Martin Power Plant Expansion

Providing more electricity using an existing power plant site | Addressing regional electricity needs

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The opportunity for Martin
	New state-of-the-art, combined-cycle technology.
	Enough power to serve 170,000 an additional customers.
	Generating a $45 million construction payroll.
	Providing about $6 million more in property taxes for local services and schools.

Florida is growing and so is Southeast Florida. In addition to growth, we are all finding new uses for electricity, creating the need for additional resources to supply the demand by the middle of this decade.

Providing more electricity using an existing power plant site

FPL has proposed adding a new, highly-efficient, natural gas-fired combined-cycle generating unit at its existing power plant site near Indiantown in Martin County to serve future customers' needs beginning in 2005. Plans to add future generation at the site have been part of FPL's forecast for many years.

The new generation would be built on FPL's existing 11,300-acre power plant site using two existing combustion turbines (plus two more), the existing cooling pond and other facilities already in place at the power plant site. State of Florida and Public Service Commission approvals are needed prior to construction beginning.

FPL is committed to keeping citizens informed about the project, building a shared understanding and exploring other shared individual and community interests. This will be accomplished through a variety of outreach activities including one-on-one discussions, group meetings and other opportunities of interest to residents.

Addressing regional electricity needs

The FPL Martin plant site is the utility's largest plant site and as such is centrally located to the many communities that make up the booming Southeast Florida region. Today the site produces about 2,800 megawatts of power - enough to serve about 600,000 homes and businesses. The site's current generators include two 800-megawatt steam-generating units, two 450-megawatt combined-cycle units and two 160-megawatt combustion turbine "peaking units."

The Martin expansion proposal calls for converting the two combustion turbine peaking units, along with two new combustion turbines, into more efficient combined-cycle natural gas generation providing an additional 800 megawatts of power. The expansion would be sufficient to supply the electricity needs of an additional 170,000 customers. The need to add new generating resources close to the high-growth Southeast Florida region is important to meeting future growth and increased use and to maintaining overall system balance.