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Typical Residential Equipment • During Irma, underground power lines performed 85
percent better than overhead power lines.
While underground power lines perform better in a storm
involving wind, they are still susceptible to outages,
primarily due to flooding.
• Water and electricity don’t mix; utility crews need to wait
until water recedes and its is safe to restore power.
Projects were chosen by criteria. FPL has used several
criteria to determine the location of these projects,
including power lines’ performance during Hurricanes
Matthew and Irma, outages on power lines due to
vegetation issues and performance of power lines during
day to day operations. has selected projects located
throughout its service area to obtain a better understanding
Single Phase Transformer of regional differences and issues.

FPL operates 75,000 miles of power lines covering more One of the projects is located on NE 37th Dr and will run
than half the state. Overhead power lines account for from 2525 to 2733. The 2nd project is unknown
about 60 percent of the power lines that distribute power Please visit FPL.com/SSUP for more information. FPL rep’s
to residential and business customers. The remaining 40 will be present at our general meeting in Jan to discuss the
percent of power lines are underground. Storm Secure Underground Program.
Some benefits of underground power lines are: Regards,
• During day to day operations, underground power lines
Jason Ulbrich
perfume 50 percent better than overhead power lines.
CRCCE HOA board member

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