美國佛羅里達州JUNO BEACH市新聞――佛羅里達州電力和照明公司（Florida Power & Light Company）堅信當我們向尊貴的客戶和政府立法者提議建立一個先進的潔凈煤技術發(fā)電廠的時候，他們應該相信事實，而不是花言巧語，這個建議與今天一些環(huán)保組織的建議相反。加拉茲縣發(fā)電廠對環(huán)境影響很敏感，而且，未來將為客戶帶來經濟效益，確保其能源安全。 我們提供了一個平衡的方法，這個方法建立在我們的信譽：倡導節(jié)能，尋找一種可靠而經濟的能源，以及我們建立國內最潔凈燃煤電廠的允諾之上。 加拉茲縣發(fā)電廠比以往的發(fā)電廠燃燒更少的煤而生產更多的電力，因為我們的工程師將采用最先進的科技。事實上，該發(fā)電廠的發(fā)電效率將比美國現(xiàn)存的燃煤發(fā)電廠發(fā)電效率高23％。 控制污染是首要的，F(xiàn)PL提議建立一個潔凈煤發(fā)電廠其汞排放量將比美國環(huán)境保護局制定的嚴格的新聯(lián)邦標準低50％，在加拉茲縣建立先進的潔凈煤技術發(fā)電廠的汞排放量將比其他技術建立的電廠汞排放量低1/100th，總之，檢測現(xiàn)存如此少量的汞并非易事。 我們滿足客戶對能源需求和環(huán)境敏感性的努力沒有在此停止，這是為何能源部門在FPL提出節(jié)能建議時被評為國內領先的組織，總要的是，F(xiàn)PL的客戶占美國總人口的3％，然而FPL在美國電力行業(yè)卻提供13％的電力供應，F(xiàn)PL及其尊貴的客戶非常注重能源的節(jié)約，因此在過去25年內減少建立11個發(fā)電廠，并且，通過使用節(jié)能方案，F(xiàn)PL預計將在2006年到2015年間降低26％的能源需求。 一些環(huán)保論者還將FPL的節(jié)能和負擔能力與加利福尼亞州太平洋煤氣電力公司（PGE）相比較，這是很不適宜的。他們遺漏了一些事實，F(xiàn)PL的客戶比其他任何一個加州機構都節(jié)約能多的能源，此外，我們的客戶比加州市民使用價格更低的電，例如，一戶典型的FPL居民使用1000 kWh電量僅花費$108.61，而加州PGE的客戶使用同樣的電量需要花費$193.85。 但是對于一個像佛羅里達州一樣快速發(fā)展的州來說節(jié)能和可再生能源供應是完全不夠的， FPL平均每年新增90000個客戶賬號，現(xiàn)在居民客戶平均用電比20年前增加了30％。 潔凈煤幫助滿足這種能源要求，否則，F(xiàn)PL未來70％的電力都將依賴天然氣，這是一種揮發(fā)性較強的燃料資源，此外，墨西哥灣發(fā)生颶風會影響天然氣供應。 最后，F(xiàn)PL集團，F(xiàn)PL的總公司，是“美國氣候行動合作伙伴”的一個創(chuàng)始成員之一，“美國氣候行動合作伙伴”是美國主要的商務和領先的環(huán)保組織號召采取迅速行動降低溫室氣體排放的聯(lián)盟。 佛羅里達州電力和照明公司是FPL集團公司的主要下屬子公司，以高質量，高效率和客戶至上而享譽全國，專業(yè)提供能源相關的產品和服務，年收入近160億美元，在美國26個州都設有分公司。FPL集團被普遍認為是美國最主要的電力公司，佛羅里達州電力和照明公司為佛羅里達州440萬市民提供電力，F(xiàn)PL計軟較有競爭力的子公司FPL Energy和LLC是利用潔凈可再生燃料發(fā)電的領先企業(yè)。更多信息登錄網站：www.FPL.com, www.FPLGroup.com, www.FPLEnergy.com。 original text： [COLOR=#708090]FPL Urges State to Look at Facts Regarding Its Proposed Clean Coal Plant JUNO BEACH, Fla.——（BUSINESS WIRE）——Florida Power & Light Company （NYSE:FPL） strongly believes our valued customers and our state lawmakers deserve facts, not rhetoric, when it comes to our proposal for an advanced clean coal technology power plant. Contrary to what some environmental organizations suggest today, the FPL Glades Power Park will be environmentally-sensitive and will offer customers pocketbook and energy security for the future. Our approach is a balanced one, built on our reputation for energy conservation, the search for reliable and affordable energy supplies, and our promise to build one of the cleanest coal plants in the country. The FPL Glades Power Park will use less coal to produce more energy than the plants of yesterday, because our engineers will be using state of the art technology. In fact, the FPL Glades Power Park will be 23 percent more efficient than the average existing U.S. coal plant. Pollution control is a top priority. FPL‘s proposed clean coal plant will result in mercury emissions 50 percent below strict new federal standards mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency. The mercury in Glades County attributable to the proposed advanced technology coal power plant would be considerably less than one/one-hundredth （1/100th） of the mercury attributable to other sources. In summary, it would be impossible to detect the addition of such a small amount of mercury to what is already there. Our efforts to meet our customers‘ energy demands and environmental sensitivity don‘t stop there. That‘s why the Department of Energy has recognized FPL as the nation‘s leading utility when it comes to energy conservation. It‘s important to note, FPL customers represent about three percent of the U.S. population, yet FPL has delivered 13 percent of the utility industry‘s conservation efforts. FPL and its valued customers have embraced conservation so much that the effort has avoided the need for building 11 power plants over the past quarter-century. Also, FPL will use energy conservation programs to off-set about 26 percent of the expected growth in demand between 2006 and 2015. Some environmentalists tried to unfavorably compare FPL energy efficiency and affordability with California‘s Pacific Gas & Electric. Here are a few facts they left out. FPL‘s customers conserve more energy than any one California utility. In addition, our customers pay less for their electricity than residents in California. For example, a typical FPL residential bill costs $108.61 for 1000 kilowatt-hours （kWh）. A PGE customer in California would pay $193.85 for the same amount of electricity. Energy conservation and renewable energy supplies are simply not enough, though, for a state growing as rapidly as Florida. On average, FPL is adding 90,000 new customer accounts every year. Residential customers on average use 30 percent more electricity now than they did 20 years ago. Clean coal helps meet that energy demand. Without it FPL would, in the near future, have to rely on natural gas for more than 70 percent of its energy production, a fuel source that has seen much volatility in recent years. In addition, natural gas supplies can be jeopardized whenever a hurricane roars through the Gulf of Mexico. Finally, FPL Group, FPL‘s parent company, is a founding member of the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, an alliance of major American businesses and leading environmental groups calling for swift federal action to reduce greenhouse gases. Indeed, if all utilities had FPL Group‘s CO2 emissions rate profile, the U.S. would already meet the Kyoto Protocol‘s targets for reducing greenhouse gases. Florida Power & Light Company is the principal subsidiary of FPL Group, Inc. （NYSE:FPL）, nationally known as a high quality, efficient and customer-driven organization focused on energy-related products and services. With annual revenues of nearly $16 billion and a growing presence in 26 states, FPL Group is widely recognized as one of the country‘s premier power companies. Florida Power & Light Company serves 4.4 million customer accounts in Florida. FPL Energy, LLC, FPL Group‘s competitive energy subsidiary, is a leader in producing electricity from clean and renewable fuels. Additional information is available on the Internet at www.FPL.com, www.FPLGroup.com, www.FPLEnergy.com.[/COLOR]