Storm Secure Underground Pilot Program

FPL is continuously looking at opportunities to enhance the reliability of our service in good weather and bad.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, we saw that the number one cause of outages was debris blowing into and trees falling onto our power lines. The trees, many of which were outside of FPL’s easement or public right of way, and were beyond where FPL trims, damaged our equipment, power lines and poles. Trees also blocked roadways, which slowed the restoration efforts.

Since 2006, we’ve made significant investments to strengthen our electric system and make it more resilient to severe weather. These investments include hardening and undergrounding certain power lines. And, we saw how this benefited our customers by minimizing damage and speeding the restoration process after a storm like Hurricane Irma.

That's why we started the Storm Secure Underground Pilot Program to underground certain neighborhood power lines -- typically the power lines in back yards or side streets.

This pilot will, among other learnings, help us determine how cost effectively we can underground these power lines to restore power faster after severe weather, as well as enhance day-to-day reliability.

The Storm Secure Underground Pilot Program is one of the many ways we are improving the quality of your service.

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