JUNO BEACH - Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) today recognizes Earth Day 2022, which carries the theme of Invest in Our Planet.

For more than 20 years, FPL has been making smart, long-term investments in clean energy technology to build a more resilient and sustainable energy future for our customers and for Florida. Since 2001, FPL has saved customers more than $12.4 billion in fossil fuel costs while avoiding more than 183 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions through its power generation modernization.

'We have been on a steady march of building cleaner power generation in the Sunshine State since the turn of the century,' said Eric Silagy, Chairman and CEO of FPL. 'We are committed to finding clean, cost-effective solutions for our customers and though we're very proud of our progress today, we're always looking over the horizon to create clean, affordable and reliable energy solutions for tomorrow.

Florida Power & Light Company

As America's largest electric utility, Florida Power & Light Company serves more customers and sells more power than any other utility, providing clean, affordable, reliable electricity to more than 5.7 million accounts, or more than 12 million people. FPL operates one of the cleanest power generation fleets in the U.S and in 2021 won the ReliabilityOne National Reliability Award for the sixth time in the last seven years. The company received the top ranking in the southern U.S. among large electric providers, according to J.D. Power's 2021 Electric Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction StudySM and 2021 Electric Utility Business Customer Satisfaction StudySM. The company was also recognized in 2020 as one of the most trusted U.S. electric utilities by Escalent for the seventh consecutive year. FPL is a subsidiary of Juno Beach, Florida-based NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE), a clean energy company widely recognized for its efforts in sustainability, corporate responsibility, ethics and compliance, and diversity. NextEra Energy is ranked No. 1 in the electric and gas utilities industry in Fortune's 2022 list of 'World's Most Admired Companies' and recognized on Fortune's 2021 list of companies that 'Change the World.' 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 and a world leader in battery storage.

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