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FPL Promises Your Power Will Be Back By Sunday Night — With One Catch

Pedro Portal
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Miami Herald
Lineman Titus Beaumonan, with Pike company working with FPL reconnects a main power line at the intersection of 137th Ave. and 140th Street in Kendall a day after Hurricane Irma left South Florida heading to the West coast, on September 11, 2017.

If you’re still fretting in the dark about when your power will finally be restored, take heart: Florida Power & Light Co. has doubled-down on its promise to have the electricity up and running for all homes and businesses on the state’s east coast by the end of Sunday Sept. 17.

The west coast, where Hurricane Irma caused the greatest damage, will be back online by Friday Sept. 22.

“We are on track with our restoration efforts and we are working non-stop to meet the expectations we have given,” said FPL spokesman Bryan Garner during a press conference Thursday morning.

Read more at our news partner, The Miami Herald

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