JUNO BEACH, Fla., June 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- NextEra Energy,
Inc. (NYSE: NEE) announced today that its nuclear energy fleet,
including Florida Power & Light
Company's St. Lucie and Turkey
Point nuclear power plants, received the Nuclear Energy Institute's
2016 top innovation award for pioneering a unique program that
significantly improves plant performance.
The Nuclear Energy Institute's B. Ralph Sylvia "Best of the
Best" Top Innovative Practice Award recognized the NextEra Energy
nuclear fleet's Continuous Improvement Program, which standardizes
effective processes, centralizes key functions and implements
important efficiencies to improve the performance across all of
NextEra Energy's nuclear plants. This prestigious award, which
recognizes the best of the best within the nuclear industry, marks
the first time the company has earned such an honor.
"We are extremely honored by this award," said Mano Nazar, NextEra Energy's president and
chief nuclear officer. "By setting targets and analyzing best
practices, our team is able to identify areas for standardizing,
centralizing and implementing operational improvements across the
entire nuclear fleet. This award is a reflection of our entire team
of professionals who are committed to continuous improvement,
raising standards and reinforcing public confidence in the safety
of nuclear energy."
FPL's St. Lucie and Turkey
Point nuclear power plants each have two nuclear generating units.
In total, NextEra Energy companies own and operate eight nuclear
units in four states. The St.
Lucie and Turkey Point plants employ approximately 1,300
people and generate enough 24-7 electricity to power nearly 2
million Florida homes.
The Nuclear Energy Institute presented the award and praised the
plants for their innovation, which serves as a model for the
industry, at the 2016 Nuclear Energy Assembly in Miami, Fla. The Nuclear Energy Institute also
presented NextEra Energy with the Top Innovative Practice Award for
Vision, Leadership & Ingenuity.
"The company's operations are outstanding, and its innovative
initiative serves as the foundation of an industry-wide
initiative," said Tony Pietrangelo,
the Nuclear Energy Institute's senior vice president and chief
nuclear officer. "We are honored to recognize the dedicated
professionals whose innovative thinking and hard work produced this
remarkable accomplishment that will bring benefits to the entire
industry."
Pietrangelo noted that NextEra Energy's Continuous Improvement
Program yielded many positive results, including standardized
procedures for training programs and the Corrective Action Program;
improved contractor management, maintenance efficiency, work
management and electronic work packages; and centralized outage
planning and engineering.
Florida Power & Light
Company
Florida Power & Light Company
is the third-largest electric utility in the United States, serving more than 4.8
million customer accounts or more than 10 million people across
nearly half of the state of Florida. FPL's typical 1,000-kWh
residential customer bill is approximately 30 percent lower than
the latest national average and, in 2015, was the lowest in
Florida among reporting utilities
for the sixth year in a row. FPL's service reliability is better
than 99.98 percent, and its highly fuel-efficient power plant fleet
is one of the cleanest among all utilities nationwide. The company
was recognized in 2015 as one of the most trusted U.S. electric
utilities by Market Strategies International. A leading Florida
employer with approximately 8,800 employees, FPL is a subsidiary of
Juno Beach, Fla.-based NextEra
Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE), a clean energy company widely recognized
for its efforts in sustainability, ethics and diversity, and has
been ranked No. 1 in the electric and gas utilities industry in
Fortune's 2016 list of "World's Most Admired Companies." NextEra
Energy is also the parent company of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC,
which, together with its affiliated entities, is the world's
largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun. For
more information, visit these websites: www.NextEraEnergy.com,
www.FPL.com, www.NextEraEnergyResources.com.
NextEra Energy, Inc.
NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) is a leading clean energy
company with consolidated revenues of approximately $17.5 billion and approximately 14,300 employees
in 27 states and Canada as of
year-end 2015, as well as approximately 45,000 megawatts of
generating capacity, which includes megawatts associated with
noncontrolling interests related to NextEra Energy Partners, LP
(NYSE: NEP) as of April 2016.
Headquartered in Juno Beach, Fla.,
NextEra Energy's principal subsidiaries are Florida Power & Light Company, which serves
more than 4.8 million customer accounts in Florida and is one of the largest
rate-regulated electric utilities in the
United States, and NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, which,
together with its affiliated entities, is the world's largest
generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun. Through its
subsidiaries, NextEra Energy generates clean, emissions-free
electricity from eight commercial nuclear power units in
Florida, New Hampshire, Iowa and Wisconsin. A Fortune 200 company and included
in the S&P 100 index, NextEra Energy has been recognized often
by third parties for its efforts in sustainability, corporate
responsibility, ethics and compliance, and diversity, and has been
ranked No. 1 in the electric and gas utilities industry in
Fortune's 2016 list of "World's Most Admired Companies." For more
information about NextEra Energy companies, visit these websites:
www.NextEraEnergy.com, www.FPL.com,
www.NextEraEnergyResources.com.
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