ENERGYnow A publication for and about FPL Group employees Vol. 1 No. 5 Inside This Issue 2 Employees are the difference / Leadership Perspective: Awesome record 3 Leadership Perspective: Plan for the future / Hybrid fleet announced 4 Interim review begins with self evaluation / FPL Group Connection 5 Great Question: What is SAP One and how will it benefit the company? / Did You Know: Map shows system detail Ashtabula Wind Energy Center wind turbines serve as a backdrop as NextEra Energy Resources Senior Vice President of Development Mike O’Sullivan (center), joins North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven as he cuts the dedication ribbon at the company’s largest wind facility in the 6-8 state. They are joined by (l-r) Chuck McFarlane, president of Otter Tail Power Company; Dave Loer, president and CEO of Minnkota Power Input drives Distribution actions / Cooperative; Commissioner Kevin Cramer, North Dakota Public Service Commission; and John DiDonato, NextEra Energy Resources vice Engagement Update: A focus on president of Development. trust / Managing your career is easy / Spotlight on Health: Save Ashtabula dedicated as largest wind farm in with network providers / Health Champion: Freedom from unhealthy habits / Recognizing North Dakota; can power 58,000+ homes Zero Today! / Training saves elderly woman Celebrating the largest wind farm in North Dakota, Otter Tail Power Company owns 32 of the turbines. NextEra Energy Resources Senior Vice President Mike “Ashtabula Wind Energy Center is a good example of 9 O’Sullivan, North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven and about Residents receive how we’re building a multi-resource energy industry in ® 200 other local community leaders and guests last makeovers / Care to Share North Dakota,” said Gov. Hoeven. “Projects like this month dedicated the 196.5-megawatt Ashtabula Wind campaign starts / Grads get Energy Center. are helping us to grow and diversify our economy, create offer letters jobs and strengthen our energy security. That benefits “This is the latest example of our ongoing commitment not only North Dakota but also the entire nation.” 10 to expanding renewable energy projects, both in North Backup command center Dakota and across the nation,” said Mike. “In addition The new wind energy center is one of seven the unveiled / Gift helps Iowa flood to generating clean, emissions-free energy, Ashtabula company owns in the state that, when combined, have a recovery / Spreading the news Wind Energy Center will have a meaningful impact on generating capacity of more than 450 MW. Expansions about wind the local economy through the jobs we’ve created, taxes of two existing wind facilities in North Dakota are being we pay, lease payments we make to landowners, and planned that will generate an additional 170 MW when 11 goods and services we source locally.” they are completed. By December, NextEra Energy EarthEra™ offsets conference / Resources will have invested more than $1 billion in Maine Hydro manages balance / Located in southeastern North Dakota, the Ashtabula wind energy in North Dakota. A decade of excellence Wind Energy Center is capable of generating enough electricity to power more than 58,000 homes. NextEra The company’s total wind portfolio now consists of 65 12 Energy Resources operates the entire wind farm and wind facilities in 16 states and Canada with an installed The Big Picture: owns 99 of the 131 turbines; regional power utility capacity of more than 6,300 MW. A green pavilion VOL. 1, NO. 5 | July 2009 ENERGY now 1 Continued on page 3 Leadership Perspective: Awesome record With half of 2009 under our belts, Energy Now spoke with NextEra Energy Resources President and CEO Mitch Davidson about what the future holds. Who would have thought a business that generated adjusted earnings of $34 million in 1998 would, just a decade later, reach $821 million? Yet that’s precisely what’s occurred at NextEra Energy Resources. Jim Poppell, FPL Group executive vice president Mitch Davidson, President and CEO It’s an incredible track record, but people NextEra Energy Resources of Human Resources, accepts an award that often ask me if we can sustain that kind of recognizes the company’s No. 1 ranking in growth. I tell them I don’t know, but we’re And we’re flexible. While we’ll continue ® the Electric & Gas Utility Industry on Fortune going to give it everything we have to meet to pursue significant wind investment magazine’s “Most Admired Companies” list. our objectives. opportunities, we’re pursuing several other growth paths, too. Take solar. Thanks to One thing I learned as a college athlete is state legislation that encourages renewables the team that wins isn’t always the team and increasingly efficient technology, we Employees are with the most talent. The team that wins believe solar today is where wind was a needs good talented individuals, but more decade ago. We expect to build on our the difference importantly, they must have a strong desire leadership position in solar power. to succeed. They have to be focused on the We’ve become a player in the transmission FPL Group Chairman and CEO Lew Hay, addressing details. And they must trust each other, take business through necessity. Our industry the recent Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. 25th Annual responsibility and work as a single unit. lacks, in many regions, the infrastructure Strategic Decisions conference in New York, spoke The team that usually wins is the one that required to transmit renewable energy to about the company’s performance. flawlessly executes the game plan. These are attributes you see at NextEra Energy population centers from remote areas. “We have outperformed our peers, both in the utility Resources on a daily basis. We’re taking these experiences and sector and the S&P 500. While the returns over the continuing to build our transmission last two years are not great, we all know what the business while looking for opportunities market has done during this period of time,” said to expand our footprint. Lew. “We are proud to be one of the few companies We’ll need We’re enhancing our marketing and trading that can say over the last two years we’ve had capabilities and adding new products to positive returns. When you combine our strong to continue to meet customer needs. Our retail and fiber- financial position with the strong growth we’ve had, “ optic businesses also are competing hard for we end up getting lots of recognition from around maintain our business, adding customers, and looking for the world. The one we are most proud of is being ® innovative ways to grow. ranked No. 1 in our industry in Fortune magazine focus, work as for three years in a row.” We must execute. Growing a business during difficult economic times can be Global human resources consulting firm The Hay one team and, challenging, but we’ve shown it can be Group last month commemorated the company’s done. We’ll need to continue to maintain achievement with an award. Accepting on the above all, work our focus, work as a team and, above company’s behalf was Jim Poppell, FPL Group all, work safely. If we do all that, I know executive vice president of Human Resources. safely. we’ll win. “This award belongs to the more than 15,000 – Mitch Davidson employees across the country who made this happen,” said Jim. We have a great team of ”bright people As Lew told employees when the Fortune rankings with a lot of hustle and drive. Developers, were announced, “It is clear to me and clear to a traders, operators, staff and support folks lot of people that we have the most talented and make it happen every day all across the Mitch Davidson hardest working team in the industry.” country, and in Canada, too. President and CEO We have a solid game plan. We’re the NextEra Energy Resources leading renewable energy provider in America and we’re well positioned for a carbon-constrained future. 2 ENERGY now VOL. 1, NO. 5 | July 2009 Leadership Perspective: Hybrid fleet Plan for announced the future Several hybrid cars owned by Sarasota County, Fla., will soon become super-efficient, plug-in electric vehicles With half of 2009 under our belts, with help from FPL. The company will retrofit four of Energy Now spoke with FPL President the county’s Toyota Prius hybrid cars with Hymotion and CEO Armando Olivera about what lithium-ion battery conversion technology as part of its the future holds. commitment to clean energy. At Florida Power & Light Company, we Hybrid electric vehicles use a battery-powered electric have a dual responsibility: managing our motor charged by a gasoline engine that also provides business today while prudently planning additional power to the car. The conversion will permit for the future. Today, times are tough in the cars’ batteries to be charged from a standard Florida and we all need to be especially 110-volt outlet, boosting gas mileage to 100 miles per gallon. sensitive to our customers, many of whom Armando Olivera, President and CEO are going through a very stressful period. Florida Power & Light Company Vice President of External Affairs Pam Rauch said the plug-in hybrids will significantly reduce carbon- At the same time, we have a responsibility three utility-scale solar plants to make dioxide emissions. “Addressing the climate challenge is to plan for the future, and that’s exactly Florida No. 2 in solar energy; and seeking extremely important to FPL Group,” said Pam. “As the what we’re doing. We’re making major approval for a 300-mile underground nation’s No. 1 producer of renewable energy from wind investments to improve the operating natural gas pipeline to enhance fuel and solar power, we have long championed policies to efficiency of our power plants, generate security.