"Hurricane season is over."
From Florida Power & Light's Website:
FPL currently has a restoration team in the field of 6,000 -- including approximately 2,500 out-of-state contractors and utility workers. However, it is possible that customers will not see them working as they will be spread across the 22,000 square-mile territory that was hit by the hurricane.
FPL began assessment of damage to its electric grid yesterday and will continue today, but it will take days to complete the assessment effort.
There is extensive damage to FPL’s transmission lines and substations. Our primary focus in the early part of the restoration effort is to get these repaired. Concurrently, FPL is working to restore service to critical infrastructure to facilitate the work of those who provide for community health, safety and public welfare – such as hospitals, police, fire, communications and water, sanitary and transportation providers. FPL already has been in contact with all county emergency operations centers that have been activated as a result of the storm. FPL will maintain these communications with our community partners to be sure vital services are restored as quickly as possible.
FPL is asking customers to NOT call to report an outage. Please call only if there is a situation that presents a clear and imminent danger. Also please do not call again if you have already reported such a condition. Because of the wide swath of damage from Wilma, FPL is aware of many downed lines, so it may be days before restoration crews can get to all of them.
FPL thanks our customers for their patience and understanding as the FPL team works around the clock to restore power and help our communities get back to normal.
FPL Group, with annual revenues of more than $10 billion, is nationally known as a high quality, efficient, and customer-driven organization focused on energy-related products and services. With a growing presence in 26 states, it is widely recognized as one of the country's premier power companies. Its principal subsidiary, Florida Power & Light Company, serves 4.3 million customer accounts in Florida. FPL Energy, LLC, an FPL Group wholesale electricity generating subsidiary, is a leader in producing electricity from clean and renewable fuels. Additional information is available on the Internet at www.FPLGroup.com, www.FPL.com and www.FPLEnergy.com.