FPL crews lend support to customers across the Southeast affected by Hurricane Helene

The latest: Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) is providing mutual assistance to customers across the Southeast who have been affected by Hurricane Helene.

Why it matters: Helping each other after natural disasters is a hallmark of the energy industry. Usually, it's others from across the country coming to our aid in Florida. In this case, while we're still cleaning up from Hurricane Helene's impact to our service territory, we're able to send some crews to help rebuild some of the damaged Southeastern power grid. Our crews, many of them veterans of other hurricanes, including Helene, are prepared and ready to help try to bring back a sense of normalcy to our neighbors to the north.

What FPL is doing:

• Committed hundreds of FPL lineworkers, contractors and support staff to assist with restoration and rebuilding in Florida and other parts of the Southeastern U.S.
• FPL's mutual assistance crews will be working 16-hour days and keeping restoration going around the clock.

A word from FPL President and CEO Armando Pimentel:

"FPL always stands ready to support our partner utilities in their time of need, just as they have supported us when hurricanes hit Florida. Be assured, we will continue to focus on helping our customers in the hardest-hit areas of Florida with their long-term recovery. But, at the same time, our hearts are broken at the devastation and destruction across the Southeast, and we want to do our small part to help get our neighbors to the north back on their feet."

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• FPL Newsroom Digital Library

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• 561-694-4442
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