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Florida Power & Light Enhances

Energy Grid With Planned Upgrades

The Company Provided Cumulative Improvements In The Wellington Area

When the planned 2024 work is completed, FPL will
Excellent Reliability In 2023 have made the following improvements since 2006.
• Completed three SSUP projects.
How We’re Upgrading Your Neighborhood • Strengthened 17 main power lines, including those
FPL plans to make the following upgrades throughout that serve critical services.
2024 in Wellington as part of its ongoing commitment to • Inspected and maintained vegetation near 1,872 miles
avoid outages and restore power faster following severe of power lines – an average of 104 miles per year.
weather. • Inspected 15,058 power poles for strength.
• Maintaining trees and vegetation – a common cause of • Installed smart grid technology, including 395
power outages, particularly during hurricanes and extreme automated switches on main and neighborhood power
weather – along 128 miles of power lines. FPL crews replace overhead neighborhood power lines with lines.
• Inspecting 2,684 power poles in Wellington as part of underground lines in a Palm Beach County neighborhood on A Word From Michael Fetto, Local Area Manager At
an eight-year inspection cycle, strengthening or replacing Feb. 21. Compared to overhead power lines, underground FPL
those that no longer meet FPL’s industry-leading standards. power lines provide customers with more reliable service “We are so pleased to be able to offer these system
New This Year during extreme weather and year-round. upgrades to our customers in Wellington. Our dedicated
FPL continuously leverages new and innovative team at FPL is committed to providing you with safe and
technologies to improve reliability for its customers and • Using “smart trimming” technology to identify and reliable electric service. These upgrades, including the
is implementing the following innovations this year. trim a leading cause of power outages: trees and other very latest grid technology, will help get the lights back
• Piloting the installation of automated underground vegetation contacting power lines. Smart trimming also on faster after storms.”
switches which will help detect and isolate outages, further helps the company identify areas of concern and assign For Perspective
enhancing reliability of underground lines. the work electronically, saving inspection time. An annual report filed March 1 with the Florida Public
Service Commission details how FPL delivered the best
Attention: service reliability in company history last year. In the
most recent statistics from the U.S. Energy Information
Administration, FPL’s service reliability was nearly three
PGA Residents Of Mellowing Years times better than the national average.
How To Reach Us
Call (561) 694-4442 or email Media.relations@fpl.
A single phone number may help you to live confidently and gracefully in your own home. com, @FPL_Newsroom.
Now there is a volunteer senior ambassador within PGA community who is well-schooled in resources
available to help with problems of elders. The Alpert family and Children’s Services has been helping
seniors do just that for many years.
• You have questions? We may have answers.
• You don’t know where to go? We can guide you.
• You don’t know what you need? We’re well-versed in that problem.
• Do you know a neighbor who needs help?
Don’t wait. Call now. Dorothy Weiss, 624-4035. Let’s keep connected with each other as a community. All
you need is the desire to live comfortably in your own home.

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