Generating Power for our Future

Meeting growth means planning ahead

At FPL we are meeting our customers' growing energy needs with sound planning and low-cost, reliable and environmentally responsible new generation resources. We plan 10 years and more into the future – and annually update our plans with the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC).

FPL is one of the largest and fastest growing utilities in the nation. We anticipate adding about 85,000 customer accounts a year – new homes and businesses – and the use of electricity is growing as well.

We plan to respond to this growth, and our 20 percent reserve margin requirement, by building new power plants, by purchasing power from others and by continuing to encourage participation in voluntary, cost-effective customer conservation and load management programs.

Maintaining a mix of fuels helps ensure reliability and stabilize prices

In 2007, FPL had more than 25,000 megawatts of resources to serve customers and a diverse fuel mix to help ensure reliable service and moderate prices. Our current mix of energy sources is 52 percent natural gas, 19 percent nuclear, 15 percent purchased power, 8 percent oil and 6 percent coal.

We also are expanding our efforts to diversify our fuel mix and fuel sources to help stabilize costs for our customers.

FPL projects undergo a great deal of scrutiny

All of FPL’s proposed power plant projects must stand up to a great deal of scrutiny. For example, our larger projects must prevail in a  PSC-mandated competitive bidding process – where others could propose to build and sell us power instead of our building a new plant.

FPL’s proposed projects also have to be reviewed by the PSC in a need determination proceeding.

Additionally, FPL’s proposed projects must submit to rigorous, year-or-more-long, multi-agency state and federal licensing and permitting processes.

Other related power plant information

FPL's 10-Year Power Plant Site Plan