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|FPL GROUP, INC.Certification Of Periodic Report                                                                                                                 
|I, Lewis Hay III, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of FPL Group, Inc., certify,pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
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|Dated:  August 9, 2002                                                                                                                                          
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