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|FPL GROUP, INC.Certification Of Periodic Report                                                                                                                        
|I, Moray P. Dewhurst, Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial 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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