Florida’s largest electric utility has completed the installation of 4.5 million "smart meters," a project funded partly by $200 million in U.S. Dept. of Energy grants from the 2009 stimulus law.
In announcing the finalization of the smart grid enhancements, Juno Beach, Fla.-based Florida Power & Light Co. stated that it had invested $600 million in the effort, which aims to enhance the utility’s ability to monitor its electrical grid and to identify problems and outages more quickly.