FPL Begins Assessment Process Following Hurricane Katrina; Restoration Already Underway in Densely Populated Miami-Dade and Broward.MIAMI Miami, cities, United States Miami (mīăm`ē, –ə). 1 City (1990 pop. 358,548), seat of Dade co., SE Fla., on Biscayne Bay at the mouth of the Miami River; inc. 1896. -- Following the departure from South Florida of a surprisingly destructive Hurricane Katrina  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. , Florida Power & Light
Company personnel immediately began assessing damage to the electrical
infrastructure in densely populated pop·u·late tr.v. pop·u·lat·ed, pop·u·lat·ing, pop·u·lates 1. To supply with inhabitants, as by colonization; people. 2. Broward and Miami-Dade County. FPL said 1,453,000 million customers lost power as a result of the storm. Early restoration efforts have returned service to approximately 350,000, leaving 1.1 million customers still without electricity. "We urge our customers to take extra precautions to be safe," said Geisha geisha Member of a professional class of women in Japan whose traditional occupation is to entertain men. A geisha must be adept at singing, dancing, and playing traditional musical instruments (e.g., the samisen) in addition to being skilled at making conversation. Williams, FPL vice president of distribution. "Please don't let children play outside, especially in standing water where a downed power line could be energized and dangerous." FPL activated its emergency storm plan well in advance of Hurricane Katrina making landfall land·fall n. 1. The act or an instance of sighting or reaching land after a voyage or flight. 2. The land sighted or reached after a voyage or flight. , and crews and support personnel were able to begin some assessment and restoration in the early morning hours today. As a result FPL said they are planning to provide preliminary estimated restoration times by later this afternoon of when customers can expect power to be restored. "As a result of our early assessment, we will be setting some aggressive restoration goals in an effort to get everyone's lives back to normal as quickly as possible," Williams said. "We hope to be able to share those estimates later today." Currently Miami-Dade County has approximately 648,300 customers without service, while Broward County has about 468,900. Palm Beach was less impacted and currently has about 17,700 customers without power. The path of the storm, which ended up curving into southern Miami-Dade County and the actual intensity of the storm, are the reasons so many residents of South Florida have lost electrical service Electrical service, in building wiring, refers to the wiring that connects the electric utility's cables in the street to the building. Specifically, electrical service is the wiring from the street, through the meter and up to the panelboard, but no farther. . FPL serves 2.5 million homes and businesses in the three southeast counties of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach. FPL has assembled a workforce of 11,700 people to restore power, including 7,600 FPL field and support workers and 4,100 out-of-state line and tree personnel. Out-of-state workers are already traveling to South Florida from pre-storm staging sites Website development usually involves staging and production servers. The staging site is used to assemble, test and review new versions of a website before it goes into production. in Central Florida
Central Florida is the central region of the United States state of Florida, on the East Coast. . "We understand how much our customers depend on electricity to carry out their responsibilities and get through their day and we ask our customers' patience while we restore full electric service as quickly as we can. We will stay on the job - and work around the clock -- until we have restored power to every customer who received storm damage. "Our goal is clear: safe and prompt restoration of all storm-related outages," Williams said. FPL begins its restoration process by repairing the major power lines that carry power to towns and communities. At the same time, the company begins to restore power to critical infrastructure to facilitate the emergency response work of police, fire, hospital, water and sewer, transportation and communications personnel. Concurrently, FPL repairs electrical facilities that restore the greatest number of customers as quickly and safely as possible. Finally, it restores small groups and individual customers who, in some cases, have localized damage that requires more extensive attention. FPL said all of its power plants and its major transmission lines weathered the storm with only minor problems. Port Everglades Port Everglades, in Broward County, Florida, is one of the United States's top container ports with more than 5,400 ships at call in a year, a major petroleum storage and distribution hub, and a United States Navy liberty port. It is the deepest of all Florida ports. Unit 1 is the only unit off-line due to Katrina and it is expected back in service tomorrow. The company does not anticipate any problems providing adequate electricity to customers in the company's 35-county Florida service territory who currently have electric service. FPL reminded customers that its systems alerts the company to where power is out, so that if you have called to report an outage out·age n. 1. A quantity or portion of something lacking after delivery or storage. 2. A temporary suspension of operation, especially of electric power. , a record has been created and it is not necessary to call again. If you see a downed line that is clearly sparking and dangerous, please report it by calling FPL at 1-800-4OUTAGE. Stay tuned to local radio, TV and newspapers for specific reports on FPL's progress in assessing and repairing damage to the electrical system in your area. Florida Power & Light Company is the principal subsidiary of FPL Group, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : 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 4.3 million customer accounts in Florida. FPL Energy, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , FPL Group's wholesale electricity generating subsidiary, is a leader in producing electricity from clean and renewable fuels Renewable fuels are alternative fuel sources such as ethanol, biodiesel (e.g. soy, vegetable oils, animal fats, or recycled restaurant greases) or hydrogen, in contrast to non-renewable fuels such as natural gas, LPG (propane). . Additional information is available on the Internet at www.FPL.com, www.FPLGroup.com and www.FPLEnergy.com Note to Editors: High-resolution logos and executive head shots are available for download at http://www.fpl.com/news/contents/logos.shtml . |
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