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Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), the principal subsidiary of NextEra Energy Inc. (formerly FPL Group, Inc.), is a Juno Beach, Florida-based power utility – and the largest electric utility in the state 〔Next Era Energy. (2013). 2013 annual report, p. 5〕 – serving roughly 4.7 million customers and 9 million people in Florida.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= FPL Company Profile )〕 It generates, transmits, distributes and sells electric energy. == History == FPL was founded in 1925 by merging a number of smaller companies providing power and other services to local communities in northeastern Florida, and grew with the growth in population the state has experienced. In 1989, FPL was the first company outside of Japan to win the Deming Prize. On June 20, 2005, FPL Group completed acquisition of Gexa Energy, a retail electricity provider located in Houston and active in the deregulated Texas electricity market. At the time of acquisition, Gexa Energy had grown to over $273 million in 2004 revenues and further had been serving 100,000 total meters within the state of Texas. FPL Group acquired Gexa Energy for approximately US$81 million. On December 19, 2005, FPL Group, Inc. announced that it was purchasing Constellation Energy Group (holding company for the former Baltimore Gas and Electric Company – founded 1816 as the Gas Light Company of Baltimore, America's oldest utility company by Rembrandt Peale and others) in a merger transaction valued at more than $11 billion, and that it would adopt "Constellation Energy" as its name for the post-merger entity. The merger was cancelled on 25 October 2006. On January 7, 2009, FPL Energy changed its name to NextEra Energy Resources to highlight its commitment to renewable energy. In 2011, construction was started on a $1.1 billion gas-fired plant replacement of its Cape Canaveral facility, which is located in Sharpes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Florida Power & Light」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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