Customer and Community
1936
FPL added 95 miles of rural electric lines to serve 1,500 customers in smaller communities. Florida farms enjoyed higher rates of electrification than farms in other southern states at the time.
1940
In the build-up to World War II, FPL provided power to military bases Camp Blanding, Opa-Locka Naval Air Base, Banana River Air Base and West Palm Beach Army Air Base.
1944
The company’s efforts on the home front during World War II did not go unnoticed. On Feb. 1, 1944, Admiral W.R. Munroe, commandant of the Seventh Naval District of the United States Navy, presented FPL with the Citation for Meritorious Wartime Service.
1946
FPL added 3,000 miles of rural electric lines, which provided power to more than 25,000 residential customers, more than 3,000 rural commercial customers and more than 200 farms.
1969
NASA’s Apollo 11 mission, where the first astronauts walked on the moon, was launched from Kennedy Space Center. FPL supported the effort by building the Cape Canaveral Plant and strengthening the poles and wires in the area.
1980
The company developed a 10-year energy management plan to reduce energy consumption, increase power generation efficiency, reduce the use of oil and educate the public about conservation.
1984
FPL launched its Home Energy Loss Prevention Program, which gave customers incentives to adopt energy conservation measures in their own home, including reflective window film, weather stripping and caulking.
1992
FPL reported that its power plant emissions were “the lowest of any investor-owned utility in the state and are 70 percent lower than the national average for all utilities.”
1998
After a two-year pilot program in South Florida, FPL launched its Build Smart project, designed to educate customers about cost-effective options for building energy-efficient homes.
2009
The company partnered with six Florida schools to develop Next Generation Solar Education Stations, which allow the school to produce emissions-free electricity while educating students on renewable energy and solar power. In the coming years, the company would develop additional Solar Education Stations at schools across the country.
2013
FPL completed its first commercial energy-efficient streetlight installation project with the installation of 166 LED streetlights in West Palm Beach’s Coleman Park neighborhood.
2016
FPL, together with Florida International University, developed a new commercial-scale solar installation on the school’s campus, making it the first of its kind that FPL has installed at a Florida university.
2017
FPL broke ground on its new state-of-the-art distribution control center, a category 5-rated facility that was designed to ensure greater everyday reliability and more efficient communication, collaboration and response during emergency restoration events.
2018
FPL partnered with Miami-Dade County to launch a multi-phase, cross-functional initiative that will increase the county’s solar generation, further the studies of floating solar technology and additional energy storage, construct an advanced wastewater treatment facility and upgrade existing nuclear units at Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant.
2018
140 FPL lineworkers and support staff deploy to Puerto Rico to help restore power to areas impacted by Hurricane Maria's landfall. Hundreds of thousands of people remained without electric service nearly four months after the destructive storm devastated the island.
2019
FPL doubles the size of its on-campus Customer Care Center at Florida International University to create more opportunities for students.
2020
35 Mules, an innovation hub powered by FPL, is launched with a commitment of $1 million in total for 20 global entrepreneurs who were selected to develop their game-changing ideas in energy, water and energy-adjacent industries into a business based in Florida.
2020
FPL announced plans to expand its COVID-19 relief effort by donating $15 million in bill credits for eligible low-income customers who faced challenges amid the global pandemic.
2020
FPL launches FPL SolarTogether, the largest community solar program in the U.S.