The third largest elektroenergetika company in the United States – Florida Power and Light has spent nearly $ 3 billion to prepare its infrastructure for the power grid following the devastating storm. But the society is perplexed: «Why did the hurricane Irma managed to deprive of light nearly 90% of their clients?»
Tens of thousands of Florida residents were about a week or more without power. Overall, approximately 4.5 million customers of FPL 4.9 million were without electricity, including 92% of the victims in the County of Miami-Dade County and 85% in the County of Broward.
Despite the complaints of its customers, FPL is satisfied with the reconstruction after the powerful hurricane. «After a few days we could return the light for the vast majority of people», – said the FPL representative Peter Robbins.
Proof of the preparation of the company to Gale Robbins said, is that the high-voltage network is not out of order, and that far fewer poles for power fell compared to the previous storms. «The system works very well», – assured Robbins.
«The problem remains, and it needs to be addressed,» said Craig Ling, city attorney of Coral Gables, which is considering the prosecution of FPL for power outages. He claims that it took too much time to restore the flow of electricity.
It is known that hurricane Irma could be even more powerful, because at the last moment he was pardoned South Florida and hit with much less force – gusts of wind reached 100 miles per hour. While FPL declared that their new system can withstand the winds power of up to 150 miles per hour.
