Florida Power & Light
| Florida Power & Light Corporation
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1925 |
| Seat |
Juno Beach United States
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| management | Lewis Hay, III CEO |
| Number of employees | 10,500 (Dec. 31, 2007) |
| sales | $ 11.6 billion (2007) |
| Branch | Electricity supplier |
| Website | www.fpl.com |
Florida Power & Light Corporation ( FPL ) is an American energy company. Florida Power & Light is a subsidiary of S&P 500- listed NextEra Energy , Inc.
FPL was founded in Florida in 1925 and supplies energy to around 4.5 million customers in Florida.
Power plants and nuclear power
The company owns 83 plants that use fossil fuels to generate electricity, which in 2007 accounted for two thirds of the total energy produced.
FPL is the largest shareholder and operator of the two nuclear power plants Saint Lucie and Turkey Point in Florida, each with two reactors and a total capacity of 2,939 MW ; by 2012 this is to be increased by 400 MW.
In October 2007, applications were made to build two more reactors in Turkey Point with a total output of between 2,200 and 3,040 MW. The reactors should be completed between 2018 and 2020. It was announced in January 2010 that the planning of the Turkey Point-6 and 7 reactors had been discontinued.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e FPL Group : 2007 Annual Report
- ^ FPL Group : About Us - Florida Power & Light Company
- ↑ USA: Suspension of planning for Turkey Point expansion. (No longer available online.) DS according to PSC, media release, January 12 and 14, FPL, media release, January 13, and Progress Energy, media release, January 11, 2010 on Nuclear Forum Switzerland, formerly the original ; accessed on January 31, 2010 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
