May 26, 2005
FPL chooses preferred route for new power line to serve St. Johns and Flagler Counties

JUNO BEACH, Fla. -- Florida Power & Light Co. today announced it has chosen a preferred route for a new power line that will bring safe, reliable electric service to two of the fastest growing counties in FPL’s service territory, St. Johns and Flagler Counties. The number of FPL customers has grown 28 percent in St. Johns County and 61 percent in Flagler County over the past five years.

“We are pleased to have found ways to take community interests into account while balancing engineering, environmental and cost factors,” said Bob Coleman, external affairs manager for FPL. “We pledge to continue to work with our communities respectfully and safely during licensing and construction.”

Because the new transmission line will be more than 15 miles long and cross county lines it will be certified through the Transmission Line Siting Act as required by Florida law. This process will conclude with approval by Florida’s governor and cabinet mid-2006. The transmission line must be in-service by 2008 in order to maintain reliable service to the area.

The new, 230 kilovolt transmission line will generally follow this route:

From the existing St. Johns substation, located on SR 207 near Lightsey Road in St. Johns County, it follows an existing FPL transmission line right-of-way northwest to I-95. It then follows I-95 on the east side to the proposed Deerwood substation near the intersection of I-95 and Tocoi Road. From there the route follows the west side of I-95 to the proposed Vermont substation near the I-95/State Road 207 interchange. The route continues following the west side of I-95 to the proposed Anastasia substation near the I-95/State Road 206 interchange. It then continues south along the west side of I-95 to the FEC Railway. From there the transmission line follows the FEC Railway on the east side to the proposed Pellicer substation and continues along the east side of the FEC Railway to the proposed Pringle substation, located in Flagler County west of US 1 and Matanzas Woods Parkway.

In determining the route, FPL studied objective data as well as community-provided information obtained from:

• Returned survey forms that had been mailed to thousands of addressees in the study area
• Comment cards submitted during an open house event.
• E-mail messages to the company
• Telephone communications
• Attendees at community presentations

Interested persons may continue to get information about the project by:

• Visiting FPL’s web site at www.FPL.com. Click on “About Us” “Power Line Projects” and then “St. Johns-Flagler”.
• Calling toll free 1-800-693-3267.
• Writing to FPL at P.O. Box 2851, Daytona Beach, FL 32120, Attn: Bob Coleman.
• Sending an email to stjohnsflagler@FPL.com.

Florida Power & Light Company is the principal subsidiary of FPL Group, Inc. (NYSE: FPL), nationally known as a high quality, efficient and customer-driven organization focused on energy-related products and services. With annual revenues of more than $10 billion and a growing presence in 26 states, FPL Group is widely recognized as one of the country's premier power companies. Florida Power & Light Company serves more than 4.2 million customer accounts in Florida. FPL Energy, LLC, FPL Group's wholesale electricity generating subsidiary, is a leader in producing electricity from clean and renewable fuels. Additional information is available on the Internet at www.FPL.com, www.FPLGroup.com and www.FPLEnergy.com.