Talk:Florida Power & Light

Copied directly from FPL website?

It seems much of this article was copy and pasted from FPL website. Is this legal? Jamjam678 11:48, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

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Name Confusion

The article uses FPL, Florida Power & Light, and FPL Energy interchangably. This is not the case. Rather, FPL Group is the name of the publicly traded parent company. Its two primary subsidiaries are Florida Power & Light (commonly known as FPL), the regulated utility, and NextEra Energy (the name was recently changed), the unregulated clean energy provider and energy trader. Thus, all three are not simply different names for the same thing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.67.167.226 (talk) 19:57, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Request for article

• Could someone create an article for Marshall McDonald, former Chairman of Florida Power and Light? Thanks! Jccort (talk) 17:42, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

In the News

In the news needs to be restructured to show "criticism" if available. The rest "somewhere else." "In the news" seems to imply that we don't really have any sense about where the information goes. A little thought should help! Operations? Capability? Some of the older stuff, before 2011, can go into "History." Student7 (talk) 21:44, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

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Full disclosure

Greetings Wikipedians! Today I edited this article primarily to mention the 1989 Deming Award, add citations to reliable sources and make the Awards section more chronological. Also tried to make the lead more balanced - I don't have a problem with valid references to lobbying and politics, but let's mention something about accomplishments as well. Full disclosure: I worked for FPL early in my career but left the company decades ago. I'm now retired. Cordially, BuzzWeiser196 (talk) 11:22, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

largest power utility in Florida

There is no doubt that that FPL is the "largest power utility in Florida", but the article does not mention any other utilities in the state. Are there any? Does FPL cover the entire state? --rogerd (talk) 23:32, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

Of course there are other providers of electricity in Florida. Some external examples confirmed, not to mention sites like FPUA. - Hard thoughtful work (talk) 17:11, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

Infobox updates

Hi editors, I'm Daniel and I work for FPL. I'm hoping to make some pretty significant updates (if you're interested, you can see those in the draft I wrote). I know that because of my COI I can't make direct changes to the article, so I'll post my requests here on the Talk page.

For my first request, I was hoping we could make some changes to the infobox, making it more complete and accurate.

What I'm proposing is the following:

• Removing "of NextEra Energy Inc." from the subsidiary field, as that does not seem to meet the parameters of the template
• Updating the CEO to Armando Pimentel Jr., to reflect the current leadership
• Adding the HQ address
• Adding # of generation locations
• Changing industry to "electric power" to be more accurate
• Changing "Products" to "services" as I think that is a more accurate description
• Adding financial numbers from the last NextEra Energy 10-K
• Updating employee numbers
• Adding NextEra Energy as the parent company

The final is in the box below.

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Florida Power & Light Company Company type Subsidiary Industry Electric power Founded December 28, 1925 (1925-12-28) Headquarters 700 Universe Boulevard, Juno Beach, Florida , U.S. Number of locations 98 (2022) Area served Florida Key people Armando Pimentel Jr. (president, CEO) Services Electricity generation electric power transmission electric power distribution Revenue $17.3 billion (2022) Operating income $5.3 billion (2022) Net income $3.7 billion (2022) Total assets $5.5 billion (2022) Total equity $38.9 billion (2022) Number of employees 9,300 (2022) Parent NextEra Energy Website fpl.com Footnotes / references

References

Please let me know what you think, and thank you in advance for considering this request. FPL Daniel (talk) 15:37, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

 Not done for now: Reopen the request with updated sources. Shadow311 (talk) 16:13, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

@Shadow311: I am not quite sure what you are asking for. This is the most recent 10-K available. Can you clarify what you mean by updated sources? FPL Daniel (talk) 16:28, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Change the source access date and link the source to the most updated version of the site. Shadow311 (talk) 16:31, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

@Shadow311: I've updated the access date below. This is the most recent 10-K. Let me know if that works for you!

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Florida Power & Light Company Company type Subsidiary Industry Electric power Founded December 28, 1925 (1925-12-28) Headquarters 700 Universe Boulevard, Juno Beach, Florida , U.S. Number of locations 98 (2022) Area served Florida Key people Armando Pimentel Jr. (president, CEO) Services Electricity generation electric power transmission electric power distribution Revenue $17.3 billion (2022) Operating income $5.3 billion (2022) Net income $3.7 billion (2022) Total assets $5.5 billion (2022) Total equity $38.9 billion (2022) Number of employees 9,300 (2022) Parent NextEra Energy Website fpl.com Footnotes / references

References

Appreciate you taking a look! FPL Daniel (talk) 18:22, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

History updates

Hi editors, while Shadow311 considers my last request, I thought I'd forge ahead to the History section.

My request is to change the current opening three sentences to the following:

Early power stations in Florida were primarily used to manufacture ice and sold excess power during off-hours from manufacturing. By the 1920s, demand for power had grown sufficiently that the excess power produced by the ice plants no longer met the need. During 1924–1925, American Power & Light (APL) purchased power stations in Florida and connected them to provide more consistent power in the network. In December 1925, APL spun off its Florida properties into a new subsidiary, FPL, to replace the Miami Beach Electric Company. The following year, a hurricane hit Miami, damaging much of the electrical infrastructure. APL paid to repair the damage and build two new power stations. By early 1927, FPL had 115,000 customers.

References

This does a few things. It:

• Provides more context around the formation of FPL
• Better identifies what kind of company FPL was at founding
• Removes an unnecessary primary source
• Updates the Sarasota Journal citation to be more complete

Please let me know what you think! FPL Daniel (talk) 16:10, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

 Done Sorry for the delay. There is high backlog and I was busy somewhere The AP (talk) 18:15, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

@TheAstorPastor: Thanks for doing that! FPL Daniel (talk) 16:43, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

2023 infobox updates

Hi editors, I've gotten the latest numbers from the most recent 10-K and updated the figures and citation per Shadow311's request.

In addition to updating the figures, I'm also hoping to make some other minor tweaks to the infobox. What I propose is the following:

• Removing "of NextEra Energy Inc." from the subsidiary field, as that does not seem to meet the parameters of the template
• Updating the CEO to Armando Pimentel Jr., to reflect the current leadership
• Adding the HQ address
• Adding # of generation locations
• Changing industry to "electric power" to be more accurate
• Changing "Products" to "services" as I think that is a more accurate description
• Adding financial numbers from the last NextEra Energy 10-K
• Updating employee numbers
• Adding NextEra Energy as the parent company

The most up to date version is in the box below.

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Florida Power & Light Company Company type Subsidiary Industry Electric power Founded December 28, 1925 (1925-12-28) Headquarters 700 Universe Boulevard, Juno Beach, Florida , U.S. Number of locations 98 (2022) Area served Florida Key people Armando Pimentel Jr. (president, CEO) Services Electricity generation electric power transmission electric power distribution Revenue $18.37 billion (2023) Operating income $6.59 billion (2023) Net income $4.55 billion (2023) Total assets $4.99 billion (2023) Total equity $38.84 billion (2023) Number of employees 9,500 (2023) Parent NextEra Energy Website fpl.com Footnotes / references

References

Please let me know what you think, and thank you in advance for considering this request. FPL Daniel (talk) 14:02, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

 Done The AP (talk) 18:12, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

@TheAstorPastor: Thanks so much! Would you be willing to take a look at my request to update the History section as well? I'd really appreciate it. FPL Daniel (talk) 15:39, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

History subsections

Hi editors, continuing to run down my list of requests, I'd like the community to consider creating these new subsections:

• Make a new subheading, 1950–2009, to begin after the sentence "By early 1927, FPL had 115,000 customers."
• Make a new subheading, 2009–present, to begin after the sentence "The company strengthened poles and wires that served critical facilities in the service area."

This breaks up the History section into more readable parts and will hopefully make it easier to make future requests. If anyone is curious about what I eventually hope this article will look like, I did create a draft and diff, which can be found here.

@TheAstorPastor: you have been kind enough to review my recent requests, would you have any interest in taking a look at this one as well? FPL Daniel (talk) 16:45, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

 Go ahead: I have reviewed these proposed changes and suggest that you go ahead and make the proposed changes to the page. The AP (talk) 17:13, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

After making the required changes ,please mark your request as done or notify me if you aren't able to The AP (talk) 17:14, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

 Done The AP (talk) 15:28, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

@TheAstorPastor: Thanks much! FPL Daniel (talk) 18:29, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

1950 history section update

Hi editors, with those new subsections in place, for my next request I suggest replacing the first two paragraphs of the 1950–2009 section with the following.

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The company continued to expand its customer base and generating power, and in 1950 became independently listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, FPL built new power stations, including Florida's first nuclear power plant at Turkey Point, which began operation in October 1972. The company launched the Watt-Wise home energy audit program in 1978, designed to improve energy efficiency and reduce energy demand during peak demand. FPL Group, Inc. logo In 1984, FPL created the holding company FPL Group for acquisitions and the creation of companies. FPL became the first non-Japanese company to win the Deming Prize for quality in 1989. In 1990, FPL Group began expanding its reach beyond Florida, purchasing a majority stake in a Georgia Power generation facility that year. Over the course of the next two decades, FPL expanded into the southern and eastern United States, creating a new holding group in 1998, FPL Energy, to manage the company's efforts in electricity markets outside of FPL's service area. It acquired a controlling stake in New Hampshire's Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant in 2002 and acquired Texas-based Gexa Energy in 2005. The company also launched the telecommunications subsidiary FPL FiberNet during this time. FPL's customer base reached 4 million in 2002. References

My reasoning is this new text helps to fill out the history of the company during that time as supported by reliable sources, updates/rescues currently used sources, and removes one part of a sentence ("in response to a Congressional act which limited utility holding companies") that I could not verify in the sourcing. Please let me know what you think. FPL Daniel (talk) 18:32, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done Encoded  Talk 💬 21:51, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

@Encoded: Thanks for the help! FPL Daniel (talk) 17:01, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

1950–2009 request 2

Hi editors, for my next request, I suggest replacing the last paragraph in the 1950–2009 (which is currently only cited to an FPL press release) with the following:

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During the early 2000s, FPL began modernizing its power generation infrastructure, resulting in reduced emissions of flue gas, fuel costs, and oil usage; by 2013, the company was using fewer than 1 million barrels of oil annually. In 2007, the company was the largest utility in Florida. That year, the Florida Public Service Commission rejected an FPL proposal to build a coal-fired power station near Moore Haven, Florida. At the end of the 2000s, FPL Group and FPL Energy rebranded and were renamed NextEra Energy and NextEra Energy Resources, respectively. References Note, the missing source is currently used in the live article as the first source in the 1950-2009 section

This adds a little more context to the company in the 2000s and helps fill out the section a bit more while cutting content that does not meet sourcing standards. It also condenses and moves up some content in the Controversy section that I'll ask to remove another time, related to building a coal plant near Moore Haven. Please let me know what you think! @Encoded and TheAstorPastor: pinging you here since you both have responded to my recent requests in case you are interested in taking a look at this one. FPL Daniel (talk) 17:01, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done Encoded  Talk 💬 21:37, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

@Encoded: Thanks for doing that! FPL Daniel (talk) 16:39, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Looks like this wasn't done correctly. A new reference was added as <ref name="PBP22" />, and that reference is not defined. This leaves the article with a referencing error and adds it to the Category:Pages with broken reference names tracking category. Is a reference available to resolve this? (Oops, it was actually the edit requested on May 2 that caused the problem.) -- Mikeblas (talk) 13:34, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

@Mikeblas: I see what happened here. Looks like an extra 2 got added to the named reference. The reference should be <ref name="PBP2" />. Would you be willing to make that update? I've got a COI so would prefer to avoid direct editing. FPL Daniel (talk) 15:01, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Good catch. Fixed! The visual editor will sometimes (often!) screw up references like that, so I looked for it yesterday but didn't seem to find it. -- Mikeblas (talk) 20:16, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

2009–present request

Hi editors, continuing with my requests to update the article, I request that the first paragraph of the 2009-present section be changed to the following:

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In 2009, the company started installing smart meters, which communicate with FPL via radio transmissions and provide alerts for outages. The same year, environmental activists camped near the Barley Barber Swamp in protest of the closure of the swamp to public access. The activists claimed FPL was draining the area; the company denied the allegations and said it was working with state and local officials to reopen the area to the public. Seventeen protesters were arrested for trespassing and resisting arrest during the demonstration. References

This fleshes out that time period a bit more. I also request that the second paragraph be removed, as it is now redundant with the last changes being made.

As a final aside, I noticed that source 15 in the live article is returning an error. Looks like an extra 2 got added to the ref name. The ref name should be "PBP2"

Please let me know what you think of this request. @Encoded: would you be willing to take a look at this one as well? FPL Daniel (talk) 16:39, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done as requested - Mikeblas fixed reference. Thanks, Encoded  Talk 💬 21:00, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

@Encoded: Thanks for your help! FPL Daniel (talk) 14:38, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

2009–present request 2

Hi editors, continuing with my requests to update the article, I request to remove the second paragraph of the 2009-present section, "In March 2010, FPL Group Inc. changed its name to NextEra Energy Inc. to "modernize" the company's image. The stock ticker changed from FPL to NEE." because it is now redundant, and replace it with the following, which fleshes out the history in the early 2010s:

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In 2011, FPL razed an old power station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, the outflow from which warmed the surrounding area and attracted manatees. Following the plant's destruction, the company added pumps and heaters to the area to maintain the environment for the manatees while a new plant was built. Similar replacement projects were undertaken at plants in Riviera Beach and Fort Lauderdale. Following completion of the Riviera Beach project, FPL built the Manatee Education Center and observation area near the plant in 2016. FPL built the first hybrid solar plant in the world in 2011, which combined solar thermal collectors with combined cycle natural gas generation. The plant, located in Martin County, Florida, had a generation capacity of 75 megawatts. It was decommissioned in 2023. By 2013, FPL owned $34.8 billion in assets and operated 23 plants that generated 24,000 megawatts of electricity. As of 2014, the company had installed 4.9 million smart meters. References

Reference 1 is the "Power1" reference already in the article, and reference 7 is the WFOR reference already in the article. My draft makes it more clear.

Please let me know what you think! @Encoded: would you be interested in taking a look at this request as well? FPL Daniel (talk) 14:38, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

It seems to be spun in a very positive way. Perhaps add how the migration pattern of manatees was permanently altered by the warmed water (about 60% of the population) and the Indian River/Canaveral project was $5 million. I'm guessing it was done through a protection plan, not just done by FPL on its own accord. tedder (talk) 15:02, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

I agree that a short sentence on this would be a useful addition to the article. Encoded  Talk 💬 15:31, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

@Tedder and Encoded: Thanks for the quick response here. I'm happy to take a look at the sources Tedder provided and make some revisions. I'll ping you both when I have something new. FPL Daniel (talk) 17:43, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

@Tedder and Encoded: I've got something here that I think incorporates your feedback. I've added a sentence about the disruption to manatee migration patterns caused by power plants broadly and tied it back specifically to the Cape Canaveral plant. I also added the expense related to adding the heaters near the Cape Canaveral plant.

I didn't add the bit about 60% of the population being affected because that information is from 2024 and my request is specifically about 2011. I don't think the 60% source supports including that statistic in these sentences.

I also didn't add the bit about a protection plan, because that source does not say that FPL added heaters as part of a protection plan. The only mention of FPL in that source is related to a challenge for the Fort Myers power plant by the Southwest Florida Marine Trade Association and I could not locate any other sources that supported the heaters being added by order of a protection plan.

My updates are below in bold. Please let me know what you think. FPL Daniel (talk) 19:12, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

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In 2011, FPL razed an old power station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, the outflow from which warmed the surrounding waters. Manatee migration patterns have been disrupted by power station outflows along the Florida coast and they are attracted to these outflow areas, including those from the Cape Canaveral plant. Following the plant's destruction, FPL spent US$5 million to add pumps and heaters to the area to maintain the environment for the manatees while a new plant was built. Similar replacement projects were undertaken at plants in Riviera Beach and Fort Lauderdale. Following completion of the Riviera Beach project, FPL built the Manatee Education Center and observation area near the plant in 2016. FPL built the first hybrid solar plant in the world in 2011, which combined solar thermal collectors with combined cycle natural gas generation. The plant, located in Martin County, Florida, had a generation capacity of 75 megawatts. It was decommissioned in 2023. By 2013, FPL owned $34.8 billion in assets and operated 23 plants that generated 24,000 megawatts of electricity. As of 2014, the company had installed 4.9 million smart meters. References

 Done Rusalkii (talk) 05:58, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

@Rusalkii: thanks for doing that! I noticed when the text was brought over that some citations were broken. Looks like some twos got added, I've heard that the visual editor sometimes causes that. The two citations at issue are "Power12" (should be "Power1") and "WFOR12" (should be "WFOR1"). Cheers FPL Daniel (talk) 01:22, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

I think this has been fixed by other editors? If not, feel free to fix it yourself, and in general you can fix very obvious errors like this without waiting for an uninvolved editor to OK it. Rusalkii (talk) 21:50, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Lake Okeechobee project, Irma, and St. Lucie repair

Hi editors, while my other request is being considered, I'd like to pose another request, to remove the following from the Controversy section:

• FPL created a proposal to diversify its fuel sources by building a coal-burning power plant on 5,000 acres (20 km2) in Moore Haven, Florida, near the western edge of Lake Okeechobee. After the National Park Service raised concerns that it would emit toxic mercury into the lake and also harm the Everglades, the state Public Service Commission rejected the plan in 2007.
  • Reason: This doesn't strike me as being controversial, it's just a thing that happened. The plant was not built and I am not sure that normal government processes rise to the level of encyclopedic content. I don't think this does anything to help readers better understand FPL.
• In August 2007, the St. Lucie nuclear plant reduced power output while a leak in a condensation pump was repaired.
  • Reason: This is plainly not a controversy and I don't think this rises to the level of encyclopedic content.
• In 2018 4.4 million FPL customers temporarily lost their power due to Hurricane Irma.
  • Reason: This is also not a controversy, it's just a thing that happened. In my draft I included a section discussing hurricane response efforts by FPL that adds further context not present in the current article. I welcome volunteers to review and see if they find that content more appropriate.

Please let me know what you think and if you have any questions. FPL Daniel (talk) 18:35, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

 Partly done: I agree that these aren't great fits for the controversy section (I don't like contrversy sections in general, in the vast majority of cases the content is best served put in history sections or otherwise contextualized) but I'm not sure this should be removed wholesale. The first bullet has multiple independent sources covering it, while the other two both have one independent source, which is a decent hint that the content is WP:DUEWEIGHT. With the exception of the leak, which seems relatively routine (even the article covering it describes a number of similar incidents in the same year), I think these are relatively significant events, or at least not obviously non-encyclopedic.

I've removed the leak. For the others, if you'd like to propose moving them elsewhere, feel free to reopen another request. Rusalkii (talk) 05:32, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

@Rusalkii: Understood, thanks for reviewing. I have a new section I'll suggest for the hurricane sentence and I'll take another look at the Okeechobee project. I'd generally agree that the History section would make the most sense for that project. I'll noodle on that a bit. Thanks for taking the time! FPL Daniel (talk) 01:23, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Hurricane response section

Hi editors, for my next request, I suggest creating a new subsection at the bottom of History, titled Hurricane response. @Rusalkii: this is where I would suggest moving the sentence about people losing power in the Controversy section from my last request. Proposed content is in the box below:

Following the recovery from hurricanes Frances, Jeanne, and Wilma during 2004–2005, FPL invested more than $3 billion in infrastructure improvements to strengthen its power grid against future storms. These efforts included replacing wooden power poles with concrete structures, replacing ceramic insulators with polymer insulators, the installation of systems to monitor water levels at electrical substations, burying overhead power lines, and installing smart grid devices to monitor service.

In 2018, 4.4 million FPL customers temporarily lost their power due to Hurricane Irma. It took approximately 10 days to restore power to the majority of customers; following Hurricane Wilma in 2005, it took the company 18 days to restore power to 3.2 million customers.

By 2022, 45 percent of FPL's power lines were underground. FPL has also purchased a fleet of remotely controlled air and ground vehicles to inspect damage after storms. It deployed its first unmanned aerial vehicles in 2016 following Hurricane Matthew.

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Please let me know what you think. FPL Daniel (talk) 01:23, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: Unfortunately it isn't really appropriate for subjects to attempt to rewrite/reframe how controversies are covered on Wikipedia. The text above is clearly promotional in intent. Axad12 (talk) 18:40, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

@Axad12: I am not quite sure what you mean. Rusalkii told me to make suggestions if I had them and I don't think this is controversial content. "In 2018 4.4 million FPL customers temporarily lost their power due to Hurricane Irma" is a simple statement of fact. Putting it in the Controversy section with no other information lacks context as to why it's relevant to this article. Simply stating how many people lose power from a storm seems more relevant to the article about the storm, but if editors think the information should be included in this article, I thought it made sense to move it and contextualize it as Rusalkii said. I included additional information about hurricane responses in my proposed content based on my previous discussions on this Talk page, and will ultimately defer to what editors accept and implement. FPL Daniel (talk) 16:17, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

I stand by my earlier comment that the material is clearly highly promotional in intent. However, I will remove the sentence you point to above (on the basis that, as you have correctly noted, it is not a controversy). Hopefully this resolves. Kind regards, Axad12 (talk) 16:27, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

Power generation section

Hi editors, while the above is being considered, I'd like to propose an overhaul to the Power generation section.

In short, I think this section has a few problems, including being outdated and in places inaccurate – FPL is not involved with pipelines, and that entire section is unsourced – and in places could be condensed. It seems like there are a lot of short headings that could be combined under a unified heading like "Solar power". The article body is also missing some general operational information, and I think this would be a good place to add it. So I suggest changing this section to something like "Company overview", and condensing the content under broader subheadings.

I know this is a lot to ask and am happy to offer a draft of what this content could look like if this is something of interest to the community. FPL Daniel (talk) 16:17, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

 Done: I have removed the unsourced Pipelines section. If the rest of the material that you point to can be condensed then I agree that that would be a positive move. Please feel free to submit a further request with a draft of what you are considering. Kind regards, Axad12 (talk) 16:35, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

@Axad12: thanks! I'll post a new request with my suggestions. FPL Daniel (talk) 16:57, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

New power generation section

Hi editors, per the above conversation I have alternative text to suggest for the Power generation section. This is a pretty big request, and I have made a diff with an entire alternate draft for the article if editors want to see what it looks like in better context. If there is a better way to show the differences, please let me know.

This request is multiple parts:

• Change the Power generation heading to something like Company overview
• Replace the content in the current Power generation section with what is in the collapse box below:

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FPL is the largest power utility in the United States. In 2023, it provided electrical power to approximately 5.9 million accounts, totaling approximately 12 million people. FPL employs approximately 9,500 people. It had operating revenues of $18.37 billion in 2023. The company is headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida; Armando Pimentel Jr. is the president and chief executive officer. Power generation FPL operated 114 generation units as of 2023, with power transmitted along 90,000 miles of power lines. It has a net generating capacity of approximately 33,276 megawatts; of its net capacity, 73 percent is produced by natural gas or dual-fuel plants, 14 percent comes from solar power, and 11 percent comes from nuclear power. Fossil fuel FPL owns and operates 44 natural gas generating units and has joint ownership of three coal-fired power stations in Mississippi and Georgia. Its natural gas facilities have a generating capacity of approximately 24,254 megawatts. It operates facilities throughout southern and northwestern Florida, including plants in Cape Canaveral, Port Everglades, Riviera Beach, and Palm Beach County. Each of these plants were commissioned in the 2010s and replaced less-efficient oil burning plants. During construction, the West County Energy Center power station in Palm Beach County was the subject of protests by environmental activists who claimed the plant would damage the Everglades and contribute to climate change. The plant began operations in 2009, and a further expansion started in 2010. Nuclear power FPL owns and operates four nuclear power generators at two sites: Turkey Point, which opened in 1972, and St. Lucie, which opened in 1976. Between October 2007 and January 2008, there were three non-contaminating incidents at the St. Lucie plant. Each incident was contained within the plant and regulators said each situation was handled appropriately. The company's Turkey Point nuclear facility received criticism in 2015 from some South Florida mayors over concerns about high water usage, insufficient evacuation zones and increased risks from rising sea levels. FPL responded that they were working to find a solution. In 2018, the company received licenses to expand the facility from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Solar power As of February 2024, FPL owned and operated 66 solar power generation facilities with a generating capacity of approximately 4,803 megawatts. It is the largest collection of solar facilities in the United States. Among these plants is the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center. Comprising more than 90,000 photovoltaic panels, it was the largest power station of its kind in the United States when it was completed. President Barack Obama attended its opening. FPL opened a 74.5 MW solar plant at the Kennedy Space Center in 2021. In addition to large-scale plants, FPL has built smaller scale solar generation facilities, including solar trees and canopies, through its SolarNow program, as well as 469 megawatts of battery storage. References Note: Reference one is an improved version of the ref with the name ":1", and references 2 (10K), 5 (Power1), 8 (Naples1972), and 9 (PBP2) are already in the article, I have just included the full reference here for clarity.

What this new content does:

• Reorganizes the content in the Power generation section under four new headings: Power generation, Fossil fuel, Nuclear power, and Solar power
• Adds operational details including the head of the company and how many people get power through FPL
• Condenses content in current section and removes some extraneous details, in general attempts to make the content more neutral and reflective of source material
• Removes some future-looking material
• Removes outdated and improperly sourced chart
• Updates broken sources and further fills out references to complete templates

Thank you in advance for your feedback. Axad12 would you be interested in giving this a first look? FPL Daniel (talk) 16:57, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

Reply 21-NOV-2024

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1. One source which is used frequently in the request, the SEC filing, is a multi-page document -- whereas no page numbers have been provided for the reviewer to confirm the stated information.
2. A portion of the proposed text states "Between October 2007 and January 2008, there were three non-contaminating incidents at the St. Lucie plant...". The source reference refers to these events as a "leak" and a "spill" and additionally describes them as "non-contaminating", a characterization which the source's author Gabriel Margasak attributes to "federal and FPL officials said.". The TCPalm source is part of the USAToday network of publications. WP:USATODAY states that while those publications are generally reliable, "...some content is written by contributors with minimal editorial oversight, and is generally unreliable." Not knowing which rubric the Margasak source falls under, I would prefer claims about contamination (or lack thereof) attributed to Federal authorities being sourced by those authorities rather than via an intermediary source.

Regards,  Spintendo  15:39, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

@Spintendo: Thank you for taking a look! Happy to update with page numbers from the 10-K. As far as the TCPalm source and the non-contaminating events go, I have been unable to locate documentation from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on the events describing them in the same way as the TCPalm. The best example I have found is this NRC event report, which describes the January 2008 leak as an "unusual event". Given that, I have removed that content from the request. What do you think of the updated version below?

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FPL is the largest power utility in the United States. In 2023, it provided electrical power to approximately 5.9 million accounts, totaling approximately 12 million people. FPL employs approximately 9,500 people. It had operating revenues of $18.37 billion in 2023. The company is headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida; Armando Pimentel Jr. is the president and chief executive officer. Power generation FPL operated 114 generation units as of 2023, with power transmitted along 90,000 miles of power lines. It has a net generating capacity of approximately 33,276 megawatts; of its net capacity, 73 percent is produced by natural gas or dual-fuel plants, 14 percent comes from solar power, and 11 percent comes from nuclear power. Fossil fuel FPL owns and operates 44 natural gas generating units and has joint ownership of three coal-fired power stations in Mississippi and Georgia. Its natural gas facilities have a generating capacity of approximately 24,254 megawatts. It operates facilities throughout southern and northwestern Florida, including plants in Cape Canaveral, Port Everglades, Riviera Beach, and Palm Beach County. Each of these plants were commissioned in the 2010s and replaced less-efficient oil burning plants. During construction, the West County Energy Center power station in Palm Beach County was the subject of protests by environmental activists who claimed the plant would damage the Everglades and contribute to climate change. The plant began operations in 2009, and a further expansion started in 2010. Nuclear power FPL owns and operates four nuclear power generators at two sites: Turkey Point, which opened in 1972, and St. Lucie, which opened in 1976. The company's Turkey Point nuclear facility received criticism in 2015 from some South Florida mayors over concerns about high water usage, insufficient evacuation zones and increased risks from rising sea levels. FPL responded that they were working to find a solution. In 2018, the company received licenses to expand the facility from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Solar power As of February 2024, FPL owned and operated 66 solar power generation facilities with a generating capacity of approximately 4,803 megawatts. It is the largest collection of solar facilities in the United States. Among these plants is the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center. Comprising more than 90,000 photovoltaic panels, it was the largest power station of its kind in the United States when it was completed. President Barack Obama attended its opening. FPL opened a 74.5 MW solar plant at the Kennedy Space Center in 2021. In addition to large-scale plants, FPL has built smaller scale solar generation facilities, including solar trees and canopies, through its SolarNow program, as well as 469 megawatts of battery storage. References Note: Reference one is an improved version of the ref with the name ":1", and references 2 (10K), 5 (Power1), 8 (Naples1972), and 9 (PBP2) are already in the article, I have just included the full reference here for clarity.

I appreciate your help! FPL Daniel (talk) 14:50, 10 December 2024 (UTC)