberNet, provides cable and fiber-optic services to telecommunications companies. FPL Group's Florida Power & Light subsidiary is the largest investor-owned utility in Florida. In 2007, FPL announced plans to build the world's largest solar-power plant. The company owns nuclear plants in four states.
FPL Group is an energy company with two main subsidiaries, Florida Power & Light Co. and FPL Energy Inc. It has revenues of close to $16 billion annually and has a presence in 26 states. A third subsidiary, FPL FiberNet, provides cable and fiber-optic services to telecommunications companies. FPL Group's Florida Power & Light subsidiary is the largest investor-owned utility in Florida. In 2007, FPL announced plans to build the world's largest solar-power plant. The company owns nuclear plants in four states.
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FPL Energy said Wednesday that it's shedding its traditional utility branding and will go by NextEra Energy Resources to "better reflect its clean energy mission." NextEra, the unregulated sister company of Florida Power & Light, the state's largest... -
FPL Energy to be renamed NextEra Energy Resources
Power-plant operator FPL Group says it will rename its subsidiary FPL Energy as NextEra Energy Resources to reflect its market focus. The company says the name change also is meant to evoke NextEra's clean energy mission. NextEra will remain a unit of...Tags: Natural Resources, Alternative Energy, Nuclear Power, Energy Resources, Renewable Energy
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Two cars burn after pole struck in Fort Lauderdale
South Florida Sun-SentinelA fire burned two cars this morning in Fort Lauderdale after a car struck a pole and knocked down electrical wires, a Florida Power & Light official said. No one was injured during the incident at 3:43 a.m. at 3780 SW 14th St., said John Ramirez, a...Tags: Florida Power & Light, Fort Lauderdale, Vehicles
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Renewable energy quotas: PSC considers later deadline
The Florida Public Service Commission staff on Wednesday recommended requiring that 20 percent of major state utilities' energy output be renewable by 2041. The recommendation is opposed by environmentalists and the state's renewable power industry,...Tags: Energy Saving, Charlie Crist, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy
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Glitch causes blackout in Fort Lauderdale
About 2,600 Florida Power & Light Co. customers in the northeast section of Fort Lauderdale spent part of Christmas Day without electricity because of a power line failure, FPL officials said. The blackout was near Oakland Park Boulevard and the beach....Tags: Florida Power & Light, Fort Lauderdale
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Hundreds still without electricity in Fort Lauderdale after power line failure
SunSentinel.comAbout 2,600 Florida Power & Light customers in the northeast section of the city spent part of Christmas Day without electricity because of a power line failure, FPL officials said. The blackout was centered around Oakland Park Boulevard and the beach....Tags: Florida Power & Light, Fort Lauderdale
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Police respond to apartment break-in west of West Palm Beach
South Florida Sun-SentinelThe Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office responded to a break-in at the Abbey Road Apartments west of West Palm Beach. Deputies got to the scene at 10 a.m. after the call came in about 9, said Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Teri Barbera. The apartment...Tags: West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, Everglades, Florida Power & Light
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FPL can't see the light
I view FPL Group Chairman and CEO Lew Hay's Dec. 14 op-ed, "Solar energy: Time to support state's electricity future," as investor relations hype. On July 29, the Florida Public Service Commission shut down FPL's Sunshine Energy solar program for...Tags: Energy Saving, Economic Policy, Marketing, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy
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Money-saving lighting is change we can believe in
President-elect Barack Obama has talked about turning the White House into the Green House and making energy efficiency in federal buildings and public schools a top priority. "Our government now pays the highest energy bill in the world. We need to...Tags: Energy Saving, Restaurants, Barack Obama, The White House, Al Gore
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FPL: Get electric bill help
Florida Power & Light customers who can't afford to pay their electric bills have several options. Eligible customers can get help through the Emergency Home Energy Assistance for the Elderly Program and the Federal Emergency Management Agency's...Tags: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Planning
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