|Exhibit 12(a)                                                                                                                                                      
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|FPL GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS(a)

|                                                                    | Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2004                                                                                                                                                                            
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|                                                                    | (millions of dollars)                                                                                                                                                                                           
|Earnings, as defined:                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|Net income                                                          | $                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|Preferred stock dividends of a consolidated subsidiary(b)           |                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|Income taxes                                                        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|Fixed charges included in the determination of net income, as below |                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|Amortization of capitalized interest                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|Distributed income of equity method investees                       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|Less:  Equity in earnings of equity method investees                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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|Total earnings, as defined                                          | $                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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|Fixed charges, as defined:                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|Interest charges                                                    | $                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|Rental interest factor                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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|Fixed charges included in the determination of net income           |                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|Capitalized interest                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|Dividend requirements on preferred stock of a consolidated          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|subsidiary before income taxes(b)                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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|Total fixed charges, as defined                                     | $                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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|Ratio of earnings to fixed charges and ratio of earnings            |                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends(a)          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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|(a)                                                                 | FPL Group, Inc. has no preference equity securities outstanding; therefore, the ratio of earnings to fixed charges is the same as the ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends.
|(b)                                                                 | A portion of Florida Power & Light Company's preferred stock is owned by FPL Group, Inc. and is eliminated in consolidation.  Accordingly, those dividends are not included herein.