The company provided excellent reliability in 2023
How we’re upgrading your neighborhood: FPL plans to make the following upgrades throughout 2024 in Walton County as part of its ongoing commitment to avoid outages and restore power faster following severe weather:
- Maintaining trees and vegetation – a common cause of power outages, particularly during hurricanes and severe weather — along 184 miles of power lines.
- Installing smart grid technology, including three automated switches on main and neighborhood power lines. These devices identify outages and reroute power around trouble spots, preventing more widespread interruptions.
New this year: FPL continuously leverages new and innovative technologies to improve reliability for its customers and is implementing the following innovations this year:
- Piloting the installation of automated underground switches which will help detect and isolate outages, further enhancing the reliability of underground lines.
- Using “smart trimming” technology to identify and trim a leading cause of power outages: trees and other vegetation contacting power lines. Smart trimming also helps the company identify areas of concern and assign the work electronically, saving inspection time.
Cumulative improvements in the Walton County area: FPL made the following improvements from 2019 – 2023:
- Strengthened 14 main power lines, including those that serve critical services.
- Inspected 1,952 power poles for strength.
- Installed smart grid technology, including 304 automated switches on main and neighborhood power lines.
“We are so pleased to be able to offer these system upgrades to our customers in Walton County. Our dedicated team at FPL is committed to providing you with safe and reliable electric service. These upgrades, including the very latest grid technology, will help get the lights back on faster after storms,” says Johnathan Gates, local area manager at FPL.
An annual report filed March 1 with the Florida Public Service Commission details how FPL delivered the best service reliability in company history last year. In the most recent statistics from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, FPL’s service reliability was nearly three times better than the national average.
Author: Sowal Editor
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