NEE · Earnings call · 2026Q3T · Full report

Grid Modernization and Reliability

NEXTERA ENERGY INC · 2026-10-21 · Importance 20 · Surprise 24

FPL said grid hardening and smart-grid investments helped limit Hurricane Isaias outages in Northwest Florida. No hardened transmission or distribution poles failed, underground neighborhood lines performed approximately 14 times better than overhead lines, and smart-grid technology avoided approximately 140,000 outages. FPL restored power to more than 97% of affected customers by Tuesday after the storm exited its service area Saturday morning.

Key facts

• FPL restored power to more than 97% of affected customers by Tuesday after Hurricane Isaias exited its service area early Saturday morning.
• FPL assembled approximately 17,000 restoration workers from 29 states before Hurricane Isaias.
• No hardened FPL transmission or distribution poles failed during Hurricane Isaias.
• FPL underground neighborhood power lines performed approximately 14 times better than overhead lines during Hurricane Isaias.
• FPL smart grid technology avoided approximately 140,000 outages during Hurricane Isaias.
• FPL customer reliability is more than 60% better than the national average.