Reliability

Helping FPL deliver more reliable electric service

By investing in advanced technologies, FPL can prevent many power outages and, if they do occur, get the lights back on faster.

• Outage prevention: With performance and diagnostic centers gathering and analyzing data like "nerve centers" on the grid, we perform predictive maintenance before brewing issues become disruptive problems.
• Outage identification: Advanced sensors and switches help to quickly identify an outage and reroute power around the trouble spot, preventing more widespread outages.
• Faster restoration: Advanced monitoring equipment communicates the location of many outages to mobile crews for faster repair and restoration. 

Automated smart grid devices improve the self-healing capabilities of the electric grid.
Left: Automated Feeder Switch, Right: Automated Lateral Switch

Reliability Devices and Systems

• Predictive Diagnostic Software helps us quickly detect deviations from normal operations and launch actions to minimize their impact.
• Phasor Measurement Units at substations help identify stress points on the grid and restore service more quickly after outages.
• Line Protection and Control Systems allow for the remote assessment of equipment operating conditions and help enable remote power restoration.
• Digital Disturbance Recorders at electrical substations capture detailed information on system disturbances for analysis and correction.
• Feeder Breaker and Regulator Intelligent Devices help FPL identify fault locations and improve power quality by providing operators in FPL Control Centers with remote access to regulator control panels.