FPL Restores Power to 820,100 of the 3.2 Million FPL Customers Left without Electric Service by...

MIAMI -- Progress has been made in the mammoth restoration effort by Florida Power & Light Company crews. In total, 820,100 customers - more than 25 percent of the approximately 3.2 million customers left without power from Hurricane Wilma - now have their electric service restored.

--Restored service to customers north of Brevard County.

--Power restored tonight to virtually all customers in Brevard County on the east coast and in the west coast counties of Manatee, Sarasota, Charlotte and DeSoto.

--Nearly 30 percent of the critical infrastructure has been restored, including all major airports and Port Everglades.

--The majority of the hospitals in the 22,000 square-mile area affected by the storm have been restored.

--Reduced the number of substations without service from 241 to 85. The company said it expects to have most if not all substations back in service 24 to 48 hours from now.

To ensure that information on our progress is available, we are providing updated information daily. The majority of customers in all other FPL areas will have power restored within two weeks-by November 8. Some 95 percent of customers in these areas should have power back within three weeks - November 15.

The restoration workforce is growing daily as more crews from out of state become available to help. Now staging sites are up and running. These sites help get materials, equipment and thousands of people to work quickly and effectively, and will help shorten the restoration. Resources in the field have increased to more than 8,200 and a total of 2,600 more have been committed.

"This is truly an extraordinary event for both our customers and our employees," says Geisha Williams, vice president of distribution and the executive in charge of the restoration effort. "We've never faced the kind of damage we're facing today, and we understand the hardships it is causing. We are urging customers to be patient as we go through the steps necessary to safely restore power to everyone."

Hurricane Wilma - Customer Counts
                     October 26, 2005 - 9:00 p.m.

Affected Counties                  Out     Restored      Affected
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Alachua                              -            -             -
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Baker                                -            -             -
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Bradford                             -            -             -
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Brevard                            200       79,300        79,500
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Broward                        802,100       60,700       862,800
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Charlotte                            -        8,500         8,500
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Clay                                 -            -             -
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Collier                         65,000      104,600       169,600
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Columbia                             -            -             -
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DeSoto                               -        4,900         4,900
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Flagler                              -          200           200
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Glades                           1,500        1,900         3,400
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Hendry                           3,000        5,500         8,500
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Highlands                          400            -           400
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Indian River                    24,700       16,900        41,600
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Lee                             78,100      116,800       194,900
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Manatee                            100       14,500        14,600
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Martin                          47,200       37,400        84,600
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Miami-Dade                     758,900      197,600       956,500
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Nassau                               -            -             -
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Okeechobee                      10,100        5,800        15,900
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Palm Beach                     583,800       79,700       663,500
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Putnam                               -          100           100
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Sarasota                           100       18,500        18,600
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Seminole                             -        1,100         1,100
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St. Johns                            -            -             -
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St. Lucie                       46,100       56,800       102,900
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Suwannee                             -            -             -
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Union                                -            -             -
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Volusia                              -        9,300         9,300
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TOTAL                        2,421,300      820,100     3,241,400
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