Is a Transportation Story Electricity travels at the speed of light, arriving at a destination at almost the same moment it is produced. When you flip a switch, it's there. Behind the scenes, FPL employees are hard at work caring for the complex FPL power line grid, so that it can reliably deliver electricity night and day to more than 7 million people in Florida. The larger transmission lines function like long-distance interstate highways, expressways and turnpikes. The smaller distribution lines function like the streets and avenues that crisscross communities and neighborhoods.
Traffic can literally come to a stop.
Depending on the size of the line, overloading can affect thousands or hundreds of people. By building new power lines, we ensure there is a highway ready to deliver electricity. By building new power plants, we ensure there is a location where we can generate electricity. By providing residents with conservation and voluntary energy management programs, we ensure efficient use of our energy resources. Not doing these things can contribute to the kind of problems California residents are experiencing with shortages and forced outages.