{"id":38785,"date":"2014-08-08T08:30:38","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T12:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/?p=38785"},"modified":"2014-08-07T05:56:28","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T09:56:28","slug":"fpl-recomienda-a-los-residentes-de-la-florida-que-llamen-al-8-1-1-antes-de-excavar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/fpl-recomienda-a-los-residentes-de-la-florida-que-llamen-al-8-1-1-antes-de-excavar\/","title":{"rendered":"FPL urges Floridians to call 8-1-1 before digging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html><br \/>\n  <head><br \/>\n    <META http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/META><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}<\/p>\n<p>BODY {\nFONT-SIZE: 0.83em; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: \"Arial\"\n}\nA {\nCOLOR: blue\n}\n#divWide\n{\nmargin:0;\nmargin-top:1.33em;\n}\nLI {\nFONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: \"Arial\"\n}\n<\/style>\n<p><\/head><br \/>\n  <body topmargin=\"0\" leftmargin=\"0\"><br \/>\n    <\/p>\n<div id=\"divHeadline\" style=\"width:800px;margin-left:10pt\">\n      <!-- #Begin headline --><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\">\n        <b>FPL urges Floridians to call 8-1-1 before digging<\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n        <i>This free service can help you avoid accidents and outages caused by digging into underground equipment<\/i>\n      <\/p>\n<p>      <!-- #End headline -->\n    <\/div>\n<div id=\"divBody\" style=\"width:800px;margin-left:10pt\">\n      <!-- #Begin release --><br \/>\n<!-- #Begin Wide Release --><\/p>\n<div id=\"divWide\">\n<p>JUNO BEACH, Fla., Aug. 8, 2014 \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Every eight minutes, someone in the U.S. damages an underground utility line \u2013 potentially causing injuries, power outages and environmental hazards. More than ninety-nine percent of these accidents can be avoided by calling 8-1-1 to have underground utilities marked. On this August 11 (8\/11), and every day, Florida Power &amp; Light Company (FPL) urges Florida homeowners and contractors to call 8-1-1 at least two full business days before any digging project to help stay safe \u2013 it&#8217;s free, easy and the law requires it.<\/p>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 100%\" id=\"dvprnejpgd79cleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgd79cleft\" title=\"www.FPL.com. \" border=\"0\" alt=\"www.FPL.com. \" align=\"middle\" src=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnvar\/20120301\/FL62738LOGO\"><\/img><\/div>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20120301\/FL62738LOGO\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20120301\/FL62738LOGO<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whether you&#8217;re planting a tree, installing a deck or fence, or digging a drainage ditch, every digging job requires a call to 8-1-1. Knowing where underground utility lines are buried will help protect you and prevent equipment damage, service disruptions, environmental hazards and fines,&#8221; said Cheryl Ritter, safety and education department manager for Sunshine 811, the organization that offers the free call service.<\/p>\n<p>Each utility in the area will mark its lines with colored flags or paint to show you the approximate location of underground pipes, cables and lines. Remember to call at least two full business days in advance.<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Red \u2013 Electric <\/li>\n<li>Yellow \u2013 Gas, petroleum <\/li>\n<li>Orange \u2013 Communications, telephone, cable <\/li>\n<li>Blue \u2013 Potable water <\/li>\n<li>Green \u2013 Sewer, drainage <\/li>\n<li>Purple \u2013 Reclaimed water <\/li>\n<li>White \u2013 Proposed excavation site<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;At FPL, the safety of our customers and the communities we serve is our top priority. We operate thousands of miles of underground electric lines as well as oil and natural gas pipelines to help supply fuel to our power plants and provide affordable and reliable electricity to our approximately 4.7 million customers. We urge all Floridians to help us keep the electrical infrastructure and themselves safe by calling 8-1-1 before digging,&#8221; said Manny Miranda, FPL&#8217;s vice president of power delivery. <\/p>\n<p>To learn more, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fpl.com\/safety\" target=\"_blank\">www.FPL.com\/safety<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Florida Power &amp; Light Company<br \/><\/b>Florida Power &amp; Light Company\u00a0is\u00a0the third-largest\u00a0electric utility\u00a0in the United States,\u00a0serving approximately\u00a04.7 million customer accounts\u00a0across nearly half of the state of Florida.\u00a0As of year-end 2013,\u00a0FPL&#8217;s\u00a0typical\u00a01,000-kWh residential\u00a0customer\u00a0bill is\u00a0approximately 25\u00a0percent lower\u00a0than\u00a0the national average\u00a0and\u00a0the lowest in Florida among reporting utilities.\u00a0FPL&#8217;s\u00a0service reliability\u00a0is better\u00a0than 99.98 percent, and its\u00a0highly fuel-efficient power plant fleet\u00a0is one of the\u00a0cleanest\u00a0among utilities nationwide.\u00a0The company\u00a0was recognized in 2014 as the most trusted U.S. electric utility by Cogent Reports, and has earned the national\u00a0ServiceOne\u00a0Award for outstanding customer service for an unprecedented 10 consecutive years.\u00a0A leading Florida employer with approximately 8,900 employees,\u00a0FPL is a subsidiary of Juno Beach, Fla.-based NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE). For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fpl.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.FPL.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- #End Wide Release --><\/p>\n<div id=\"divMediaContact\">\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- #End release --><\/div>\n<p>\n  <\/body><br \/>\n<\/html> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FPL urges Floridians to call 8-1-1 before digging This free service can help you avoid accidents and outages caused by digging into underground equipment JUNO BEACH, Fla., Aug. 8, 2014 \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Every eight minutes, someone in the U.S. damages an underground utility line \u2013 potentially causing injuries, power outages and environmental hazards. 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