Florida Power & Light sends power line poles to Puerto Rico
Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) announced Monday that it transported 1,000 power line poles from North Florida to Puerto Rico to assist with repairing the damage caused by Hurricane Maria.
Thirty-three trucks transported the poles from FPL’s storm inventory near one of the company’s substations in Flagler County to Port Canaveral. There, they will be loaded on a cargo ship scheduled to leave for Puerto Rico this week.
Senior leadership from FPL recently accompanied Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s energy company delegation to the U.S. territory. FPL leadership has remained in Puerto Rico since that time to provide technical expertise and guidance to the restoration effort.
“As the destructive force of Hurricane Maria became apparent and even prior to completing our own Hurricane Irma-related restoration, FPL assembled a team of restoration professionals and made it known that we stood at the ready to offer our support to help rebuild Puerto Rico’s electrical infrastructure,” Eric Silagy, president and CEO for FPL, said.
“As we sought assistance from other energy companies in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, we provide like support to those whose energy grid has been damaged by natural disasters and help bring life back to normal for our fellow Americans. In fact, 300 of our employees and contractors returned to Florida last week after helping restore power in Maine that was impacted by a Nor’easter last month,” he added.
