10. Commitments and Contingencies |
10.Commitments and Contingencies
Commitments - FPL Group and its subsidiaries have made commitments in connection with a portion of their projected capital expenditures.Capital expenditures at FPL include, among other things, the cost for construction or acquisition of additional facilities and equipmentto meet customer demand, as well as capital improvements to and maintenance of existing facilities.At NextEra Energy Resources, capital expenditures include, among other things, the cost, including capitalized interest, for construction of wind projects and the procurement of nuclear fuel.FPL FiberNet LLC's (FPL FiberNet) capital expenditures primarily include costs to meet customer-specific requirements and maintain its fiber-optic network.
At June30, 2009, planned capital expenditures for the remainder of 2009 through 2013 were estimated as follows:
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Total
(millions)
FPL:
Generation: (a)
New (b) (c) (d) $ 710 $ 1,205 $ 865 $ 350 $ 25 $ 3,155
Existing 355 680 610 515 430 2,590
Transmission and distribution 295 865 925 930 975 3,990
Nuclear fuel 90 135 215 220 265 925
General and other 95 290 315 300 230 1,230
Total $ 1,545 $ 3,175 $ 2,930 $ 2,315 $ 1,925 $ 11,890
NextEra Energy Resources:
Wind (e) $ 1,085 $ 20 $ 20 $ 20 $ 10 $ 1,155
Nuclear (f) 180 410 300 270 290 1,450
Natural gas 40 60 75 85 50 310
Other 60 55 45 35 35 230
Total $ 1,365 $ 545 $ 440 $ 410 $ 385 $ 3,145
FPL FiberNet $ 30 $ 30 $ 20 $ 20 $ 20 $ 120
(a)
Includes allowance for funds used during construction (AFUDC) of approximately $31 million, $53 million, $30 million and $4 million in 2009 to 2012, respectively.
(b)
Includes land, generating structures, transmission interconnection and integration and licensing.
(c)
Includes pre-construction costs and carrying charges (equal to the pretax AFUDC rate) on construction costs recoverable through the capacity clause of approximately $37 million, $143 million, $363 million, $51 million and $22 million in 2009 to 2013, respectively.
(d)
Excludes:capital expenditures of approximately $2.2 billion for the modernization of the Cape Canaveral and Riviera power plants for the period from early-2010 (when a decision regarding approval by the Florida Power Plant Siting Board (Siting Board), comprised of the Florida governor and cabinet, is expected) through 2013; construction costs of approximately $2.5 billion during the period 2012 to 2013 for the two additional nuclear units at FPL's Turkey Point site (construction costs will not begin until license approval is received from the NRC, which is expected in 2012); and capital expenditures of approximately $1.6 billion, including AFUDC, for an approximately 300-mile underground natural gas pipeline in Florida, which FPL |