FPL: We're ready to restore power, but prepare for outages
The state’s largest utility said Thursday morning it had assembled a team of 5,000 workers who are ready to fix downed power lines. By Thursday evening, the number had ballooned to 13,000.
At FPL’s staging area in Riviera Beach, the company has stockpiled 4,000 transformers and hundreds of trucks.
FPL spokesman Bryan Garner said the company has learned from past storms and has continued to upgrade its system, in part by burying overhead wires.
“We believe the investments we’ve made, both through hardening the grid and undergrounding power lines, will pay off for customers in terms of shorter restoration times,” Garner said. “It’s a lot easier to restring wire than to stand up a new pole.”
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