Las cuentas de FPL volverán a bajar en el 2016 como resultado de inversiones en eficiencia que generan ahorros continuos a nuestros clientes

USA - español

• USA - English

JUNO BEACH, Fla., 4 de noviembre de 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- La Comisión de Servicios Públicos de la Florida (Florida Public Service Commission, PSC) aprobó la solicitud de Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) para reducir sus tarifas del servicio eléctrico a partir de enero del 2016. La reducción se debe en gran medida a las inversiones continuas de la compañía en la generación altamente eficiente de electricidad, que continúa reduciendo el consumo de combustible y los precios del combustible.

Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120301/FL62738LOGO

La cuenta residencial típica de 1,000-kWh de FPL ya es más baja que en el 2006 – además de ser la más baja en la Florida y de estar entre las más bajas del país entre las empresas de energía eléctrica que reportan estos datos – y en el 2016 bajará aún más. Un cliente residencial típico verá una reducción de aproximadamente $2.50 al mes en promedio durante el 2016, en comparación con las tarifas actuales.

"Nuestra estrategia a largo plazo de avanzar la asequibilidad y fiabilidad de la energía limpia con inversiones inteligentes continúa dando buenos resultados a nuestros clientes", dijo Eric Silagy, presidente y director ejecutivo (CEO) de FPL. "Al eliminar progresivamente las plantas de energía más antiguas que funcionan con petróleo o carbón e invertir en centros de energía modernos y más eficientes que funcionan con gas natural, energía solar y nuclear, suministramos energía mucho más limpia y más fiable que una empresa de energía eléctrica promedio, y nuestros clientes pagan menos por su electricidad hoy que hace casi una década".

Los negocios también verán una reducción en sus cuentas el año próximo, con ahorros previstos de aproximadamente del 2 al 6 por ciento, según su clase de tarifa y tipo de servicio al cliente empresarial.

Estas son buenas noticias para Mike Bauer, gerente general de Roger Dean Stadium Complex en el Condado de Palm Beach, el único estadio en el país donde entrenan cuatro equipos de la liga menor y el único estadio en el estado donde dos equipos de la liga mayor de béisbol realizan su entrenamiento durante la primavera.

"Una parte importante de manejar un negocio es controlar los costos", dijo Bauer. "La mayoría de los proveedores de los cuales dependemos para trabajar han aumentado sus precios, pero no podemos decir lo mismo sobre nuestras cuentas de FPL. Y, no solo se mantuvieron iguales. El precio que pagamos por electricidad en realidad ha bajado y bajará aún más el año próximo. Esto es un testimonio de la planificación inteligente de la compañía. Estos ahorros son buenos para el balance final del estadio y para mi propia familia en mi hogar. Cuando todos ahorramos como clientes, podemos gastar más dinero divirtiéndonos en los parques".

Desde el 2001, las inversiones de FPL en generación de energía limpia les han ahorrado a nuestros clientes más de $8,000 millones al usar menos combustible para generar electricidad. Estos ahorros eficientes son adicionales a los ahorros por el bajo precio reciente del mercado de gas natural.

La flota de plantas de energía eficiente de la compañía también ha permitido a FPL lograr una tasa de emisiones de carbono un 35 por ciento más limpia que la de la empresa promedio de energía eléctrica de los EE.UU. De hecho, aunque otras empresas de energía eléctrica del país están afrontando costos potencialmente más altos para cumplir con el Plan de Energía Limpia de la Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA) de los EE.UU., FPL ya tiene emisiones más limpias que la meta establecida por el plan para la Florida para el 2030.

Los clientes residenciales de FPL pueden calcular su ahorro mensual individual ingresando su consumo de electricidad mensual en la calculadora en línea de cuentas del sitio FPL.com/cuentasbajas de FPL. También verán cuánto están ahorrando en comparación con las tarifas de FPL del 2006.

Las herramientas avanzadas de eficiencia energética de FPL pueden ayudar a los clientes a ahorrar aún más

El Estudio de Electricidad Residencial en Línea de FPL puede ayudar a los clientes a reducir sus cuentas con planes de ahorros personalizados llenos de consejos y recomendaciones para ahorrar electricidad. El estudio está integrado con el Panel Personal de Energía de FPL de cada cliente – que se actualiza automáticamente con datos sobre su consumo de electricidad por hora, por día y por mes; montos de sus cuentas mensuales; lecturas de las temperaturas locales y mucho más – para facilitar más que nunca el seguimiento y la administración de los costos de la electricidad. Los clientes pueden visitar FPL.com/ahorros para obtener más información.

Florida Power & Light Company

Florida Power & Light Company es la tercera empresa de energía eléctrica más grande en los Estados Unidos, brindando servicio a aproximadamente 4.8 millones de clientes en alrededor de la mitad del estado de la Florida. La cuenta de cliente residencial típica de 1,000-kWh de FPL es aproximadamente 30 por ciento más baja que el promedio nacional y, en el 2014, fue la más baja en la Florida por quinto año consecutivo entre las empresas de energía eléctrica que reportan estos datos. La fiabilidad del servicio de FPL es superior al 99.98 por ciento, y sus plantas de energía de uso altamente eficiente del combustible son de las más limpias entre todas las empresas de energía eléctrica del país. La empresa fue reconocida en el 2015 por Market Strategies International como una de las empresas de energía eléctrica más fiables de los EE.UU. Siendo un empleador líder en la Florida con aproximadamente 8,700 empleados, FPL es una subsidiaria de NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE), con sede en Juno Beach, y es una compañía de energía limpia ampliamente reconocida por sus esfuerzos en lo referente a la sostenibilidad, la ética y la diversidad, incluyendo su clasificación entre las principales 10 empresas en el mundo por innovación y responsabilidad ante la comunidad y en la lista Fortune del 2015 como una de las "empresas más admiradas del mundo". NextEra Energy también es la compañía matriz de NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, que, junto con sus entidades afiliadas, es uno de los mayores generadores de energía renovable eólica y solar del mundo. Para obtener más información, visite estos sitios de Internet: www.NextEraEnergy.com, www.FPL.com, www.NextEraEnergyResources.com.

Cautionary Statements and Risk Factors That May Affect Future Results

This news release contains "forward-looking statements." Forward-looking statements are not statements of historical facts, but instead represent the current expectations of NextEra Energy, Inc. (NextEra Energy) and Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) regarding future operating results and other future events, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside of NextEra Energy's and FPL's control. Forward-looking statements in this news release include, among others, statements concerning future operating performance. In some cases, you can identify the forward-looking statements by words or phrases such as "will," "may result," "expect," "anticipate," "believe," "intend," "plan," "seek," "aim," "potential," "projection," "forecast," "predict," "goals," "target," "outlook," "should," "would" or similar words or expressions. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are not a guarantee of future performance. The future results of NextEra Energy and FPL and their business and financial condition are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause their actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements, or may require them to limit or eliminate certain operations. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following: effects of extensive regulation of NextEra Energy's and FPL's business operations; inability of NextEra Energy and FPL to recover in a timely manner any significant amount of costs, a return on certain assets or a reasonable return on invested capital through base rates, cost recovery clauses, other regulatory mechanisms or otherwise; impact of political, regulatory and economic factors on regulatory decisions important to NextEra Energy and FPL; disallowance of cost recovery by FPL based on a finding of imprudent use of derivative instruments; effect of any reductions to or elimination of governmental incentives that support utility scale renewable energy projects of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC and its affiliated entities (NextEra Energy Resources) or the imposition of additional taxes or assessments on renewable energy; impact of new or revised laws, regulations or interpretations or other regulatory initiatives on NextEra Energy and FPL; effect on NextEra Energy and FPL of potential regulatory action to broaden the scope of regulation of over-the-counter (OTC) financial derivatives and to apply such regulation to NextEra Energy and FPL; capital expenditures, increased operating costs and various liabilities attributable to environmental laws, regulations and other standards applicable to NextEra Energy and FPL; effects on NextEra Energy and FPL of federal or state laws or regulations mandating new or additional limits on the production of greenhouse gas emissions; exposure of NextEra Energy and FPL to significant and increasing compliance costs and substantial monetary penalties and other sanctions as a result of extensive federal regulation of their operations; effect on NextEra Energy and FPL of changes in tax laws and in judgments and estimates used to determine tax-related asset and liability amounts; impact on NextEra Energy and FPL of adverse results of litigation; effect on NextEra Energy and FPL of failure to proceed with projects under development or inability to complete the construction of (or capital improvements to) electric generation, transmission and distribution facilities, gas infrastructure facilities or other facilities on schedule or within budget; impact on development and operating activities of NextEra Energy and FPL resulting from risks related to project siting, financing, construction, permitting, governmental approvals and the negotiation of project development agreements; risks involved in the operation and maintenance of electric generation, transmission and distribution facilities, gas infrastructure facilities and other facilities; effect on NextEra Energy and FPL of a lack of growth or slower growth in the number of customers or in customer usage; impact on NextEra Energy and FPL of severe weather and other weather conditions; threats of terrorism and catastrophic events that could result from terrorism, cyber attacks or other attempts to disrupt NextEra Energy's and FPL's business or the businesses of third parties; inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage for protection of NextEra Energy and FPL against significant losses and risk that insurance coverage does not provide protection against all significant losses; a prolonged period of low gas and oil prices could impact NextEra Energy Resources' gas infrastructure business and cause NextEra Energy Resources to delay or cancel certain gas infrastructure projects and for certain existing projects to be impaired; risk to NextEra Energy Resources of increased operating costs resulting from unfavorable supply costs necessary to provide NextEra Energy Resources' full energy and capacity requirement services; inability or failure by NextEra Energy Resources to manage properly or hedge effectively the commodity risk within its portfolio; potential volatility of NextEra Energy's results of operations caused by sales of power on the spot market or on a short-term contractual basis; effect of reductions in the liquidity of energy markets on NextEra Energy's ability to manage operational risks; effectiveness of NextEra Energy's and FPL's risk management tools associated with their hedging and trading procedures to protect against significant losses, including the effect of unforeseen price variances from historical behavior; impact of unavailability or disruption of power transmission or commodity transportation facilities on sale and delivery of power or natural gas by FPL and NextEra Energy Resources; exposure of NextEra Energy and FPL to credit and performance risk from customers, hedging counterparties and vendors; failure of NextEra Energy or FPL counterparties to perform under derivative contracts or of requirement for NextEra Energy or FPL to post margin cash collateral under derivative contracts; failure or breach of NextEra Energy's or FPL's information technology systems; risks to NextEra Energy and FPL's retail businesses from compromise of sensitive customer data; losses from volatility in the market values of derivative instruments and limited liquidity in OTC markets; impact of negative publicity; inability of NextEra Energy and FPL to maintain, negotiate or renegotiate acceptable franchise agreements with municipalities and counties in Florida; increasing costs of health care plans; lack of a qualified workforce or the loss or retirement of key employees; occurrence of work strikes or stoppages and increasing personnel costs; NextEra Energy's ability to successfully identify, complete and integrate acquisitions, including the effect of increased competition for acquisitions; NextEra Energy Partners, LP's (NEP's) acquisition of NET Holdings Management, LLC (NET Midstream) and other future acquisitions by NEP may not be completed and, even if completed, NextEra Energy may not realize the anticipated benefits of such acquisitions; environmental, health and financial risks associated with NextEra Energy's and FPL's ownership and operation of nuclear generation facilities; liability of NextEra Energy and FPL for significant retrospective assessments and/or retrospective insurance premiums in the event of an incident at certain nuclear generation facilities; increased operating and capital expenditures at nuclear generation facilities of NextEra Energy or FPL resulting from orders or new regulations of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; inability to operate any of NextEra Energy Resources' or FPL's owned nuclear generation units through the end of their respective operating licenses; liability of NextEra Energy and FPL for increased nuclear licensing or compliance costs resulting from hazards, and increased public attention to hazards, posed to their owned nuclear generation facilities; risks associated with outages of NextEra Energy's and FPL's owned nuclear units; effect of disruptions, uncertainty or volatility in the credit and capital markets on NextEra Energy's and FPL's ability to fund their liquidity and capital needs and meet their growth objectives; inability of NextEra Energy, FPL and NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc. to maintain their current credit ratings; impairment of NextEra Energy's and FPL's liquidity from inability of creditors to fund their credit commitments or to maintain their current credit ratings; poor market performance and other economic factors that could affect NextEra Energy's defined benefit pension plan's funded status; poor market performance and other risks to the asset values of NextEra Energy's and FPL's nuclear decommissioning funds; changes in market value and other risks to certain of NextEra Energy's investments; effect of inability of NextEra Energy subsidiaries to pay upstream dividends or repay funds to NextEra Energy or of NextEra Energy's performance under guarantees of subsidiary obligations on NextEra Energy's ability to meet its financial obligations and to pay dividends on its common stock; and effect of disruptions, uncertainty or volatility in the credit and capital markets of the market price of NextEra Energy's common stock. NextEra Energy and FPL discuss these and other risks and uncertainties in their annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 and other SEC filings, and this news release should be read in conjunction with such SEC filings made through the date of this news release. The forward-looking statements made in this news release are made only as of the date of this news release and NextEra Energy and FPL undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.