FPL's Transmission Line Project in Martin County

Growth in Martin County | Description of the project | Listening to the community | Keeping you informed | Next steps

Growth in the last five years and expected future growth of new communities and businesses, as well as increased use of electricity by existing customers, is creating a need for more electricity in northern and central Martin County.

Growth in Martin County

FPL’s projections show that new facilities will be needed by 2008 to meet the electrical needs and ensure electric reliability of our Treasure Coast customers. In Martin County alone, customer growth has increased more than 14 percent over the past five years and is expected to grow by about 15,000 people over the next five years. Our job at FPL is to plan responsibly for the future and make sure our customers’ needs are met reliably and safely.

These links open before and after photos and photo simulations:

• US 1 north of Roosevelt Bridge
• US 1 near FPL's Port Sewall substation.

These types of transmission lines are commonly seen along roads and highways in communities throughout Florida. It is the same design that currently exists along the east side of US 1 south of the substation near Indian Street. The line is expected to be in service in 2008.

Listening to the community

FPL’s project team selected the preferred route for the proposed new Martin County transmission line after evaluating a number of alternatives and carefully considering many factors that are important in siting a transmission line. These include community input, environmental issues as well as engineering and cost factors.

At FPL, we look forward to a constructive and collaborative relationship with our Martin County neighbors to provide safe, affordable and reliable electric service.

Keeping you informed

FPL thanks the Martin County communities for providing information and sharing your views with the project team throughout the route selection process. We thank the citizens who served on the community advisory panel, those who called and e-mailed us about the project, community members who submitted survey forms included in our direct mail notices to keep the public informed, and those who provided comments during the open house activity earlier this year.

Until the line is placed in service, periodic updates to this Web site will be made to keep our customers informed on the status. Customers are also invited to e-mail questions or requests for information to

• Jack Hochheimer or
• Nick Blount or
• call us toll-free at 1-800-693-3267.

For more information visit:

• FPL chooses route for new power line to serve Martin County (1/19/05)
• Electric and Magnetic Fields

Next steps