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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 .
NextEra Energy traces its origins to 1925 with the formation of Florida Power & Light and the formation of FPL Group in 1984. [10] [11] The company purchased Colonial Penn in 1985 [12] and sold it in 1991. [13] In 1998, FPL Group created FPL Energy, a subsidiary to manage FPL Group efforts outside of FPL's service area. [12]
Friday was the first full day Florida Power & Light’s more than 20,000 deployed employees were able to focus on restoration, CEO Eric Silagy said. About 1.2 million customers, or 60 percent of ...
In 1988, Nantahala Power & Light Co., which served southwestern North Carolina, was purchased by Duke and is now operated under the Duke Power Nantahala Area brand. In 1990, Duke sold its remaining transit operations. Duke Power merged with PanEnergy, a natural gas company, in 1997 to form Duke Energy. [11]
More than 1,700 Florida Power and Light customers lost power after a line fell at State Road 60 and 58th Avenue. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call ...
In 2000, Carolina Power & Light bought Florida Power Corporation and changed its name to Progress Energy. Progress Energy represents a family of companies, including CP&L, Florida Power, Progress Telecom, NCNG and SRS, and an important new organization, Energy Ventures. The company built a new headquarters in downtown Raleigh in 2004. [3]
Eric Silagy, CEO of Florida Power and Light, speaks during a press conference on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. He estimated the utility has about 600,000 customers without electricity after Hurricane Ian.
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.