The "undergrounding" or power lines that serve 130 customers in Mims is part of a 7-mile project expected to be completed by the end of this year. FPL has put power lines underground in about 250 ...

As Florida Power & Light described it, the plan seemed sound: a 176-mile transmission line allowing the utility to better handle peak electricity demand. Such projects can take a decade to get ...

JUPITER FARMS — Florida Power & Light is at work on a project to bury 45 power lines in Jupiter Farms by the end of the year. The underground lines would cut the number of power outages in the ...

“Under the Obama-Biden administration, we invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the state of Florida replacing wooden power poles with steel poles, and we buried these electric lines ...

The two hurricanes that blasted through Florida over the past month left a trail of destruction, but they didn’t leave a clear answer on whether burying power lines will prevent serious damage ...

Last Thursday, when the tailwinds of Hurricane Milton were still having their way with Central Florida, hundreds of thousands of residents woke up to homes without power. In Seminole County, one ...

Duke Energy told Channel 9 that about 48% of its primary lines statewide are underground. Florida Power and Light has about 45%. They have hardened grids with metal poles in vulnerable areas.

THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA WHO ARE WAITING TO GET THEIR ... WE ALSO SAW SOME UPROOTED TREES. AND OF COURSE, POWER LINES ON THE GROUND. AND THEY JUST GOT AN UPDATE FROM ...

Editor's Note: Click here for the latest on power outages in Florida for Friday Oct. 11 ... Power plants and damaged lines and substations Critical facilities such as hospitals, police and ...

As Hurricane Milton approaches, it's important to know what to do when your power goes out. We've gathered the most important information about electricity and storms from Florida Power and Light ...

FPL put the grant toward its Energy Smart Florida project. Of the total, $40 million went to seven different types of distribution (main and neighborhood power lines, for example) smart-grid ...