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Florida Power & Light

Upgrades Designed To Protect Boca Against Storms

Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) plans to upgrade an eight-year inspection cycle, strengthening or replacing solutions that improve the grid–investments that are paying
the energy grid in Stuart and Boca Raton in 2022 to enhance those that no longer meet FPL’s industry-leading standards. off for our customers,” said Manny Miranda, executive vice
day-to-day reliability for customers and improve resiliency • Installing smart grid technology, including three president of power delivery for FPL. “We are always looking
in the face of severe weather. automated switches on main and neighborhood power lines for new ways to enhance the reliability of our service. From
Strengthening power poles, maintaining trees and to help detect problems and restore service faster when examining lessons learned from past storms to incorporating
vegetation near power lines, installing smart grid technology, outages occur. new advancements, we are seeing the value of our efforts
regularly inspecting equipment and undergrounding • Inspecting 72 main power lines and equipment using every day.”
neighborhood power lines in targeted areas have helped infrared technology to detect issues before they cause a Strengthening the FPL grid throughout Florida.
improve service reliability by 45 percent for FPL customers power interruption. Since 2006, FPL has made significant investments to
over the past decade. When the planned 2022 work is completed, FPL will harden the grid against hurricanes and extreme weather
As 2022 storm season approaches, FPL plans to have made the following improvements in and near Boca and enhance day-to-day reliability. Highlights include:
upgrade the energy grid in Stuart and Boca Raton to benefit Raton since the historic 2004 to 2005 hurricane seasons: • Replacing wooden transmission structures with new
customers: • Strengthened 47 main power lines, including those ones made of steel or concrete.
- Customers have seen 45 percent improvement in that serve critical services. • Hardening main power lines that serve critical
reliability over the last decade. • Inspected and maintained vegetation near 1,746 miles community facilities and services.
- Overhead power lines replaced with more reliable of power lines – an average of 109 miles per year. • Inspecting power poles and strengthening or replacing
underground lines in about 600 neighborhoods throughout • Inspected all 12,193 power poles every eight years. those that no longer meet FPL’s industry-leading standards
FPL’s service territory, with plans to expand undergrounding. • Installed smart grid technology, including 830 for strength.
- FPL continues to invest in latest emerging technology automated switches on main and neighborhood power lines. • Installing more than 195,000 intelligent devices along
to prevent interruptions and get lights back on faster. • Inspected 125 main power lines and equipment using the grid to detect and prevent power outages and minimize
“We understand how much our customers depend on infrared technology. restoration times when outages occur.
the critical service we provide. That’s why our team works FPL’s adoption of emerging technology helps improve • Conducting daily drone flights (more than 120,000
tirelessly to continuously improve the energy grid across day-to-day service reliability. Drones and robots are used in 2021) to proactively identify potential areas of concern
our service area – from Miami to Pensacola,” said Eric to conduct regular assessments and locate potential power before an outage occurs and to help us assess damage
Silagy, chairman and CEO of FPL. “We know that in Florida issues to fix many problems before they affect customers. following severe weather.
it’s not a matter of if, but when, the next storm will impact Intelligent devices can automatically redirect power, self-heal • Maintaining trees and other vegetation along more than
our state. Our disciplined infrastructure and technology and eliminate or minimize customers affected – resulting in 25,000 miles of power lines each year to reduce outages.
investments are improving day-to-day service for customers more than 10 million outages avoided over the last decade. • Placing more neighborhood power lines underground
and helping us speed restoration after a storm.” FPL is also continuing to boost reliability by putting through the Storm Secure Underground Pilot Program.
FPL plans to make the following improvements in and more power lines underground in neighborhoods that can The improvements continue to benefit customers across
near Boca Raton this year: most benefit based on analysis of past hurricane outages, FPL’s service area in many ways. In 2021, the average FPL
• Strengthening two main power lines, including vegetation-related service interruptions and other reliability customer experienced the fewest outages and momentary
those that serve critical services that are necessary for data. FPL’s Storm Secure Underground Pilot Program, interruptions or flickers of any year in company history and
communities to recover faster after major storms. launched in 2018, has completed about 600 neighborhood the shortest overall duration of outages ever. FPL in 2021
• Maintaining trees and vegetation, a common cause of projects through the end of 2021, and FPL plans to bring the won the ReliabilityOne National Reliability Award for the
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power outages, particularly during hurricanes and severe benefits of undergrounding to more neighborhoods across sixth time in seven years. Presented by PA Consulting, the
weather, along 144 miles of power lines. Florida in the future. award is widely regarded in the energy industry as one of
• Inspecting 718 power poles in Boca Raton as part of “We continue to deploy innovative and industry-leading its most prestigious honors. 

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