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Lewis Hay, III Chairman and Chief Executive Officer NextEra Energy, Inc.

Lewis "Lew" Hay, III is chairman and chief executive officer of NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE), one of the nation’s leading electricity-related services companies. He was elected CEO in June 2001 and elected chairman of the board in January 2002. Mr. Hay is also chairman of NextEra Energy’s two primary subsidiaries, Florida Power & Light Company and NextEra Energy Resources, LLC (formerly FPL Energy, LLC).

Mr. Hay joined NextEra Energy as chief financial officer in August 1999. In March 2000 he was appointed president of NextEra Energy Resources.

Mr. Hay received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Lehigh University in 1977 and a Master of Science degree in industrial administration from Carnegie Mellon University in 1982.

He serves on the board of directors of both Capital One and Harris Corporation. Mr. Hay is a vice chairman of Edison Electric Institute (EEI) , the association of U.S. shareholder-owned electric companies. He also serves as a director of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO), which encompasses all U.S. commercial nuclear operating organizations, and the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI). Mr. Hay is a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business and the Business Roundtable, and is a director of the Florida Council of 100. 

He and his family reside in Palm Beach County, Fla.

NextEra Energy, Inc. (which previously operated as FPL Group) is a leading clean energy company with 2009 revenues of more than $15 billion, nearly 43,000 megawatts of generating capacity, and more than 15,000 employees in 28 states and Canada. Headquartered in Juno Beach, Fla., NextEra Energy’s principal subsidiaries are NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, the largest generator in North America of renewable energy from the wind and sun, and Florida Power & Light Company, which serves approximately 4.5 million customer accounts in Florida and is one of the largest rate-regulated electric utilities in the country. Through its subsidiaries, NextEra Energy collectively operates the third largest U.S. nuclear power generation fleet. For more information about NextEra Energy companies, visit these Web sites: www.NextEraEnergy.com, www.NextEraEnergyResources.com, www.FPL.com.

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