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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q


QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2011



Commission
File
Number
 
Exact name of registrants as specified in their
charters, address of principal executive offices and
registrants' telephone number
 
IRS Employer
Identification
Number
         
1-8841
 
NEXTERA ENERGY, INC.
 
59-2449419
2-27612
 
FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
 
59-0247775
   
700 Universe Boulevard
Juno Beach, Florida 33408
(561) 694-4000
   



State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization:  Florida

Indicate by check mark whether the registrants (1) have filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months and (2) have been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

NextEra Energy, Inc.    Yes þ    No ¨                                                                      Florida Power & Light Company    Yes þ    No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrants have submitted electronically and posted on their corporate website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrants were required to submit and post such files).

NextEra Energy, Inc.    Yes þ    No ¨                                                                      Florida Power & Light Company    Yes ¨    No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrants are a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

NextEra Energy, Inc.
Large Accelerated Filer þ
Accelerated Filer ¨
Non-Accelerated Filer ¨
Smaller Reporting Company ¨
Florida Power & Light Company
Large Accelerated Filer ¨
Accelerated Filer ¨
Non-Accelerated Filer þ
Smaller Reporting Company ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrants are shell companies (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).   Yes ¨   No þ

The number of shares outstanding of NextEra Energy, Inc. common stock, as of the latest practicable date:  Common Stock, $0.01 par value, outstanding as of March 31, 2011:  421,960,217 shares.

As of March 31, 2011, there were issued and outstanding 1,000 shares of Florida Power & Light Company common stock, without par value, all of which were held, beneficially and of record, by NextEra Energy, Inc.
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This combined Form 10-Q represents separate filings by NextEra Energy, Inc. and Florida Power & Light Company.  Information contained herein relating to an individual registrant is filed by that registrant on its own behalf.  Florida Power & Light Company makes no representations as to the information relating to NextEra Energy, Inc.'s other operations.

Florida Power & Light Company meets the conditions set forth in General Instruction H.(1)(a) and (b) of Form 10-Q and is therefore filing this Form with the reduced disclosure format.


 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS


   
Page No.
     
Forward-Looking Statements
2
     
 
PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
     
Item 1.
Financial Statements
5
Item 2.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
32
Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
45
Item 4.
Controls and Procedures
45
     
 
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
 
     
Item 1.
Legal Proceedings
46
Item 1A.
Risk Factors
46
Item 2.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
47
Item 5.
Other Information
47
Item 6.
Exhibits
48
     
Signatures
 
49

NextEra Energy, Inc., Florida Power & Light Company, NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc. and NextEra Energy Resources, LLC each has subsidiaries and affiliates with names that may include NextEra Energy, FPL, NextEra Energy Resources, FPL Group Capital, FPL Energy, FPLE and similar references.  For convenience and simplicity, in this report the terms NextEra Energy, FPL, Capital Holdings and NextEra Energy Resources are sometimes used as abbreviated references to specific subsidiaries, affiliates or groups of subsidiaries or affiliates.  The precise meaning depends on the context.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This report includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Any statements that express, or involve discussions as to, expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions, strategies, future events or performance (often, but not always, through the use of words or phrases such as will, will likely result, are expected to, will continue, is anticipated, aim, believe, could, should, would, estimated, may, plan, potential, projection, goals, target, outlook, predict and intend or words of similar meaning) are not statements of historical facts and may be forward-looking.  Forward-looking statements involve estimates, assumptions and uncertainties.  Accordingly, any such statements are qualified in their entirety by reference to, and are accompanied by, the following important factors (in addition to any assumptions and other factors referred to specifically in connection with such forward-looking statements) that could have a significant impact on NextEra Energy, Inc.'s (NextEra Energy) and/or Florida Power & Light Company's (FPL) operations and financial results, and could cause NextEra Energy's and/or FPL's actual results to differ materially from those contained or implied in forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of NextEra Energy and/or FPL in this combined Form 10-Q, in presentations, on their respective websites, in response to questions or otherwise.

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NextEra Energy’s and FPL’s financial results may be adversely affected by the extensive regulation of their businesses.
     
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NextEra Energy’s and FPL’s financial results could be negatively affected if they or their rate-regulated businesses are unable to recover, in a timely manner, certain costs, a return on certain assets or an appropriate return on capital from customers through regulated rates and, in the case of FPL, cost recovery clauses.
     
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NextEra Energy and FPL are subject to federal regulatory compliance and proceedings which have significant compliance costs and expose them to substantial monetary penalties and other sanctions.
     
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NextEra Energy and FPL may be adversely affected by increased governmental and regulatory scrutiny or negative publicity.
     
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NextEra Energy’s and FPL’s businesses are subject to risks associated with legislative and regulatory initiatives.
     
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NextEra Energy and FPL are subject to numerous environmental laws and regulations that require capital expenditures, increase their cost of operations and may expose them to liabilities.
     
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NextEra Energy’s and FPL’s businesses could be negatively affected by federal or state laws or regulations mandating new or additional limits on the production of greenhouse gas emissions.
 
 
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The construction, operation and maintenance of nuclear generation facilities involve risks that could result in fines or the closure of nuclear generation facilities owned by NextEra Energy or FPL and in increased costs and capital expenditures.
     
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NextEra Energy’s and FPL’s operating results could suffer if they do not proceed with projects under development or are unable to complete the construction of, or capital improvements to, generation, transmission, distribution or other facilities on schedule or within budget.
     
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The operation and maintenance of power generation, transmission and distribution facilities involve significant risks that could adversely affect the financial results of NextEra Energy and FPL.
     
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NextEra Energy and FPL are subject to operating risks associated with their natural gas and oil storage and pipeline infrastructure, and the use of such fuels in their generation facilities.
     
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NextEra Energy’s competitive energy business is subject to development and operating risks that could limit the revenue growth of this business and have other negative effects on NextEra Energy’s financial results.
     
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NextEra Energy’s competitive energy business is dependent on continued public policy support and governmental support for renewable energy, particularly wind and solar projects.
     
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NextEra Energy and FPL are subject to credit and performance risk from customers, counterparties and vendors.
     
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NextEra Energy’s and FPL’s financial results may continue to be negatively affected by slower customer growth and customer usage.
     
·
 
NextEra Energy’s and FPL’s financial results are subject to risks associated with weather conditions, such as the impact of severe weather.
     
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Disruptions, uncertainty or volatility in the credit and capital markets may negatively affect NextEra Energy’s and FPL’s ability to fund their liquidity and capital needs and to meet their growth objectives, and can also adversely affect the results of operations and financial condition of NextEra Energy and FPL and exert downward pressure on the market price of NextEra Energy’s common stock.
     
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NextEra Energy’s, NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc.'s (Capital Holdings) and FPL’s inability to maintain their current credit ratings may adversely affect NextEra Energy’s and FPL’s liquidity, limit the ability of NextEra Energy and FPL to grow their businesses, and increase interest costs, while the liquidity of the companies also could be impaired by the inability of their credit providers to maintain their current credit ratings or to fund their credit commitments.
     
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The use of derivative contracts by NextEra Energy and FPL in the normal course of business could result in financial losses or the payment of margin cash collateral that could adversely affect their financial results and liquidity.
     
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NextEra Energy’s and FPL’s financial results and liquidity could be materially adversely affected if the rules implementing the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) broaden the scope of its provisions regarding the regulation of over-the-counter (OTC) financial derivatives and make them applicable to NextEra Energy and FPL.
     
·
 
NextEra Energy’s ability to successfully identify, complete and integrate acquisitions is subject to significant risks, including, but not limited to, the effect of increased competition for acquisitions resulting from the consolidation of the power industry.
     
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NextEra Energy may be unable to meet its ongoing and future financial obligations and to pay dividends on its common stock if its subsidiaries are unable to pay upstream dividends or repay funds to NextEra Energy or if NextEra Energy is required to perform under guarantees of obligations of its subsidiaries.
     
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Changes in tax laws, as well as judgments and estimates used in the determination of tax-related asset and liability amounts, could adversely affect NextEra Energy’s and FPL’s financial results, financial condition and liquidity.
     
·
 
NextEra Energy’s and FPL’s retail businesses are subject to the risk that sensitive customer data may be compromised, which could result in an adverse impact to their reputation and/or the financial results of the retail businesses.
     
·
 
A failure in NextEra Energy’s and FPL’s operational systems or infrastructure, or those of third parties, could impair their liquidity, disrupt their businesses, result in the disclosure of confidential information and adversely affect their financial results.
     
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Threats of terrorism and catastrophic events that could result from terrorism, cyber attacks, or individuals and/or groups attempting to disrupt NextEra Energy’s and FPL’s businesses, or the businesses of third parties, may impact the operations of NextEra Energy and FPL in unpredictable ways and could adversely affect NextEra Energy’s and FPL’s financial results and liquidity.
 
 
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The ability of NextEra Energy and FPL to obtain insurance and the terms of any available insurance coverage could be adversely affected by international, national, state or local events and company-specific events, as well as the financial condition of insurers. NextEra Energy’s and FPL’s insurance coverage may not provide protection against all significant losses.
     
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The businesses and financial results of NextEra Energy and FPL could be negatively affected by the lack of a qualified workforce, work strikes or stoppages and increasing personnel costs.
     
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Poor market performance and other economic factors could affect NextEra Energy’s and FPL’s nuclear decommissioning funds’ asset value or defined benefit pension plan’s funded status, which may adversely affect NextEra Energy’s and FPL’s liquidity and financial results.
     
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Increasing costs associated with health care plans may adversely affect NextEra Energy's and FPL's financial results.

These factors should be read together with the risk factors included in Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors in NextEra Energy's and FPL's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 (2010 Form 10-K) and Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors in this combined Form 10-Q, and investors should refer to those sections of the 2010 Form 10-K and this combined Form 10-Q.  Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made, and NextEra Energy and FPL undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances, including, but not limited to, unanticipated events, after the date on which such statement is made, unless otherwise required by law.  New factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible for management to predict all of such factors, nor can it assess the impact of each such factor on the business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained or implied in any forward-looking statement.

Website Access to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Filings.  NextEra Energy and FPL make their SEC filings, including the annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and any amendments to those reports, available free of charge on NextEra Energy's internet website, www.nexteraenergy.com, as soon as reasonably practicable after they are electronically filed with or furnished to the SEC.  Information on NextEra Energy's website (or any of its subsidiaries' websites) is not incorporated by reference in this combined Form 10-Q.  The SEC maintains an internet website at www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy statements and other information about NextEra Energy and FPL filed electronically with the SEC.
 
 
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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.  Financial Statements

NEXTERA ENERGY, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(millions, except per share amounts)
(unaudited)



   
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
             
OPERATING REVENUES
  $ 3,134     $ 3,622  
                 
OPERATING EXPENSES
               
Fuel, purchased power and interchange
    1,404       1,349  
Other operations and maintenance
    693       659  
Depreciation and amortization
    331       414  
Taxes other than income taxes and other
    278       261  
Total operating expenses
    2,706       2,683  
                 
OPERATING INCOME
    428       939  
                 
OTHER INCOME (DEDUCTIONS)
               
Interest expense
    (254 )     (238 )
Equity in earnings of equity method investees
    10       7  
Allowance for equity funds used during construction
    12       7  
Interest income
    21       18  
Gains on disposal of assets - net
    17       39  
Other - net
    2       (2 )
Total other deductions - net
    (192 )     (169 )
                 
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES
    236       770  
                 
INCOME TAXES
    (32 )     214  
                 
NET INCOME
  $ 268     $ 556  
                 
Earnings per share of common stock:
               
Basic
  $ 0.64     $ 1.36  
Assuming dilution
  $ 0.64     $ 1.36  
                 
Dividends per share of common stock
  $ 0.55     $ 0.50  
                 
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding:
               
Basic
    415.8       407.5  
Assuming dilution
    418.4       410.1  











This report should be read in conjunction with the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Notes) herein and the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements appearing in the 2010 Form 10-K for NextEra Energy and FPL.

 
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NEXTERA ENERGY, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(millions)
(unaudited)

   
March 31,
2011
   
December 31,
2010
 
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
           
Electric utility plant in service and other property
  $ 49,208     $ 48,841  
Nuclear fuel
    1,586       1,539  
Construction work in progress
    4,511       3,841  
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
    (15,368 )     (15,146 )
Total property, plant and equipment - net ($2,375 and $2,398 related to VIEs, respectively)
    39,937       39,075  
                 
CURRENT ASSETS
               
Cash and cash equivalents
    425       302  
Customer receivables, net of allowances of $10 and $20, respectively
    1,285       1,509  
Other receivables
    717       1,073  
Materials, supplies and fossil fuel inventory
    875       857  
Regulatory assets:
               
Deferred clause and franchise expenses
    266       368  
Derivatives
    158       236  
Other
    82       82  
Derivatives
    418       506  
Other
    293       325  
Total current assets
    4,519       5,258  
                 
OTHER ASSETS
               
Special use funds
    3,887       3,742  
Other investments
    931       971  
Prepaid benefit costs
    1,278       1,259  
Regulatory assets:
               
Securitized storm-recovery costs ($349 and $356 related to a VIE, respectively)
    567       581  
Other
    407       329  
Other
    1,731       1,779  
Total other assets
    8,801       8,661  
                 
TOTAL ASSETS
  $ 53,257     $ 52,994  
                 
CAPITALIZATION
               
Common stock
  $ 4     $ 4  
Additional paid-in capital
    5,481       5,418  
Retained earnings
    8,912       8,873  
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    202       166  
Total common shareholders' equity
    14,599       14,461  
Long-term debt ($1,287 and $1,338 related to VIEs, respectively)
    18,288       18,013  
Total capitalization
    32,887       32,474  
                 
CURRENT LIABILITIES
               
Commercial paper
    1,378       889  
Current maturities of long-term debt
    1,588       1,920  
Accounts payable
    1,075       1,124  
Customer deposits
    637       634  
Accrued interest and taxes
    487       462  
Regulatory liabilities:
               
Deferred clause and franchise revenues
    40       47  
Other
    2       4  
Derivatives
    467       536  
Accrued construction-related expenditures
    255       371  
Other
    810       917  
Total current liabilities
    6,739       6,904  
                 
OTHER LIABILITIES AND DEFERRED CREDITS
               
Asset retirement obligations
    1,582       1,639  
Accumulated deferred income taxes
    5,157       5,109  
Regulatory liabilities:
               
Accrued asset removal costs
    2,198       2,244  
Asset retirement obligation regulatory expense difference
    1,657       1,592  
Other
    451       423  
Derivatives
    226       243  
Deferral related to differential membership interests - VIEs
    940       949  
Other
    1,420       1,417  
Total other liabilities and deferred credits
    13,631       13,616  
                 
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
               
                 
TOTAL CAPITALIZATION AND LIABILITIES
  $ 53,257     $ 52,994  

This report should be read in conjunction with the Notes herein and the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements appearing in the 2010 Form 10-K for NextEra Energy and FPL.

 
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NEXTERA ENERGY, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(millions)
(unaudited)

   
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
           
Net income
  $ 268     $ 556  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
               
Depreciation and amortization
    331       414  
Nuclear fuel amortization
    71       72  
Unrealized (gains) losses on marked to market energy contracts
    231       (324 )
Deferred income taxes
    9       270  
Cost recovery clauses and franchise fees
    61       (392 )
Changes in prepaid option premiums and derivative settlements
    11       164  
Equity in earnings of equity method investees
    (10 )     (7 )
Distributions of earnings from equity method investees
    23       -  
Allowance for equity funds used during construction
    (12 )     (7 )
Gains on disposal of assets - net
    (17 )     (39 )
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
               
Customer receivables
    229       257  
Other receivables
    21       (6 )
Materials, supplies and fossil fuel inventory
    (18 )     26  
Other current assets
    -       (12 )
Other assets
    (36 )     (30 )
Accounts payable
    (105 )     (22 )
Customer deposits
    3       15  
Margin cash collateral
    (25 )     16  
Income taxes
    (43 )     (75 )
Interest and other taxes
    61       16  
Other current liabilities
    (71 )     (40 )
Other liabilities
    6       9  
Other - net
    (5 )     35  
Net cash provided by operating activities
    983       896  
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
               
Capital expenditures of FPL
    (658 )     (794 )
Independent power and other investments of NextEra Energy Resources
    (633 )     (567 )
Cash grants under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
    377       99  
Nuclear fuel purchases
    (47 )     (37 )
Other capital expenditures
    (106 )     (15 )
Proceeds from sale or maturity of securities in special use funds
    1,347       2,563  
Purchases of securities in special use funds
    (1,367 )     (2,600 )
Proceeds from sale or maturity of other securities
    154       244  
Purchases of other securities
    (177 )     (253 )
Other - net
    33       (1 )
Net cash used in investing activities
    (1,077 )     (1,361 )
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
               
Issuances of long-term debt
    201       800  
Retirements of long-term debt
    (252 )     (102 )
Net change in short-term debt
    488       916  
Issuances of common stock - net
    18       12  
Dividends on common stock
    (229 )     (204 )
Other - net
    (9 )     20  
Net cash provided by financing activities
    217       1,442  
                 
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
    123       977  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    302       238  
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 425     $ 1,215  
                 
SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE OF NONCASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES
               
Accrued property additions
  $ 499     $ 571  

This report should be read in conjunction with the Notes herein and the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements appearing in the 2010 Form 10-K for NextEra Energy and FPL.

 
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FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(millions)
(unaudited)


   
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
             
OPERATING REVENUES
  $ 2,246     $ 2,328  
                 
OPERATING EXPENSES
               
Fuel, purchased power and interchange
    1,071       1,107  
Other operations and maintenance
    374       373  
Depreciation and amortization
    142       229  
Taxes other than income taxes and other
    253       226  
Total operating expenses
    1,840       1,935  
                 
OPERATING INCOME
    406       393  
                 
OTHER INCOME (DEDUCTIONS)
               
Interest expense
    (91 )     (87 )
Allowance for equity funds used during construction
    11       7  
Other - net
    -       (1 )
Total other deductions - net
    (80 )     (81 )
                 
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES
    326       312  
                 
INCOME TAXES
    121       121  
                 
NET INCOME
  $ 205     $ 191  































This report should be read in conjunction with the Notes herein and the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements appearing in the 2010 Form 10-K for NextEra Energy and FPL.


 
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FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(millions)
(unaudited)

   
March 31,
2011
   
December 31,
2010
 
ELECTRIC UTILITY PLANT
           
Plant in service
  $ 29,729     $ 29,519  
Nuclear fuel
    794       729  
Construction work in progress
    2,460       2,175  
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
    (10,931 )     (10,871 )
Electric utility plant - net
    22,052       21,552  
                 
CURRENT ASSETS
               
Cash and cash equivalents
    21       20  
Customer receivables, net of allowances of $10 and $17, respectively
    574       710  
Other receivables
    311       395  
Materials, supplies and fossil fuel inventory
    527       505  
Regulatory assets:
               
Deferred clause and franchise expenses
    266       368  
Derivatives
    158       236  
Other
    76       76  
Other
    129       145  
Total current assets
    2,062       2,455  
                 
OTHER ASSETS
               
Special use funds
    2,722       2,637  
Prepaid benefit costs
    1,048       1,035  
Regulatory assets:
               
Securitized storm-recovery costs ($349 and $356 related to a VIE, respectively)
    567       581  
Other
    372       293  
Other
    161       145  
Total other assets
    4,870       4,691  
                 
TOTAL ASSETS
  $ 28,984     $ 28,698  
                 
CAPITALIZATION
               
Common stock
  $ 1,373     $ 1,373  
Additional paid-in capital
    5,054       5,054  
Retained earnings
    3,150       3,364  
Total common shareholder's equity
    9,577       9,791  
Long-term debt ($460 and $486 related to a VIE, respectively)
    6,657       6,682  
Total capitalization
    16,234       16,473  
                 
CURRENT LIABILITIES
               
Commercial paper
    431       101  
Current maturities of long-term debt
    48       45  
Accounts payable
    569       554  
Customer deposits
    631       628  
Accrued interest and taxes
    317       311  
Regulatory liabilities - deferred clause and franchise revenues
    40       47  
Derivatives
    167       245  
Accrued construction-related expenditures
    168       183  
Other
    347       394  
Total current liabilities
    2,718       2,508  
                 
OTHER LIABILITIES AND DEFERRED CREDITS
               
Asset retirement obligations
    1,097       1,083  
Accumulated deferred income taxes
    4,083       3,835  
Regulatory liabilities:
               
Accrued asset removal costs
    2,198       2,244  
Asset retirement obligation regulatory expense difference
    1,657       1,592  
Other
    413       377  
Other
    584       586  
Total other liabilities and deferred credits
    10,032       9,717  
                 
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
               
                 
TOTAL CAPITALIZATION AND LIABILITIES
  $ 28,984     $ 28,698  

This report should be read in conjunction with the Notes herein and the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements appearing in the 2010 Form 10-K for NextEra Energy and FPL.

 
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FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(millions)
(unaudited)


   
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
           
Net income
  $ 205     $ 191  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
               
Depreciation and amortization
    142       229  
Nuclear fuel amortization
    34       36  
Deferred income taxes
    220       123  
Cost recovery clauses and franchise fees
    61       (392 )
Allowance for equity funds used during construction
    (11 )     (7 )
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
               
Customer receivables
    136       192  
Other receivables
    33       18  
Materials, supplies and fossil fuel inventory
    (22 )     12  
Other current assets
    (6 )     (14 )
Other assets
    (15 )     (27 )
Accounts payable
    (47 )     2  
Customer deposits
    2       14  
Income taxes
    (132 )     (68 )
Interest and other taxes
    73       53  
Other current liabilities
    (27 )     (25 )
Other liabilities
    (1 )     21  
Other - net
    (13 )     31  
Net cash provided by operating activities
    632       389  
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
               
Capital expenditures
    (658 )     (794 )
Cash grants under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
    154       44  
Nuclear fuel purchases
    (36 )     (7 )
Proceeds from sale or maturity of securities in special use funds
    964       2,199  
Purchases of securities in special use funds
    (978 )     (2,230 )
Other - net
    -       1  
Net cash used in investing activities
    (554 )     (787 )
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
               
Issuances of long-term debt
    -       499  
Retirements of long-term debt
    (24 )     (22 )
Net change in short-term debt
    330       426  
Dividends
    (400 )     -  
Other - net
    17       2  
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
    (77 )     905  
                 
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
    1       507  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    20       83  
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 21     $ 590  
                 
SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE OF NONCASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES
               
Accrued property additions
  $ 331     $ 285  






This report should be read in conjunction with the Notes herein and the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements appearing in the 2010 Form 10-K for NextEra Energy and FPL.

 
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NEXTERA ENERGY, INC. AND FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the 2010 Form 10-K for NextEra Energy and FPL.  In the opinion of NextEra Energy and FPL management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for fair financial statement presentation have been made.  Certain amounts included in the prior year's condensed consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current year's presentation.  The results of operations for an interim period generally will not give a true indication of results for the year.

1.  Employee Retirement Benefits

NextEra Energy sponsors a qualified noncontributory defined benefit pension plan for substantially all employees of NextEra Energy and its subsidiaries and has a supplemental executive retirement plan, which includes a non-qualified supplemental defined benefit pension component that provides benefits to a select group of management and highly compensated employees (collectively, pension benefits).  In addition to pension benefits, NextEra Energy sponsors a contributory postretirement plan for health care and life insurance benefits (other benefits) for retirees of NextEra Energy and its subsidiaries meeting certain eligibility requirements.

The components of net periodic benefit (income) cost for the plans are as follows:

   
Pension Benefits
   
Other Benefits
 
   
Three Months Ended
March 31,
   
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
   
2011
   
2010
 
   
(millions)
 
                         
Service cost
  $ 16     $ 15     $ 2     $ 1  
Interest cost
    25       26       5       6  
Expected return on plan assets
    (60 )     (60 )     (1 )     (1 )
Amortization of transition obligation
    -       -       1       1  
Amortization of prior service benefit
    (1 )     (1 )     -       -  
Net periodic benefit (income) cost at NextEra Energy
  $ (20 )   $ (20 )   $ 7     $ 7  
Net periodic benefit (income) cost at FPL
  $ (13 )   $ (14 )   $ 5     $ 6  

2.  Derivative Instruments

NextEra Energy and FPL use derivative instruments (primarily swaps, options, futures and forwards) to manage the commodity price risk inherent in the purchase and sale of fuel and electricity, as well as interest rate and foreign currency exchange rate risk associated with outstanding and forecasted debt issuances, and to optimize the value of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC's (NextEra Energy Resources) power generation assets.

With respect to commodities related to NextEra Energy's competitive energy business, NextEra Energy Resources employs risk management procedures to conduct its activities related to optimizing the value of its power generation assets, providing full energy and capacity requirements services primarily to distribution utilities, and engaging in power and gas marketing and trading activities to take advantage of expected future favorable price movements and changes in the expected volatility of prices in the energy markets.  These risk management activities involve the use of derivative instruments executed within prescribed limits to manage the risk associated with fluctuating commodity prices.  Transactions in derivative instruments are executed on recognized exchanges or via the OTC markets, depending on the most favorable credit terms and market execution factors.  For NextEra Energy Resources' power generation assets, derivative instruments are used to hedge the commodity price risk associated with the fuel requirements of the assets, where applicable, as well as to hedge all or a portion of the expected energy output of these assets.  These hedges protect NextEra Energy Resources against adverse changes in the wholesale forward commodity markets associated with its generation assets.  With regard to full energy and capacity requirements services, NextEra Energy Resources is required to vary the quantity of energy and related services based on the load demands of the customer served by the distribution utility.  For this type of transaction, derivative instruments are used to hedge the anticipated electricity quantities required to serve these customers and protect against unfavorable changes in the forward energy markets.  Additionally, NextEra Energy Resources takes positions in the energy markets based on differences between actual forward market levels and management's view of fundamental market conditions.  NextEra Energy Resources uses derivative instruments to realize value from these market dislocations, subject to strict risk management limits around market, operational and credit exposure.
 
 
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Derivative instruments, when required to be marked to market, are recorded on NextEra Energy's and FPL's condensed consolidated balance sheets as either an asset or liability measured at fair value.  At FPL, substantially all changes in the derivatives' fair value are deferred as a regulatory asset or liability until the contracts are settled, and, upon settlement, any gains or losses are passed through the fuel and purchased power cost recovery clause (fuel clause) or the capacity cost recovery clause (capacity clause).  For NextEra Energy's non-rate regulated operations, predominantly NextEra Energy Resources, unless hedge accounting is applied, essentially all changes in the derivatives' fair value for power purchases and sales and trading activities are recognized on a net basis in operating revenues; fuel purchases and sales are recognized on a net basis in fuel, purchased power and interchange expense; and the equity method investees' related activity is recognized in equity in earnings of equity method investees in NextEra Energy's condensed consolidated statements of income.  Settlement gains and losses are included within the line items in the condensed consolidated statements of income to which they relate.  Settlements related to derivative instruments are primarily recognized in net cash provided by operating activities in NextEra Energy's and FPL's condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.

While most of NextEra Energy's derivatives are entered into for the purpose of managing commodity price risk, reducing the impact of volatility in interest rates on outstanding and forecasted debt issuances and managing foreign currency risk, hedge accounting is only applied where specific criteria are met and it is practicable to do so.  In order to apply hedge accounting, the transaction must be designated as a hedge and it must be highly effective in offsetting the hedged risk.  Additionally, for hedges of forecasted transactions, the forecasted transactions must be probable.  For commodity derivatives, NextEra Energy Resources believes that, where offsetting positions exist at the same location for the same time, the transactions are considered to have been netted and therefore physical delivery has been deemed not to have occurred for financial reporting purposes.  Transactions for which physical delivery is deemed not to have occurred are presented on a net basis in the condensed consolidated statements of income.  For interest rate swaps and foreign currency derivative instruments, generally NextEra Energy assesses a hedging instrument's effectiveness by using nonstatistical methods including dollar value comparisons of the change in the fair value of the derivative to the change in the fair value or cash flows of the hedged item.  Hedge effectiveness is tested at the inception of the hedge and on at least a quarterly basis throughout its life.  The effective portion of the gain or loss on a derivative instrument designated as a cash flow hedge is reported as a component of other comprehensive income (OCI) and is reclassified into earnings in the period(s) during which the transaction being hedged affects earnings.  See Note 6.  The ineffective portion of net unrealized gains (losses) on these hedges is reported in earnings in the current period.  At March 31, 2011, NextEra Energy's accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) included amounts related to discontinued commodity cash flow hedges with expiration dates through December 2012; interest rate cash flow hedges with expiration dates through September 2028; and foreign currency cash flow hedges with expiration dates through September 2030.

The net fair values of NextEra Energy's and FPL's mark-to-market derivative instrument assets (liabilities) are included in the condensed consolidated balance sheets as follows:

 
NextEra Energy
 
FPL
 
 
March 31,
2011
 
December 31,
2010
 
March 31,
2011
 
December 31,
2010
 
 
(millions)
 
                         
Current derivative assets(a)
$
418
 
$
506
 
$
9
(b)
$
8
(b)
Noncurrent other assets(c)
 
470
   
589
   
12
   
1
 
Current derivative liabilities(d)
 
(467
)
 
(536
)
 
(167
)
 
(245
)
Noncurrent derivative liabilities(e)
 
(226
)
 
(243
)
 
-
   
-
 
Total mark-to-market derivative instrument assets (liabilities)
$
195
 
$
316
 
$
(146
)
$
(236
)
¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾
(a)  
At March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, NextEra Energy's balances reflect the netting of approximately $29 million and $23 million (none at FPL), respectively, in margin cash collateral received from counterparties.
(b)  
Included in current other assets on FPL's condensed consolidated balance sheets.
(c)  
At March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, NextEra Energy's balances reflect the netting of approximately $8 million and $43 million (none at FPL), respectively, in margin cash collateral received from counterparties.
(d)  
At March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, NextEra Energy's balances reflect the netting of approximately $13 million and $23 million (none at FPL), respectively, in margin cash collateral provided to counterparties.
(e)  
At March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, NextEra Energy's balances reflect the netting of approximately $87 million and $72 million (none at FPL), respectively, in margin cash collateral provided to counterparties.

At March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, NextEra Energy had approximately $13 million and $7 million (none at FPL), respectively, in margin cash collateral received from counterparties that was not offset against derivative assets.  These amounts are included in other current liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.  Additionally, at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, NextEra Energy had approximately $56 million and $58 million (none at FPL), respectively, in margin cash collateral provided to counterparties that was not offset against derivative liabilities.  These amounts are included in other current assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
 
 
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As discussed above, NextEra Energy uses derivative instruments to, among other things, manage its commodity price risk, interest rate risk and foreign currency exchange rate risk.  The table above presents NextEra Energy's and FPL's net derivative positions at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, which reflect the offsetting of positions of certain transactions within the portfolio, the contractual ability to settle contracts under master netting arrangements and the netting of margin cash collateral.  However, disclosure rules require that the following tables be presented on a gross basis.

The fair values of NextEra Energy's derivatives designated as hedging instruments for accounting purposes are presented below as gross asset and liability values, as required by disclosure rules.

   
March 31, 2011
   
December 31, 2010
 
   
Derivative
Assets
   
Derivative
Liabilities
   
Derivative
Assets
   
Derivative
Liabilities
 
   
(millions)
 
Interest rate swaps:
                       
Current derivative assets
  $ 13     $ -     $ 16     $ -  
Current derivative liabilities
    -       72       -       64  
Noncurrent other assets
    108       -       91       -  
Noncurrent derivative liabilities
    -       51       -       59  
Foreign currency swaps:
                               
Current derivative assets
    19       -       24       -  
Current derivative liabilities
    -       3       -       4  
Noncurrent other assets
    2       -       11       -  
Total
  $ 142     $ 126     $ 142     $ 127  

Gains (losses) related to NextEra Energy's cash flow hedges are recorded on NextEra Energy's condensed consolidated financial statements (none at FPL) as follows:

   
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2011
 
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2010
 
   
Commodity
Contracts
 
Interest
Rate
Swaps
 
Foreign
Currency
Swaps
 
Total
 
Commodity
Contracts
 
Interest
Rate
Swaps
 
Foreign
Currency
Swap
 
Total
 
   
(millions)
 
                                                   
Gains (losses) recognized in OCI
 
$
-
 
$
1
 
$
(16
)
$
(15
)
$
20
 
$
(34
)
$
(4
)
$
(18
)
Gains (losses) reclassified from AOCI to net income
 
$
5
(a)
$
(19
)(b)
$
(11
)(c)
$
(25
)
$
36
(a)
$
(17
)(b)
$
(2
)(c)
$
17
 
Gains (losses) recognized in income(d)
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
1
(a)
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
1
 
¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾
(a)  
Included in operating revenues.
(b)  
Included in interest expense.
(c)  
Loss of approximately $1 million is included in interest expense and the balance is included in other - net.
(d)  
Represents the ineffective portion of the hedging instrument.

For the three months ended March 31, 2011, NextEra Energy recorded a loss of approximately $6 million on three fair value hedges which is reflected in interest expense in the condensed consolidated statements of income and resulted in a corresponding reduction in the related debt.  For the three months ended March 31, 2010, NextEra Energy recorded a loss of less than $1 million on a fair value hedge which is reflected in interest expense in the condensed consolidated statements of income and resulted in a corresponding reduction in the related debt.
 
 
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The fair values of NextEra Energy's and FPL's derivatives not designated as hedging instruments for accounting purposes are presented below as gross asset and liability values, as required by disclosure rules.  However, the majority of the underlying contracts are subject to master netting arrangements and would not be contractually settled on a gross basis.

   
March 31, 2011
 
December 31, 2010
 
   
NextEra Energy
 
FPL
 
NextEra Energy
 
FPL
 
   
Derivative
Assets
 
Derivative
Liabilities
 
Derivative
Assets
 
Derivative
Liabilities
 
Derivative
Assets
 
Derivative
Liabilities
 
Derivative
Assets
 
Derivative
Liabilities
 
   
(millions)
 
Commodity contracts:
                                                 
Current derivative assets
 
$
741
 
$
334
 
$
15
(a)
$
6
(a)
$
754
 
$
278
 
$
9
(a)
$
1
(a)
Current derivative liabilities
   
1,630
   
2,035
   
21
   
188
   
1,848
   
2,339
   
12
   
257
 
Noncurrent other assets
   
520
   
152
   
12
   
-
   
687
   
157
   
1
   
-
 
Noncurrent derivative liabilities
   
857
   
1,119
   
-
   
-
   
828
   
1,084
   
-
   
-
 
Foreign currency swap:
                                                 
Current derivative assets
   
8
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
13
   
-
   
-
   
-
 
Total
 
$
3,756
 
$
3,640
 
$
48
 
$
194
 
$
4,130
 
$
3,858
 
$
22
 
$
258
 
¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾
(a)  
Included in current other assets on FPL's condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Gains (losses) related to NextEra Energy's derivatives not designated as hedging instruments are recorded on NextEra Energy's condensed consolidated statements of income (none at FPL) as follows:

 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
 
2011
 
2010
 
 
(millions)
 
Commodity contracts:
           
Operating revenues
$
(152
)(a)
$
269
(a)
Fuel, purchased power and interchange
 
(25
)
 
68
 
Foreign currency swap:
           
Other - net
 
(5
)
 
(2
)
Total
$
(182
)
$
335
 
¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾
(a)  
In addition, for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, FPL recorded less than $1 million and approximately $454 million of losses, respectively, related to commodity contracts as regulatory assets on its condensed consolidated balance sheets.

The following table represents net notional volumes associated with derivative instruments that are required to be reported at fair value in NextEra Energy's and FPL's condensed consolidated financial statements.  The table includes significant volumes of transactions that have minimal exposure to commodity price changes because they are variably priced agreements.  The table does not present a complete picture of NextEra Energy's and FPL's overall net economic exposure because NextEra Energy and FPL do not use derivative instruments to hedge all of their commodity exposures.  At March 31, 2011, NextEra Energy and FPL had derivative commodity contracts for the following net notional volumes:

Commodity Type
 
NextEra Energy
 
FPL
   
(millions)
         
Power
 
(72
)
mwh(a)
 
-
 
Natural gas
 
1,053
 
mmbtu(b)
 
793
 mmbtu(b)
Oil
 
-
     
2
 barrels
¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾
(a)  
Megawatt-hours
(b)  
One million British thermal units

At March 31, 2011, NextEra Energy had 23 interest rate swaps with a notional amount totaling approximately $4.2 billion and three foreign currency swaps with a notional amount totaling approximately $408 million.

Certain of NextEra Energy's and FPL's derivative instruments contain credit-risk-related contingent features including, among other things, the requirement to maintain an investment grade credit rating from specified credit rating agencies and certain financial ratios, as well as credit-related cross-default and material adverse change triggers.  At March 31, 2011, the aggregate fair value of NextEra Energy's derivative instruments with credit-risk-related contingent features that were in a liability position was approximately $1.5 billion ($0.2 billion for FPL).
 
 
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If the credit-risk-related contingent features underlying these agreements and other commodity-related contracts were triggered, NextEra Energy or FPL could be required to post collateral or settle contracts according to contractual terms which generally allow netting of contracts in offsetting positions.  Certain contracts contain multiple types of credit-related triggers.  To the extent these contracts contain a credit ratings downgrade trigger, the maximum exposure is included in the following credit ratings collateral posting requirements.  If FPL's and Capital Holdings' credit ratings were downgraded to BBB/Baa2 (a two level downgrade for FPL and a one level downgrade for Capital Holdings from the current lowest applicable rating), NextEra Energy would be required to post collateral such that the total posted collateral would be approximately $300 million ($50 million at FPL).  If FPL's and Capital Holdings' credit ratings were downgraded to below investment grade, NextEra Energy would be required to post additional collateral such that the total posted collateral would be approximately $2.0 billion ($0.6 billion at FPL).  Some contracts at NextEra Energy, including some FPL contracts, do not contain credit ratings downgrade triggers, but do contain provisions that require certain financial measures be maintained and/or have credit-related cross-default triggers.  In the event these provisions were triggered, NextEra Energy could be required to post additional collateral of up to approximately $600 million ($100 million at FPL).

Collateral may be posted in the form of cash or credit support.  At March 31, 2011, NextEra Energy had posted approximately $130 million (none at FPL) in the form of letters of credit, related to derivatives, in the normal course of business which could be applied toward the collateral requirements described above.  FPL and Capital Holdings have bank revolving line of credit facilities in excess of the collateral requirements described above that would be available to support, among other things, derivative activities.  Under the terms of the bank revolving line of credit facilities, maintenance of a specific credit rating is not a condition to drawing on these credit facilities, although there are other conditions to drawing on these credit facilities.

Additionally, some contracts contain certain adequate assurance provisions where a counterparty may demand additional collateral based on subjective events and/or conditions.  Due to the subjective nature of these provisions, NextEra Energy and FPL are unable to determine an exact value for these items and they are not included in any of the quantitative disclosures above.

3.  Fair Value Measurements

NextEra Energy and FPL use several different valuation techniques to measure the fair value of assets and liabilities, relying primarily on the market approach of using prices and other market information for identical and/or comparable assets and liabilities for those assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis.  NextEra Energy's and FPL's assessment of the significance of any particular input to the fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect their placement within the fair value hierarchy levels.  Non-performance risk is also considered in the determination of fair value for all assets and liabilities measured at fair value, including the consideration of a credit valuation adjustment.

Cash Equivalents - Cash equivalents consist of short-term, highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less.  NextEra Energy and FPL primarily hold investments in money market funds.  The fair value of these funds is calculated using current market prices.

Special Use Funds and Other Investments - NextEra Energy and FPL hold primarily debt and equity securities directly, as well as indirectly through commingled funds.  Substantially all directly held equity securities are valued at their quoted market prices.  For directly held debt securities, multiple prices and price types are obtained from pricing vendors whenever possible, which enables cross-provider validations.  A primary price source is identified based on asset type, class or issue of each security.  Commingled funds, which are similar to mutual funds, are maintained by banks or investment companies and hold certain investments in accordance with a stated set of objectives.  The fair value of commingled funds is primarily derived from the quoted prices in active markets of the underlying securities.  Because the fund shares are offered to a limited group of investors, they are not considered to be traded in an active market.

Derivative Instruments - NextEra Energy and FPL measure the fair value of commodity contracts on a daily basis using prices observed on commodities exchanges and in the OTC markets, or through the use of industry-standard valuation techniques, such as option modeling or discounted cash flows techniques, incorporating both observable and unobservable valuation inputs.  The resulting measurements are the best estimate of fair value as represented by the transfer of the asset or liability through an orderly transaction in the marketplace at the measurement date.

Exchange-traded derivative assets and liabilities are valued directly using unadjusted quoted prices.  For exchange-traded derivative assets and liabilities where the principal market is deemed to be inactive based on average daily volumes and open interest, the measurement is established using settlement prices from the exchanges, and therefore considered to be valued using significant other observable inputs.
 
 
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NextEra Energy and FPL also enter into OTC commodity contract derivatives.  The majority of these contracts are transacted at liquid trading points, and the prices for these contracts are verified using quoted prices in active markets from exchanges, brokers or pricing services for similar contracts.  In instances where the reference exchange markets are deemed to be inactive or do not have a similar contract that trades on an exchange, the derivative assets and liabilities may be valued using significant other observable inputs and potentially significant unobservable inputs.  In such instances, the valuation for these contracts is established using techniques including extrapolation from or interpolation between actively traded contracts, or estimated basis adjustments from liquid trading points.

NextEra Energy, through NextEra Energy Resources, also enters into full requirements contracts, which, in many cases, meet the definition of derivatives and are measured at fair value.  These contracts typically have one or more inputs that are not observable and are significant to the valuation of the contract.  In addition, certain exchange and non-exchange traded derivative options at NextEra Energy have one or more significant inputs that are not observable, and are valued using industry-standard option models.

In all cases where NextEra Energy and FPL use significant unobservable inputs for the valuation of a commodity contract, consideration is given to the assumptions that market participants would use in valuing the asset or liability.  This includes, but is not limited to, assumptions about market liquidity, volatility and contract duration.

NextEra Energy uses interest rate and foreign currency swaps to mitigate and adjust interest rate and foreign currency exposure related to certain outstanding and forecasted debt issuances and borrowings.  NextEra Energy estimates the fair value of these derivatives using a discounted cash flows valuation technique based on the net amount of estimated future cash inflows and outflows related to the swap agreements.
 
 
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NextEra Energy's and FPL's financial assets and liabilities and other fair value measurements made on a recurring basis by fair value hierarchy level are as follows:

   
March 31, 2011
 
   
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
or Liabilities
(Level 1)
 
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 
Netting(a)
 
Total
 
   
(millions)
 
Assets:
                               
Cash equivalents:
                               
NextEra Energy - equity securities
 
$
-
 
$
231
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
231
 
Special use funds:
                               
NextEra Energy:
                               
Equity securities
 
$
784
 
$
1,280
(b)
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
2,064
 
U.S. Government and municipal bonds
 
$
508
 
$
145
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
653
 
Corporate debt securities
 
$
-
 
$
485
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
485
 
Mortgage-backed securities
 
$
-
 
$
459
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
459
 
Other debt securities
 
$
-
 
$
126
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
126
 
FPL:
                               
Equity securities
 
$
134
 
$
1,126
(b)
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
1,260
 
U.S. Government and municipal bonds
 
$
444
 
$
131
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
575
 
Corporate debt securities
 
$
-
 
$
335
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
335
 
Mortgage-backed securities
 
$
-
 
$
393
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
393
 
Other debt securities
 
$
-
 
$
49
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
49
 
Other investments:
                               
NextEra Energy:
                               
Equity securities
 
$
3
 
$
1
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
4
 
U.S. Government and municipal bonds
 
$
15
 
$
2
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
17
 
Corporate debt securities
 
$
-
 
$
39
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
39
 
Mortgage-backed securities
 
$
-
 
$
29
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
29
 
Other
 
$
5
 
$
8
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
13
 
Derivatives:
                               
NextEra Energy:
                               
Commodity contracts
 
$
1,560
 
$
1,443
 
$
745
 
$
(3,010
)
$
738
(c)
Interest rate swaps
 
$
-
 
$
121
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
121
(c)
Foreign currency swaps
 
$
-
 
$
29
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
29
(c)
FPL - commodity contracts
 
$
-
 
$
41
 
$
7
 
$
(27
)
$
21
(c)
Liabilities:
                               
Derivatives:
                               
NextEra Energy:
                               
Commodity contracts
 
$
1,591
 
$
1,408
 
$
641
 
$
(3,073
)
$
567
(c)
Interest rate swaps
 
$
-
 
$
123
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
123
(c)
Foreign currency swaps
 
$
-
 
$
3
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
3
(c)
FPL - commodity contracts
 
$
-
 
$
192
 
$
2
 
$
(27
)
$
167
(c)
¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾
(a)  
Includes the effect of the contractual ability to settle contracts under master netting arrangements and margin cash collateral payments and receipts.
(b)  
At NextEra Energy, approximately $1,153 million ($1,042 million at FPL) are invested in commingled funds whose underlying investments would be Level 1 if those investments were held directly by NextEra Energy or FPL.
(c)  
See Note 2 for a reconciliation of net derivatives to NextEra Energy's and FPL's condensed consolidated balance sheets.
 
 
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December 31, 2010
 
   
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
or Liabilities
(Level 1)
 
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 
Netting(a)
 
Total
 
   
(millions)
 
Assets:
                               
Cash equivalents:
                               
NextEra Energy - equity securities
 
$
-
 
$
122
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
122
 
FPL - equity securities
 
$
-
 
$
7
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
7
 
Special use funds:
                               
NextEra Energy:
                               
Equity securities
 
$
741
 
$
1,245
(b)
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
1,986
 
U.S. Government and municipal bonds
 
$
495
 
$
127
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
622
 
Corporate debt securities
 
$
-
 
$
486
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
486
 
Mortgage-backed securities
 
$
-
 
$
447
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
447
 
Other debt securities
 
$
-
 
$
108
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
108
 
FPL:
                               
Equity securities
 
$
125
 
$
1,082
(b)
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
1,207
 
U.S. Government and municipal bonds
 
$
458
 
$
111
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
569
 
Corporate debt securities
 
$
-
 
$
334
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
334
 
Mortgage-backed securities
 
$
-
 
$
381
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
381
 
Other debt securities
 
$
-
 
$
41
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
41
 
Other investments:
                               
NextEra Energy:
                               
Equity securities
 
$
3
 
$
1
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
4
 
U.S. Government and municipal bonds
 
$
8
 
$
4
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
12
 
Corporate debt securities
 
$
-
 
$
32
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
32
 
Mortgage-backed securities
 
$
-
 
$
58
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
58
 
Other
 
$
5
 
$
10
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
15
 
Derivatives:
                               
NextEra Energy:
                               
Commodity contracts
 
$
1,755
 
$
1,538
 
$
824
 
$
(3,177
)
$
940
(c)
Interest rate swaps
 
$
-
 
$
107
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
107
(c)
Foreign currency swaps
 
$
-
 
$
48
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
48
(c)
FPL - commodity contracts
 
$
-
 
$
14
 
$
8
 
$
(13
)
$
9
(c)
Liabilities:
                               
Derivatives:
                               
NextEra Energy:
                               
Commodity contracts
 
$
1,821
 
$
1,509
 
$
528
 
$
(3,206
)
$
652
(c)
Interest rate swaps
 
$
-
 
$
123
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
123
(c)
Foreign currency swaps
 
$
-
 
$
4
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
4
(c)
FPL - commodity contracts
 
$
-
 
$
257
 
$
1
 
$
(13
)
$
245
(c)
¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾
(a)  
Includes the effect of the contractual ability to settle contracts under master netting arrangements and margin cash collateral payments and receipts.
(b)  
At NextEra Energy, approximately $1,084 million ($980 million at FPL) are invested in commingled funds whose underlying investments would be Level 1 if those investments were held directly by NextEra Energy or FPL.
(c)  
See Note 2 for a reconciliation of net derivatives to NextEra Energy's and FPL's condensed consolidated balance sheets.
 
 
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The reconciliation of changes in the fair value of derivatives that are based on significant unobservable inputs is as follows:

   
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2011
 
   
NextEra
Energy
   
FPL
 
   
(millions)
 
             
Fair value of net derivatives based on significant unobservable inputs at December 31 of prior year
  $ 296     $ 7  
Realized and unrealized gains (losses):
               
Included in earnings(a)
    (82 )     -  
Purchases
    88       -  
Sales
    -       -  
Settlements
    (45 )     (2 )
Issuances
    (152 )     -  
Transfers in(b)
    1       -  
Transfers out(b)
    (2 )     -  
Fair value of net derivatives based on significant unobservable inputs at March 31
  $ 104     $ 5  
The amount of gains (losses) for the period included in earnings attributable to the change in unrealized gains (losses) relating to derivatives still held at the reporting date(c)
  $ (80 )   $ -  
¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾
(a)  
For the three months ended March 31, 2011, $(92) million of realized and unrealized gains (losses) are reflected in operating revenues in the condensed consolidated statements of income.  For the three months ended March 31, 2011, $10 million of realized and unrealized gains (losses) are reflected in fuel, purchased power and interchange in the condensed consolidated statements of income.
(b)  
For the three months ended March 31, 2011, transfers into Level 3 were a result of decreased observability of market data and transfers from Level 3 to Level 2 were a result of increased observability of market data.  NextEra Energy's and FPL's policy is to recognize all transfers at the beginning of the reporting period.
(c)  
For the three months ended March 31, 2011, $(86) million of unrealized gains (losses) are reflected in operating revenues in the condensed consolidated statements of income.  For the three months ended March 31, 2011, $6 million of unrealized gains (losses) are reflected in fuel, purchased power and interchange in the condensed consolidated statements of income.


   
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2010
 
   
NextEra
Energy
   
FPL
 
   
(millions)
 
             
Fair value of net derivatives based on significant unobservable inputs at December 31 of prior year
  $ 364     $ 11  
Realized and unrealized gains (losses):
               
Included in earnings(a)
    460       -  
Included in regulatory assets and liabilities
    (1 )     (1 )
Purchases, sales, settlements and issuances
    (268 )     -  
Transfers in(b)
    1       -  
Transfers out(b)
    (7 )     -  
Fair value of net derivatives based on significant unobservable inputs at March 31
  $ 549     $ 10  
The amount of gains (losses) for the period included in earnings attributable to the change in unrealized gains (losses) relating to derivatives still held at the reporting date(c)
  $ 431     $ -  
¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾
(a)  
For the three months ended March 31, 2010, $452 million of realized and unrealized gains (losses) are reflected in operating revenues in the condensed consolidated statements of income.  For the three months ended March 31, 2010, $8 million of realized and unrealized gains (losses) are reflected in fuel, purchased power and interchange in the condensed consolidated statements of income.
(b)  
For the three months ended March 31, 2010, transfers into Level 3 were a result of decreased observability of market data and transfers from Level 3 to Level 2 were a result of increased observability of market data.  NextEra Energy's and FPL's policy is to recognize all transfers at the beginning of the reporting period.
(c)  
For the three months ended March 31, 2010, $421 million of unrealized gains (losses) are reflected in operating revenues in the condensed consolidated statements of income.  For the three months ended March 31, 2010, $10 million of unrealized gains (losses) are reflected in fuel, purchased power and interchange in the condensed consolidated statements of income.

4.  Financial Instruments

The carrying amounts of cash equivalents and commercial paper approximate their fair values.  At March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, other investments of NextEra Energy, not included in the table below, included financial instruments of approximately $98 million and $97 million ($4 million and $4 million at FPL), respectively, including $50 million and $48 million included in current other receivables on the condensed consolidated balance sheets (none at FPL), which primarily consist of notes receivable that are carried at estimated fair value or cost, which approximates fair value.
 
 
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The following estimates of the fair value of financial instruments have been made primarily using available market information.  However, the use of different market assumptions or methods of valuation could result in different estimated fair values.

   
March 31, 2011
 
December 31, 2010
 
   
Carrying
Amount
 
Estimated
Fair Value
 
Carrying
Amount
 
Estimated
Fair Value
 
   
(millions)
 
NextEra Energy:
     
Special use funds
 
$
3,887
(a)
$
3,887
(b)
$
3,742
(a)
$
3,742
(b)
Other investments:
                         
Notes receivable
 
$
504
 
$
561
(c)
$
525
 
$
583
(c)
Debt securities
 
$
93
(d)
$
93
(b)
$
114
(d)
$
114
(b)
Equity securities
 
$
72
 
$
148
(e)
$
57
 
$
125
(e)
Long-term debt, including current maturities
 
$
19,872
 
$
20,559
(f)
$
19,929
 
$
20,756
(f)
Interest rate swaps - net unrealized losses
 
$
(2
)
$
(2
)(g)
$
(16
)
$
(16
)(g)
Foreign currency swaps - net unrealized gains
 
$
26
 
$
26
(g)
$
44
 
$
44
(g)
                           
FPL:
                         
Special use funds
 
$
2,722
(a)
$
2,722
(b)
$
2,637
(a)
$
2,637
(b)
Long-term debt, including current maturities
 
$
6,705
 
$
7,061
(f)
$
6,727
 
$
7,236
(f)
¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾
(a)  
At March 31, 2011, includes $84 million of investments accounted for under the equity method and $16 million of loans not measured at fair value on a recurring basis ($100 million and $10 million, respectively, for FPL).  At December 31, 2010, includes $76 million of investments accounted for under the equity method and $17 million of loans not measured at fair value on a recurring basis ($94 million and $11 million, respectively, for FPL).  For the remaining balances, see Note 3 for classification by major security type.  The amortized cost of debt and equity securities is $1,677 million and $1,448 million, respectively, at March 31, 2011 and $1,616 million and $1,489 million, respectively, at December 31, 2010 ($1,312 million and $895 million, respectively, at March 31, 2011 and $1,281 million and $943 million, respectively, at December 31, 2010 for FPL).
(b)  
Based on quoted market prices for these or similar issues.
(c)  
Classified as held to maturity.  Based on market prices provided by external sources.  Notes receivable bear interest primarily at fixed rates and mature from 2014 to 2029.  Notes receivable are considered impaired and placed in non-accrual status when it becomes probable that all amounts due cannot be collected in accordance with the contractual terms of the agreement.  The assessment to place notes receivable in non-accrual status considers various credit indicators, such as credit standings and ratings and market-related information.  As of March 31, 2011, neither NextEra Energy nor FPL had any notes receivable reported in non-accrual status.
(d)  
Classified as trading securities.
(e)  
Modeled internally based on latest market data.
(f)  
Provided by external sources based on market prices indicative of market conditions.
(g)  
Modeled internally based on market values using discounted cash flow analysis and credit valuation adjustment.

Special Use Funds - The special use funds consist of FPL's storm fund assets of $126 million and NextEra Energy's and FPL's nuclear decommissioning fund assets of $3,761 million and $2,596 million, respectively, at March 31, 2011.  The majority of investments held in the special use funds consist of equity and debt securities which are classified as available for sale and are carried at estimated fair value (see Note 3).  For FPL's special use funds, consistent with regulatory treatment, changes in fair value, including any other than temporary impairment losses, result in a corresponding adjustment to the related regulatory liability accounts.  For NextEra Energy's non-rate regulated operations, changes in fair value result in a corresponding adjustment to OCI, except for unrealized losses associated with marketable securities considered to be other than temporary, including any credit losses, which are recognized as other than temporary impairment losses on securities held in nuclear decommissioning funds in NextEra Energy's condensed consolidated statements of income.  Debt securities included in the nuclear decommissioning funds have a weighted-average maturity at March 31, 2011 of approximately eight years at both NextEra Energy and FPL.  FPL's storm fund primarily consists of debt securities with a weighted-average maturity at March 31, 2011 of approximately three years.  The cost of securities sold is determined using the specific identification method.

Realized gains and losses and proceeds from the sale or maturity of available for sale securities are as follows:

 
NextEra Energy
 
FPL
 
 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
 
2011
 
2010
 
2011
 
2010
 
 
(millions)
 
                         
Realized gains
  $ 30     $ 44     $ 12     $ 24  
Realized losses
  $ 21     $ 10     $ 19     $ 8  
Proceeds from sale or maturity of securities
  $ 1,347     $ 2,563     $ 964     $ 2,199  
 
 
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Unrealized losses on available for sale debt securities at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 were not material to NextEra Energy or FPL.  The unrealized gains on available for sale securities are as follows:

   
NextEra Energy
   
FPL
 
   
March 31,
2011
   
December 31,
2010
   
March 31,
2011
   
December 31,
2010
 
   
(millions)
 
                         
Equity securities
  $ 702     $ 612     $ 451     $ 384  
U.S. Government and municipal bonds
  $ 13     $ 15     $ 13     $ 15  
Corporate debt securities
  $ 21     $ 23     $ 18     $ 19  
Mortgage-backed securities
  $ 19     $ 20     $ 16     $ 18  
Other debt securities
  $ 3     $ 2     $ 2     $ 1  

Regulations issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) provide general risk management guidelines to protect nuclear decommissioning funds and to allow such funds to earn a reasonable return.  The FERC regulations prohibit, among other investments, investments in any securities of NextEra Energy or its subsidiaries, affiliates or associates, excluding investments tied to market indices or mutual funds.  Similar restrictions applicable to the decommissioning funds for NextEra Energy Resources' nuclear plants are included in the NRC operating licenses for those facilities or in NRC regulations applicable to NRC licensees not in cost-of-service environments.  With respect to the decommissioning fund for NextEra Energy Resources' Seabrook Station (Seabrook), decommissioning fund contributions and withdrawals are also regulated by the Nuclear Decommissioning Financing Committee pursuant to New Hampshire law.

The nuclear decommissioning reserve funds are managed by investment managers who must comply with the guidelines of NextEra Energy and FPL and the rules of the applicable regulatory authorities.  The funds' assets are invested giving consideration to taxes, liquidity, risk, diversification and other prudent investment objectives.

Interest Rate and Foreign Currency Swaps - NextEra Energy and its subsidiaries use a combination of fixed rate and variable rate debt to manage interest rate exposure.  Interest rate swaps are used to mitigate and adjust interest rate exposure when deemed appropriate based upon market conditions or when required by financing agreements.  In addition, with respect to certain debt issuances and borrowings, Capital Holdings has entered into cross currency swaps, two of which hedge against currency movements with respect to both interest and principal payments and another which hedges against currency and interest rate movements with respect to both interest and principal payments.  See Note 2.

5.  Income Taxes

NextEra Energy's effective income tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 was approximately (14)% and 28%, respectively.  The reduction from the federal statutory rate mainly reflects the benefit of wind production tax credits (PTCs) of approximately $79 million and $75 million, respectively, related to NextEra Energy Resources' wind projects.  NextEra Energy's effective income tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2011 was also affected by an approximately $26 million reduction in income tax expense, net of federal income taxes, primarily related to a valuation allowance reversal for certain state investment tax credits (ITCs) reflecting state tax planning initiatives.  PTCs can significantly affect NextEra Energy's effective income tax rate depending on the amount of pretax income and wind generation.

NextEra Energy recognizes PTCs as wind energy is generated and sold based on a per kilowatt-hour (kwh) rate prescribed in applicable federal and state statutes, which may differ significantly from amounts computed, on a quarterly basis, using an overall effective income tax rate anticipated for the full year.  NextEra Energy uses this method of recognizing PTCs for specific reasons, including that PTCs are an integral part of the financial viability of most wind projects and a fundamental component of such wind projects' results of operations.

NextEra Energy's effective income tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 also reflects $7 million and $14 million, respectively, of deferred tax benefits associated with grants (convertible ITCs) under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, as amended (Recovery Act) for certain wind projects expected to be placed in service.

During the first quarter of 2011, NextEra Energy finalized a settlement with respect to the 1988 through 2005 tax years and closed out the examination of years 2006 through 2008 with the Internal Revenue Service.  The settlement primarily related to NextEra Energy’s and FPL’s timing of certain deductions for repairs, casualty losses and indirect service costs.  As a result of the settlement and closing out the examination of years 2006 through 2008, NextEra Energy's gross liability for unrecognized tax benefits was reduced by $248 million ($214 million for FPL) resulting in a gross liability for unrecognized tax benefits of $16 million ($1 million for FPL) at March 31, 2011.  The impact of the settlement did not have a material effect on NextEra Energy's or FPL's net income.
 
 
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6.  Comprehensive Income

NextEra Energy's comprehensive income is as follows:

   
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
   
(millions)
 
             
Net income of NextEra Energy
  $ 268     $ 556  
Net unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges:
               
Effective portion of net unrealized losses (net of $5 and $6 tax benefit, respectively)
    (10 )     (12 )
Reclassification from AOCI to net income (net of $8 tax expense and $7 tax benefit, respectively)
    17       (9 )
Net unrealized gains (losses) on available for sale securities:
               
Net unrealized gains on securities still held (net of $14 and $16 tax expense, respectively)
    22       19  
Reclassification from AOCI to net income (net of $5 and $7 tax benefit, respectively)
    (9 )     (9 )
Defined benefit pension and other benefits plans (net of $4 tax expense)
    6       -  
Net unrealized gains (losses) on foreign currency translation (net of $5 tax expense and $1 tax benefit, respectively)
    10       (1 )
Comprehensive income of NextEra Energy
  $ 304     $ 544  

Approximately $24 million of losses included in NextEra Energy's AOCI at March 31, 2011 related to derivative instruments are expected to be reclassified into earnings within the next twelve months as either the hedged fuel is consumed, electricity is sold or principal and/or interest payments are made.  Such amount assumes no change in fuel prices, power prices, interest rates or scheduled principal payments.  AOCI is separately displayed on the condensed consolidated balance sheets of NextEra Energy.  FPL's comprehensive income is the same as its reported net income.

7.  Variable Interest Entities (VIEs)

As of March 31, 2011, NextEra Energy has eight VIEs which it consolidates and has interests in certain other VIEs which it does not consolidate.

FPL - FPL is considered the primary beneficiary of, and therefore consolidates, a VIE that is a wholly-owned bankruptcy remote special purpose subsidiary that it formed in 2007 for the sole purpose of issuing storm-recovery bonds pursuant to the securitization provisions of the Florida Statutes and a financing order of the Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC).  FPL is considered the primary beneficiary because FPL has the power to direct the significant activities of the VIE, and its equity investment, which is subordinate to the bondholder's interest in the VIE, is at risk.  Storm restoration costs incurred by FPL during 2005 and 2004 exceeded the amount in FPL's funded storm and property insurance reserve, resulting in a storm reserve deficiency.  In 2007, the VIE issued $652 million aggregate principal amount of senior secured bonds (storm-recovery bonds), primarily for the after-tax equivalent of the total of FPL's unrecovered balance of the 2004 storm restoration costs, the 2005 storm restoration costs and approximately $200 million to reestablish FPL's storm and property insurance reserve.  In connection with this financing, net proceeds, after debt issuance costs, to the VIE (approximately $644 million) were used to acquire the storm-recovery property, which includes the right to impose, collect and receive a storm-recovery charge from all customers receiving electric transmission or distribution service from FPL under rate schedules approved by the FPSC or under special contracts, certain other rights and interests that arise under the financing order issued by the FPSC and certain other collateral pledged by the VIE that issued the bonds.  The storm-recovery bonds are payable only from and are secured by the storm-recovery property.  The bondholders have no recourse to the general credit of FPL.  The assets of the VIE were approximately $414 million and $444 million at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively, and consisted primarily of storm-recovery property, which are included in securitized storm-recovery costs on NextEra Energy's and FPL's condensed consolidated balance sheets.  The liabilities of the VIE were approximately $512 million and $542 million at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively, and consisted primarily of storm-recovery bonds, which are included in long-term debt on NextEra Energy's and FPL's condensed consolidated balance sheets.
 
 
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FPL identified a potential VIE, which is considered a qualifying facility as defined by the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, as amended (PURPA).  PURPA requires utilities, such as FPL, to purchase the electricity output of a qualifying facility.  FPL entered into a PPA effective in 1994 with this 250 megawatt (mw) coal-fired qualifying facility to purchase substantially all of the facility's capacity and electrical output over a substantial portion of its estimated useful life.  FPL absorbs a portion of the facility's variability related to changes in the market price of coal through the price it pays per mwh (energy payment).  After making exhaustive efforts, FPL was unable to obtain the information from the facility necessary to determine whether the facility is a VIE or whether FPL is the primary beneficiary of the facility.  The PPA with the facility contains no provision which legally obligates the facility to release this information to FPL.  The energy payments paid by FPL will fluctuate as coal prices change.  This fluctuation does not expose FPL to losses since the energy payments paid by FPL to the facility are passed on to FPL's customers through the fuel clause as approved by the FPSC.  Notwithstanding the fact that FPL's energy payments are recovered through the fuel clause, if the facility was determined to be a VIE, the absorption of some of the facility's fuel price variability might cause FPL to be considered the primary beneficiary.  During the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, FPL purchased 256,675 mwh and 362,390 mwh, respectively, from the facility at a total cost of approximately $43 million and $45 million, respectively.

Additionally, FPL entered into a PPA effective in 1995 with a 330 mw coal-fired qualifying facility to purchase substantially all of the facility's electrical output over a substantial portion of its estimated useful life.  The facility is considered a VIE because FPL absorbs a portion of the facility’s variability related to changes in the market price of coal through the energy payment.  Since FPL does not control the most significant activities of the facility, including operations and maintenance, FPL is not the primary beneficiary and does not consolidate this VIE.  The energy payments paid by FPL will fluctuate as coal prices change.  This fluctuation does not expose FPL to losses since the energy payments paid by FPL to the facility are passed on to FPL’s customers through the fuel clause as approved by the FPSC.

NextEra Energy Resources - NextEra Energy consolidates six NextEra Energy Resources’ VIEs.  NextEra Energy Resources is considered the primary beneficiary of these VIEs since NextEra Energy Resources controls the most significant activities of these VIEs, including operations and maintenance, and through its 100% equity ownership has the obligation to absorb expected losses of these VIEs.

Three of NextEra Energy Resources’ VIEs consolidate several entities which own and operate natural gas and/or oil electric generating facilities with the capability of producing a total of 1,285 mw.  These VIEs sell their electric output under power sales contracts to third parties, with expiration dates ranging from 2018 through 2022.  The power sales contracts provide the offtaker the ability to dispatch the facilities and require the offtaker to absorb the cost of fuel.  These VIEs use third party debt and equity to finance their operations.  The debt is secured by liens against the generating facilities and the other assets of these entities.  The debt holders have no recourse to the general credit of NextEra Energy Resources.  The assets and liabilities of these VIEs totaled approximately $822 million and $459 million, respectively, at March 31, 2011 and $829 million and $455 million, respectively, at December 31, 2010, and consisted primarily of property, plant and equipment and long-term debt.

The other three NextEra Energy Resources’ VIEs consolidate several entities which own and operate wind electric generating facilities with the capability of producing a total of 1,077 mw and an entity which owns and operates a 78 mile, 230 kilovolt transmission line.  These VIEs sell their electric output under power sales contracts to third parties with expiration dates ranging from 2018 through 2034.  The VIEs use both third-party debt and equity to finance their operations.  Certain investors that hold no equity interest in the VIEs hold differential membership interests, which give them the right to receive a portion of the economic attributes of the generating facilities, including certain tax attributes.  The debt is secured by liens against the generating facilities and the other assets of these entities.  The debt holders have no recourse to the general credit of NextEra Energy Resources.  The assets and liabilities of these VIEs totaled approximately $1.7 billion and $1.5 billion, respectively, at March 31, 2011 and $1.7 billion and $1.6 billion, respectively, at December 31, 2010, and consisted primarily of property, plant and equipment, deferral related to differential membership interests and long-term debt.

Other - As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, several NextEra Energy subsidiaries have investments totaling approximately $609 million ($482 million at FPL) and $646 million ($480 million at FPL), respectively, in certain special purpose entities, which consisted primarily of investments in mortgage-backed securities.  These investments are included primarily in special use funds and other investments on NextEra Energy's condensed consolidated balance sheets and in special use funds on FPL's condensed consolidated balance sheets.  NextEra Energy is considered the primary beneficiary of and therefore consolidates one of these entities with total assets of approximately $55 million at March 31, 2011.  NextEra Energy is considered the primary beneficiary of this entity because FPL and NextEra Energy Resources are equal investors and combined, are the majority investors in this entity and absorb the majority of the expected losses and residual returns.  With respect to the other entities, NextEra Energy subsidiaries are not the primary beneficiary and therefore do not consolidate any of these entities because NextEra Energy subsidiaries do not control any of the ongoing activities of these entities, were not involved in the initial design of these entities and do not have a controlling financial interest in these entities.
 
 
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8.  Common Stock

Earnings Per Share - The reconciliation of NextEra Energy's basic and diluted earnings per share of common stock is as follows:

   
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
   
(millions, except per share amounts)
 
             
Numerator - net income
  $ 268     $ 556  
Denominator:
               
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding - basic
    415.8       407.5  
Performance share awards, options and restricted stock(a)
    2.6       2.6  
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding - assuming dilution
    418.4       410.1  
                 
Earnings per share of common stock:
               
Basic
  $ 0.64     $ 1.36  
Assuming dilution
  $ 0.64     $ 1.36  
¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾
(a)  
Performance share awards are included in diluted weighted-average number of common shares outstanding based upon what would be issued if the end of the reporting period was the end of the term of the award.  Performance share awards, options and restricted stock are included in diluted weighted-average number of common shares outstanding by applying the treasury stock method.

Common shares issuable pursuant to equity units and stock options, restricted stock and performance share awards which were not included in the denominator above due to their antidilutive effect were approximately 14.3 million and 8.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

9.  Debt

As of April 30, 2011, long-term debt issuances and borrowings by subsidiaries of NextEra Energy during 2011 were as follows:

 
Date Issued
 
 
Company
 
 
Debt Issuances/Borrowings
 
Interest
Rate
 
Principal
Amount
 
Maturity
Date
               
(millions)
   
                     
January 2011
 
NextEra Energy Resources subsidiary
 
Canadian revolving credit facilities
 
Variable
(a)
$
122
 
2013
February 2011
 
NextEra Energy Resources subsidiary
 
Senior secured limited recourse notes
 
6.25%
 
$
82
 
2031
April 2011
 
NextEra Energy Resources subsidiaries
 
Eurodollar denominated senior secured limited recourse loan
 
Variable
(a)(b)
$
155
 
2030
April 2011
 
NextEra Energy Resources subsidiaries
 
Eurodollar denominated senior secured limited recourse loan
 
Variable
(a)
$
12
 
2015
¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾
(a)  
Variable rate is based on an underlying index plus a margin.
(b)  
Interest rate swap agreements were entered into with respect to these issuances.

10.  Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments - NextEra Energy 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 equipment to meet customer demand, as well as capital improvements to and maintenance of existing facilities and the procurement of nuclear fuel.  At NextEra Energy Resources, capital expenditures include, among other things, the cost, including capitalized interest, for construction of wind and solar projects and the procurement of nuclear fuel.  Capital expenditures for Corporate and Other include the cost for construction of a transmission line in Texas and the fiber-optic telecommunications business' (FPL FiberNet) costs to meet customer-specific requirements and maintain its fiber-optic network.
 
 
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At March 31, 2011, estimated planned capital expenditures for the remainder of 2011 through 2015 were as follows:

   
2011
   
2012
   
2013
   
2014
   
2015
   
Total
 
   
(millions)
 
FPL:
                                   
Generation:(a)
                                   
New(b)(c)
  $ 1,105     $ 1,910     $ 565     $ 140     $ 5     $ 3,725  
Existing
    500       560       590       650       430       2,730  
Transmission and distribution
    580       870       820       760       840       3,870  
Nuclear fuel
    235       170       255       205       220       1,085  
General and other
    145       140       95       125       105       610  
Total
  $ 2,565     $ 3,650     $ 2,325     $ 1,880     $ 1,600     $ 12,020  
                                                 
NextEra Energy Resources:
                                               
Wind(d)
  $ 515     $ 355     $ 15     $ 5     $ 5     $ 895  
Solar(e)
    800       950       465       40       -       2,255  
Nuclear(f)
    475       280       245       250       265       1,515  
Natural gas
    80       35       65       40       120       340  
Other(g)
    60       75       50       60       45       290  
Total
  $ 1,930     $ 1,695     $ 840     $ 395     $ 435     $ 5,295  
                                                 
Corporate and Other(h)
  $ 325     $ 465     $ 60     $ 35     $ 30     $ 915  
¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾
(a)  
Includes allowance for funds used during construction (AFUDC) of approximately $35 million, $77 million, $80 million, $31 million and $4 million in 2011 to 2015, respectively.
(b)  
Includes land, generating structures, transmission interconnection and integration and licensing.
(c)  
Includes projects that have received FPSC approval.  Includes pre-construction costs and carrying charges (equal to a pretax AFUDC rate) on construction costs recoverable through the capacity clause of approximately $96 million, $94 million and $27 million in 2011 to 2013, respectively.  Excludes capital expenditures for the construction costs for the two additional nuclear units at FPL's Turkey Point site beyond what is required to receive an NRC license for each unit.
(d)  
Consists of capital expenditures for planned new wind projects that have received applicable internal approvals and related transmission.  NextEra Energy Resources plans to add new wind generation of approximately 3,500 mw to 5,000 mw in 2010 through 2014, including 754 mw added in 2010 and a total of  approximately 1,400 mw to 2,000 mw in 2011 and 2012, at a total cost of approximately $7 billion to $10 billion.
(e)  
Consists of capital expenditures for planned new solar projects that have received applicable internal approvals and related transmission.  NextEra Energy Resources plans to add new solar generation of approximately 400 mw to 600 mw in 2010 through 2014, including 5 mw added in 2010, at a total cost of approximately $3 billion to $4 billion.
(f)  
Includes nuclear fuel.
(g)  
Consists of capital expenditures that have received applicable internal approvals.  NextEra Energy Resources plans to add natural gas infrastructure projects at a total cost of approximately $400 million to $600 million in 2010 through 2014.
(h)  
Consists of capital expenditures that have received applicable internal approvals and includes AFUDC of approximately $7 million, $41 million and $14 million in 2011 to 2013, respectively.

These estimates are subject to continuing review and adjustment and actual capital expenditures may vary significantly from these estimates.

At March 31, 2011, subsidiaries of NextEra Energy, other than FPL, in the normal course of business, have guaranteed certain debt service and fuel payments of non-consolidated entities of NextEra Energy Resources.  The terms of the guarantees relating to the non-consolidated entities are equal to the terms of the related agreements, with remaining terms ranging from less than one year to seven years.  The maximum potential amount of future payments that could be required under these guarantees at March 31, 2011 was approximately $34 million.  At March 31, 2011, NextEra Energy did not have any liabilities recorded for these guarantees.  In certain instances, NextEra Energy can seek recourse from third parties for amounts paid under the guarantees.  At March 31, 2011, the fair value of the guarantees was not material.  In addition to the guarantees relating to non-consolidated entities, NextEra Energy has guaranteed certain payment obligations of Capital Holdings, including most payment obligations under Capital Holdings' debt and guarantees.
 
 
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Contracts - In addition to the estimated planned capital expenditures included in the table in Commitments above, FPL has commitments under long-term purchased power and fuel contracts.  FPL is obligated under take-or-pay purchased power contracts with JEA and with subsidiaries of The Southern Company (Southern subsidiaries) to pay for approximately 1,330 mw annually through 2015 and 375 mw annually thereafter through 2021.  FPL also has various firm pay-for-performance contracts to purchase approximately 650 mw from certain cogenerators and small power producers (qualifying facilities) with expiration dates ranging from 2024 through 2032.  The purchased power contracts provide for capacity and energy payments.  Energy payments are based on the actual power taken under these contracts.  Capacity payments for the pay-for-performance contracts are subject to the qualifying facilities meeting certain contract conditions.  FPL has one agreement with an electricity supplier to purchase approximately 155 mw of power with an expiration date of 2012.  In general, the agreement requires FPL to make a capacity payment and supply the fuel consumed by the plant under the contract.  FPL has contracts with expiration dates through 2036 for the purchase and transportation of natural gas and coal, and storage of natural gas.

NextEra Energy Resources has entered into contracts primarily for the purchase of wind turbines and towers, solar reflectors, steam turbine generators and heat collection elements and related construction and development activities, as well as for the supply of uranium, conversion, enrichment and fabrication of nuclear fuel, with expiration dates ranging from June 2011 through 2031, approximately $1.4 billion of which is included in the estimated planned capital expenditures table in Commitments above.  In addition, NextEra Energy Resources has contracts primarily for the purchase, transportation and storage of natural gas and firm transmission service with expiration dates ranging from April 2012 through 2033.

The transmission business within Corporate and Other has entered into contracts primarily for construction and development activities relating to a transmission line in Texas, all of which is included in the estimated planned capital expenditures table in Commitments above.

The required capacity and/or minimum payments under the contracts discussed above as of March 31, 2011 were estimated as follows:

   
2011
   
2012
   
2013
   
2014
   
2015
   
Thereafter
 
FPL:
 
(millions)
 
Capacity payments:(a)
                                   
Qualifying facilities
  $ 205     $ 290     $ 275     $ 275     $ 280     $ 2,630  
JEA and Southern subsidiaries
  $ 170     $ 225     $ 220     $ 200     $ 175     $ 195  
Other electricity suppliers
  $ 5     $ 5     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -  
Minimum payments, at projected prices:
                                               
Natural gas, including transportation and storage(b)
  $ 1,805     $ 1,210     $ 575     $ 550     $ 535     $ 7,345  
Oil(b)
  $ 180     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -  
Coal(b)
  $ 70     $ 70     $ 60     $ 5     $ -     $ -  
                                                 
NextEra Energy Resources(c)
  $ 1,460     $ 370     $ 215     $ 185     $ 165     $ 830  
                                                 
Corporate and Other
  $ 125     $ 130     $ 15     $ -     $ -     $ -  
¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾
(a)  
Capacity payments under these contracts, substantially all of which are recoverable through the capacity clause, totaled approximately $124 million and $149 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  Energy payments under these contracts, which are recoverable through the fuel clause, totaled approximately $77 million and $99 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
(b)  
Recoverable through the fuel clause.
(c)  
Includes termination payments associated with wind turbine contracts for projects that have not yet received applicable internal approvals.

Insurance - Liability for accidents at nuclear power plants is governed by the Price-Anderson Act, which limits the liability of nuclear reactor owners to the amount of insurance available from both private sources and an industry retrospective payment plan.  In accordance with this Act, NextEra Energy maintains $375 million of private liability insurance per site, which is the maximum obtainable, and participates in a secondary financial protection system, which provides up to $12.2 billion of liability insurance coverage per incident at any nuclear reactor in the United States.  Under the secondary financial protection system, NextEra Energy is subject to retrospective assessments of up to $940 million ($470 million for FPL), plus any applicable taxes, per incident at any nuclear reactor in the United States, payable at a rate not to exceed $140 million ($70 million for FPL) per incident per year.  NextEra Energy and FPL are contractually entitled to recover a proportionate share of such assessments from the owners of minority interests in Seabrook, Duane Arnold Energy Center (Duane Arnold) and St. Lucie Unit No. 2, which approximates $14 million, $35 million and $18 million, plus any applicable taxes, per incident, respectively.
 
 
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NextEra Energy participates in a nuclear insurance mutual company that provides $2.75 billion of limited insurance coverage per occurrence per site for property damage, decontamination and premature decommissioning risks at its nuclear plants.  The proceeds from such insurance, however, must first be used for reactor stabilization and site decontamination before they can be used for plant repair.  NextEra Energy also participates in an insurance program that provides limited coverage for replacement power costs if a nuclear plant is out of service for an extended period of time because of an accident.  In the event of an accident at one of NextEra Energy's or another participating insured's nuclear plants, NextEra Energy could be assessed up to $164 million ($93 million for FPL), plus any applicable taxes, in retrospective premiums in a policy year.  NextEra Energy and FPL are contractually entitled to recover a proportionate share of such assessments from the owners of minority interests in Seabrook, Duane Arnold and St. Lucie Unit No. 2, which approximates $2 million, $4 million and $3 million, plus any applicable taxes, respectively.

Due to the high cost and limited coverage available from third-party insurers, NextEra Energy does not have insurance coverage for a substantial portion of its transmission and distribution property and has no insurance coverage for FPL FiberNet's fiber-optic cable.  Should FPL's future storm restoration costs exceed the reserve amount established through the issuance of storm-recovery bonds by a VIE in 2007, FPL may recover storm restoration costs, subject to prudence review by the FPSC, either through surcharges approved by the FPSC or through securitization provisions pursuant to Florida law.

In the event of a loss, the amount of insurance available might not be adequate to cover property damage and other expenses incurred.  Uninsured losses and other expenses, to the extent not recovered from customers in the case of FPL, would be borne by NextEra Energy and FPL and could have a material adverse effect on NextEra Energy's and FPL's financial condition and results of operations.

Legal Proceedings - In November 1999, the Attorney General of the United States, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), brought an action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia against Georgia Power Company and other subsidiaries of The Southern Company for certain alleged violations of the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) provisions and the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) of the Clean Air Act.  In May 2001, the EPA amended its complaint to allege, among other things, that Georgia Power Company constructed and is continuing to operate Scherer Unit No. 4, in which FPL owns a 76% interest, without obtaining a PSD permit, without complying with NSPS requirements, and without applying best available control technology for nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxides and particulate matter as required by the Clean Air Act.  It also alleges that unspecified major modifications have been made at Scherer Unit No. 4 that require its compliance with the aforementioned Clean Air Act provisions.  The EPA seeks injunctive relief requiring the installation of best available control technology and civil penalties of up to $25,000 per day for each violation from an unspecified date after June 1, 1975 through January 30, 1997.  The EPA has made revisions to its civil penalty rule such that the maximum penalty is $27,500 per day for each violation from January 31, 1997 through March 15, 2004, $32,500 per day for each violation from March 16, 2004 through January 12, 2009 and $37,500 per day for each violation thereafter.  Georgia Power Company has answered the amended complaint, asserting that it has complied with all requirements of the Clean Air Act, denying the plaintiff's allegations of liability, denying that the plaintiff is entitled to any of the relief that it seeks and raising various other defenses.  In June 2001, a federal district court stayed discovery and administratively closed the case and the EPA has not yet moved to reopen the case.  In April 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court in a separate unrelated case rejected an argument that a "major modification" occurs at a plant only when there is a resulting increase in the hourly rate of air emissions.  Georgia Power Company has made a similar argument in defense of its case, but has other factual and legal defenses that are unaffected by the U.S. Supreme Court's decision.

In 1995 and 1996, NextEra Energy, through an indirect subsidiary, purchased from Adelphia Communications Corporation (Adelphia) 1,091,524 shares of Adelphia common stock and 20,000 shares of Adelphia preferred stock (convertible into 2,358,490 shares of Adelphia common stock) for an aggregate price of approximately $35,900,000.  On January 29, 1999, Adelphia repurchased all of these shares for $149,213,130 in cash.  In June 2004, Adelphia, Adelphia Cablevision, L.L.C. and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Adelphia filed a complaint against NextEra Energy and its indirect subsidiary in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York.  The complaint alleges that the repurchase of these shares by Adelphia was a fraudulent transfer, in that at the time of the transaction Adelphia (i) was insolvent or was rendered insolvent, (ii) did not receive reasonably equivalent value in exchange for the cash it paid, and (iii) was engaged or about to engage in a business or transaction for which any property remaining with Adelphia had unreasonably small capital.  The complaint seeks the recovery for the benefit of Adelphia's bankruptcy estate of the cash paid for the repurchased shares, plus interest from January 29, 1999.  NextEra Energy has filed an answer to the complaint.  NextEra Energy believes that the complaint is without merit because, among other reasons, Adelphia will be unable to demonstrate that (i) Adelphia's repurchase of shares from NextEra Energy, which repurchase was at the market value for those shares, was not for reasonably equivalent value, (ii) Adelphia was insolvent at the time of the repurchase, or (iii) the repurchase left Adelphia with unreasonably small capital.  The case is in discovery and has been scheduled for trial in September 2011.
 
 
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In October 2004, TXU Portfolio Management Company (TXU) served FPL Energy Pecos Wind I, LP, FPL Energy Pecos Wind I GP, LLC, FPL Energy Pecos Wind II, LP, FPL Energy Pecos Wind II GP, LLC and Indian Mesa Wind Farm, LP (NextEra Energy Resources Affiliates) as defendants in a civil action filed in the District Court in Dallas County, Texas.  FPL Energy, LLC, now known as NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, was added as a defendant in 2005.  The petition alleged that the NextEra Energy Resources Affiliates had contractual obligations to produce and sell to TXU a minimum quantity of renewable energy credits each year during the period from 2002 through 2005 and that the NextEra Energy Resources Affiliates failed to meet this obligation.  The plaintiff asserted claims for breach of contract and declaratory judgment and sought damages of approximately $34 million.  Following a jury trial in 2007, among other findings, both TXU and the NextEra Energy Resources Affiliates were found to have breached the contracts.  In August 2008, the trial court issued a final judgment holding that the contracts were not terminated and neither party was entitled to recover any damages.  In November 2008, TXU appealed the final judgment to the Fifth District Court of Appeals in Dallas, Texas.  In an opinion issued in July 2010, the appellate court reversed portions of the trial court's judgment, ruling that the contracts' liquidated damage provision is an enforceable liquidated damage clause.  The appellate court has remanded the case back to the trial court for further proceedings to determine the amount of damages payable by the NextEra Energy Resources Affiliates.  The NextEra Energy Resources Affiliates filed a motion for rehearing of the appellate court’s decision, which motion was denied.  In April 2011, the NextEra Energy Resources Affiliates filed a petition for review of the appellate court decision with the Texas Supreme Court, which petition is pending.

NextEra Energy and FPL are vigorously defending, and believe that they or their affiliates have meritorious defenses to, the lawsuits described above.  In addition to the legal proceedings discussed above, NextEra Energy and its subsidiaries, including FPL, are involved in other legal and regulatory proceedings, actions and claims in the ordinary course of their businesses.  Generating plants in which NextEra Energy or FPL has an ownership interest are also involved in legal and regulatory proceedings, actions and claims, the liabilities from which, if any, would be shared by NextEra Energy or FPL.  In the event that NextEra Energy and FPL, or their affiliates, do not prevail in the lawsuits described above or these other legal and regulatory proceedings, actions and claims, there may be a material adverse effect on their financial statements.  While management is unable to predict with certainty the outcome of the lawsuits described above or these other legal and regulatory proceedings, actions and claims, based on current knowledge it is not expected that their ultimate resolution, individually or collectively, will have a material adverse effect on the financial statements of NextEra Energy or FPL.

11.  Segment Information

NextEra Energy's reportable segments include FPL, a rate-regulated utility, and NextEra Energy Resources, a competitive energy business.  NextEra Energy Resources' financial statements include an allocation of interest expense from Capital Holdings based on a deemed capital structure of 70% debt and allocated shared service costs.  Corporate and Other represents other business activities, other segments that are not separately reportable and eliminating entries.  NextEra Energy's segment information is as follows:

 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
2011
 
2010
 
FPL
 
NextEra
Energy
Resources(a)
 
Corporate
& Other
 
NextEra
Energy
Consoli-
dated
 
FPL
 
NextEra
Energy
Resources(a)
 
Corporate
& Other
 
NextEra
Energy
Consoli-
dated
                       
(millions)
                     
                                                       
Operating revenues
$
2,246
   
$
833
   
$
55
 
$
3,134
 
$
2,328
   
$
1,247
   
$
47
 
$
3,622
Operating expenses
$
1,840
   
$
824
   
$
42
 
$
2,706
 
$
1,935
   
$
711
   
$
37
 
$
2,683
Net income (loss)(b)
$
205
   
$
65
   
$
(2
)
$
268
 
$
191
   
$
367
   
$
(2
)
$
556


 
March 31, 2011
 
December 31, 2010
 
FPL
 
NextEra
Energy
Resources
 
Corporate
& Other
 
NextEra
Energy
Consoli-
dated
 
FPL
 
NextEra
Energy
Resources
 
Corporate
& Other
 
NextEra
Energy
Consoli-
dated
                       
(millions)
                     
                                                       
Total assets
$
28,984
   
$
22,158
   
$
2,115
 
$
53,257
 
$
28,698
   
$
22,389
   
$
1,907
 
$
52,994
¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾
(a)  
Interest expense allocated from Capital Holdings to NextEra Energy Resources is based on a deemed capital structure of 70% debt.  For this purpose, the deferred credit associated with differential membership interests sold by NextEra Energy Resources subsidiaries is included with debt.  Residual non-utility interest expense is included in Corporate and Other.
(b)  
See Note 5 for a discussion of NextEra Energy Resources' tax benefits related to PTCs.
 
 
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NextEra Energy Resources reviews the estimated useful lives of its fixed assets on an ongoing basis.  In the first quarter of 2011, this review indicated that the actual lives of certain equipment at NextEra Energy Resources’ wind plants are expected to be longer than the previously estimated useful lives used for depreciation purposes.  As a result, effective January 1, 2011, NextEra Energy Resources changed the estimates of the useful lives of certain equipment to better reflect the estimated periods during which these assets are expected to remain in service.  The useful lives of substantially all of the wind plants’ equipment that were previously estimated to be 25 years were increased to 30 years.  The effect of this change in estimate was to reduce depreciation and amortization expense by approximately $18 million, increase net income by $11 million, and increase basic and diluted earnings per share by approximately $0.03 for the three months ended March 31, 2011.  The effect of this change in estimate for the year ended December 31, 2011 is expected to reduce depreciation and amortization expense by approximately $75 million, increase net income by $44 million and increase basic and diluted earnings per share by approximately $0.11.

12.  Summarized Financial Information of Capital Holdings

Capital Holdings, a 100% owned subsidiary of NextEra Energy, provides funding for, and holds ownership interests in, NextEra Energy's operating subsidiaries other than FPL.  Most of Capital Holdings' debt, including its debentures, and payment guarantees are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by NextEra Energy.  Condensed consolidating financial information is as follows:

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Income

   
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
   
NextEra
Energy
(Guarantor)
   
Capital
Holdings
   
Other(a)
   
NextEra
Energy
Consoli-
dated
   
NextEra
Energy
(Guarantor)
   
Capital
Holdings
   
Other(a)
   
NextEra
Energy
Consoli-
dated
 
                     
(millions)
                   
                                                 
Operating revenues
  $ -     $ 890     $ 2,244     $ 3,134     $ -     $ 1,297     $ 2,325     $ 3,622  
Operating expenses
    (3 )     (865 )     (1,838 )     (2,706 )     (1 )     (751 )     (1,931 )     (2,683 )
Interest expense
    (3 )     (163 )     (88 )     (254 )     (4 )     (151 )     (83 )     (238 )
Other income (deductions) - net
    270       53       (261 )     62       564       68       (563 )     69  
Income (loss) before income taxes
    264       (85 )     57       236       559       463       (252 )     770  
Income tax expense (benefit)
    (4 )     (149 )     121       (32 )     3       91       120       214  
Net income (loss)
  $ 268     $ 64     $ (64 )   $ 268     $ 556     $ 372     $ (372 )   $ 556  
¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾
(a)  
Represents FPL and consolidating adjustments.
 
 
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Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets

 
March 31, 2011
 
December 31, 2010
 
 
NextEra
Energy
(Guaran-
tor)
 
Capital
Holdings
 
Other(a)
 
NextEra
Energy
Consoli-
dated
 
NextEra
Energy
(Guaran-
tor)
 
Capital
Holdings
 
Other(a)
 
NextEra
Energy
Consoli-
dated
 
                   
(millions)
                   
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
                                               
Electric utility plant in service and other property
$
29
 
$
22,293
 
$
32,983
 
$
55,305
 
$
19
 
$
21,779
 
$
32,423
 
$
54,221
 
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
 
-
   
(4,437
)
 
(10,931
)
 
(15,368
)
 
-
   
(4,275
)
 
(10,871
)
 
(15,146
)
Total property, plant and equipment - net
 
29
   
17,856
   
22,052
   
39,937
   
19
   
17,504
   
21,552
   
39,075
 
CURRENT ASSETS
                                               
Cash and cash equivalents
 
-
   
404
   
21
   
425
   
-
   
282
   
20
   
302
 
Receivables
 
500
   
1,093
   
409
   
2,002
   
654
   
1,380
   
548
   
2,582
 
Other
 
8
   
924
   
1,160
   
2,092
   
9
   
1,024
   
1,341
   
2,374
 
Total current assets
 
508
   
2,421
   
1,590
   
4,519
   
663
   
2,686
   
1,909
   
5,258
 
OTHER ASSETS
                                               
Investment in subsidiaries
 
14,343
   
-
   
(14,343
)
 
-
   
14,150
   
-
   
(14,150
)
 
-
 
Other
 
495
   
3,740
   
4,566
   
8,801
   
365
   
3,845
   
4,451
   
8,661
 
Total other assets
 
14,838
   
3,740
   
(9,777
)
 
8,801
   
14,515
   
3,845
   
(9,699
)
 
8,661
 
TOTAL ASSETS
$
15,375
 
$
24,017
 
$
13,865
 
$
53,257
 
$
15,197
 
$
24,035
 
$
13,762
 
$
52,994
 
                                                 
CAPITALIZATION
                                               
Common shareholders' equity
$
14,599
 
$
4,767
 
$
(4,767
)
$
14,599
 
$
14,461
 
$
4,359
 
$
(4,359
)
$
14,461
 
Long-term debt
 
-
   
11,631
   
6,657
   
18,288
   
-
   
11,331
   
6,682
   
18,013
 
Total capitalization
 
14,599
   
16,398
   
1,890
   
32,887
   
14,461
   
15,690
   
2,323
   
32,474
 
CURRENT LIABILITIES
                                               
Debt due within one year
 
-
   
2,486
   
480
   
2,966
   
-
   
2,664
   
145
   
2,809
 
Accounts payable
 
-
   
506
   
569
   
1,075
   
-
   
571
   
553
   
1,124
 
Other
 
430
   
1,076
   
1,192
   
2,698
   
352
   
1,361
   
1,258
   
2,971
 
Total current liabilities
 
430
   
4,068
   
2,241
   
6,739
   
352
   
4,596
   
1,956
   
6,904
 
OTHER LIABILITIES AND DEFERRED CREDITS
                                               
Asset retirement obligations
 
-
   
485
   
1,097
   
1,582
   
-
   
556
   
1,083
   
1,639
 
Accumulated deferred income taxes
 
50
   
1,233
   
3,874
   
5,157
   
53
   
1,336
   
3,720
   
5,109
 
Regulatory liabilities
 
38
   
-
   
4,268
   
4,306
   
46
   
-
   
4,213
   
4,259
 
Other
 
258
   
1,833
   
495
   
2,586
   
285
   
1,857
   
467
   
2,609
 
Total other liabilities and deferred credits
 
346
   
3,551
   
9,734
   
13,631
   
384
   
3,749
   
9,483
   
13,616
 
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
                                               
TOTAL CAPITALIZATION AND LIABILITIES
$
15,375
 
$
24,017
 
$
13,865
 
$
53,257
 
$
15,197
 
$
24,035
 
$
13,762
 
$
52,994
 
¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾
(a)  
Represents FPL and consolidating adjustments.
 
 
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NEXTERA ENERGY, INC. AND FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Concluded)
(unaudited)


Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows

   
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
   
2011
 
2010
 
   
NextEra
Energy
(Guaran-
tor)
 
Capital
Holdings
 
Other(a)
 
NextEra
Energy
Consoli-
dated
 
NextEra
Energy
(Guaran-
tor)
 
Capital
Holdings
 
Other(a)
 
NextEra
Energy
Consoli-
dated
 
                     
(millions)
                   
                                                   
NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES
 
$
518
 
$
234
 
$
231
 
$
983
 
$
201
 
$
495
 
$
200
 
$
896
 
                                                   
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
                                                 
Capital expenditures, independent power and other investments and nuclear fuel purchases
   
(16
)
 
(734
)
 
(694
)
 
(1,444
)
 
-
   
(613
)
 
(800
)
 
(1,413
)
Cash grants under the Recovery Act
   
-
   
223
   
154
   
377
   
-
   
55
   
44
   
99
 
Other - net
   
(280
)
 
8
   
262
   
(10
)
 
-
   
(12
)
 
(35
)
 
(47
)
Net cash used in investing activities
   
(296
)
 
(503
)
 
(278
)
 
(1,077
)
 
-
   
(570
)
 
(791
)
 
(1,361
)
                                                   
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
                                                 
Issuances of long-term debt
   
-
   
201
   
-
   
201
   
-
   
301
   
499
   
800
 
Retirements of long-term debt
   
-
   
(228
)
 
(24
)
 
(252
)
 
-
   
(79
)
 
(23
)
 
(102
)
Net change in short-term debt
   
-
   
158
   
330
   
488
   
-
   
490
   
426
   
916
 
Issuances of common stock - net
   
18
   
-
   
-
   
18
   
12
   
-
   
-
   
12
 
Dividends on common stock
   
(229
)
 
-
   
-
   
(229
)
 
(204
)
 
-
   
-
   
(204
)
Other - net
   
(11
)
 
260
   
(258
)
 
(9
)
 
(9
)
 
(168
)
 
197
   
20
 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
   
(222
)
 
391
   
48
   
217
   
(201
)
 
544
   
1,099
   
1,442
 
                                                   
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
   
-
   
122
   
1
   
123
   
-
   
469
   
508
   
977
 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
   
-
   
282
   
20
   
302
   
-
   
156
   
82
   
238
 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
 
$
-
 
$
404
 
$
21
 
$
425
 
$
-
 
$
625
 
$
590
 
$
1,215
 
¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾
(a)  
Represents FPL and consolidating adjustments.
 
 
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Item 2.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

This discussion should be read in conjunction with the Notes contained herein and Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Management's Discussion) appearing in the 2010 Form 10-K for NextEra Energy and FPL.  The results of operations for an interim period generally will not give a true indication of results for the year.  In the following discussion, all comparisons are with the corresponding items in the prior year period.

Results of Operations

NextEra Energy and NextEra Energy Resources segregate into two categories unrealized mark-to-market gains and losses on energy derivative transactions which are used to manage commodity price risk.  The first category, referred to as trading activities, represents the net unrealized effect of actively traded positions entered into to take advantage of market price movements and to optimize the value of generation assets and related contracts.  The second category, referred to as non-qualifying hedges, represents the net unrealized effect of derivative and certain other transactions entered into as economic hedges but which do not qualify for hedge accounting, or for which hedge accounting was not elected.  At FPL, substantially all changes in the fair value of energy derivative transactions are deferred as a regulatory asset or liability until the contracts are settled, and, upon settlement, any gains or losses are passed through the fuel clause or the capacity clause.  See Note 2.

NextEra Energy's management uses earnings excluding certain items (adjusted earnings) internally for financial planning, for analysis of performance, for reporting of results to the Board of Directors and as an input in determining whether performance goals are met for performance-based compensation under NextEra Energy's employee incentive compensation plans.  NextEra Energy also uses adjusted earnings when communicating its financial results and earnings outlook to investors.  Adjusted earnings exclude the unrealized mark-to-market effect of non-qualifying hedges and other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses on securities held in NextEra Energy Resources' nuclear decommissioning funds, net of the reversal of previously recognized OTTI losses on securities sold and losses on securities where price recovery was deemed unlikely (collectively, OTTI reversals).  NextEra Energy's management believes adjusted earnings provide a more meaningful representation of the company's fundamental earnings power.  Although the excluded amounts are properly included in the determination of net income in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, management believes that the amount and/or nature of such items make period to period comparisons of operations difficult and potentially confusing.  Adjusted earnings do not represent a substitute for net income, as prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

Summary - Presented below is a summary of net income (loss) by reportable segment (see Note 11).  Corporate and Other represents business activities other than FPL and NextEra Energy Resources, other segments that are not separately reportable and eliminating entries.

 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
 
2011
 
2010
 
 
(millions)
 
             
FPL
  $ 205     $ 191  
NextEra Energy Resources
    65       367  
Corporate and Other
    (2 )     (2 )
NextEra Energy Consolidated
  $ 268     $ 556  

The increase in FPL's results for the three months ended March 31, 2011 is primarily due to earnings related to additional nuclear capacity, solar and environmental expenditures recovered through cost recovery clauses and a higher equity component of AFUDC (AFUDC - equity) primarily related to West County Energy Center (WCEC) Unit No. 3.  In addition, under the terms of the stipulation and settlement regarding FPL's base rates (2010 rate agreement), FPL's earnings increased due to the use of the surplus depreciation credit to earn up to its allowed 11% regulatory return on equity (ROE) on its retail rate base.

NextEra Energy Resources’ results for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 were primarily affected by net unrealized after-tax gains and losses from non-qualifying hedges, and also were impacted by after-tax OTTI losses on securities held in its nuclear decommissioning funds and after-tax OTTI reversals.  See the table below for details of such gains, losses and reversals, all of which are included in NextEra Energy's and NextEra Energy Resources’ net income.
 
 
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Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
 
2011
 
2010
 
 
(millions)
 
             
Net unrealized mark-to-market after-tax (losses) gains from non-qualifying hedge activity
  $ (125 )   $ 167  
OTTI after-tax losses on securities held in nuclear decommissioning funds
  $ -     $ (1 )
OTTI after-tax reversals
  $ 1     $ 5  

The change in unrealized mark-to-market activity from non-qualifying hedges is primarily attributable to changes in forward power and natural gas prices, as well as the reversal of previously recognized unrealized mark-to-market gains or losses as the underlying transactions are realized.  As a general rule, a gain (loss) in the non-qualifying hedge category is offset by decreases (increases) in the fair value of related physical asset positions in the portfolio or contracts, which are not marked to market under generally accepted accounting principles.

NextEra Energy Resources’ results for the three months ended March 31, 2011 also reflect lower results from the customer supply and proprietary power and gas trading businesses, the absence of a gain from the sale of a waste-to-energy project which was recognized in 2010 and higher expenses to support the growth of the business.  These results were partially offset by higher earnings from the existing asset portfolio and earnings from new investments.  See footnote (a) to the table under NextEra Energy Resources below for a description of projects included in new investments and the existing asset portfolio.

NextEra Energy's effective income tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 was approximately (14)% and 28%, respectively.  These rates reflect PTCs for wind projects at NextEra Energy Resources and deferred tax benefits associated with convertible ITCs under the Recovery Act.  PTCs and deferred tax benefits associated with convertible ITCs can significantly affect NextEra Energy's effective income tax rate depending on the amount of pretax income.  PTCs can be significantly affected by wind generation.  PTCs for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 were approximately $79 million and $75 million, respectively, reflecting higher wind production eligible for PTCs.  Deferred tax benefits associated with convertible ITCs for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 were approximately $7 million and $14 million, respectively.  NextEra Energy's effective income tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2011 was also affected by an approximately $26 million reduction in income tax expense, net of federal income taxes, primarily related to a valuation allowance reversal for certain state ITCs reflecting state tax planning initiatives (state ITC benefit).  See Note 5.

As a result of the impact of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami on nuclear facilities in Japan, the NRC has established a task force to conduct a comprehensive review of processes and regulations relating to nuclear facilities in the United States to determine whether the NRC should make additional improvements to its regulatory system and to make recommendations to the NRC for its policy direction.  This task force initiated a review of the activities being proactively undertaken by the licensees, including FPL and NextEra Energy Resources, to verify the continued operability of measures to mitigate conditions that result from severe accidents, including the loss of significant operational and safety systems, and readiness to deal with beyond-design-basis accidents.  The lessons learned from the continuing events in Japan and the results of the NRC reviews may, among other things, result in changes in or new licensing and safety-related requirements for U.S. nuclear facilities.  Such changes in or new requirements could, among other things, impact the capacity additions (uprates) at FPL’s existing nuclear units at St. Lucie and Turkey Point and NextEra Energy Resources’ nuclear units at Point Beach Nuclear Power Plant (Point Beach), and future licensing and operations of U.S. nuclear facilities, including FPL's and NextEra Energy Resources’ existing nuclear facilities and the NRC approval of two additional nuclear units at FPL’s Turkey Point site, and could, among other things, result in increased cost and capital expenditure requirements associated with the operation and maintenance of FPL's and NextEra Energy Resources' nuclear units.  While the NRC conducts its review, FPL and NextEra Energy Resources continue to work with industry organizations to understand the events in Japan and apply lessons learned which may result in FPL and NextEra Energy Resources proactively making certain modifications to their nuclear facilities to, among other things, improve operational and safety systems prior to any potential required action by the NRC.  Any such modifications could, among other things, require regulatory approvals and result in increased cost and capital expenditure requirements associated with the operation and maintenance of FPL's and NextEra Energy Resources' nuclear units.  Third parties have requested that the NRC suspend the approval of nuclear uprates, nuclear license extensions, including approval of a license extension for NextEra Energy Resources' Seabrook nuclear unit, and new licenses, including approval of licenses for two additional nuclear units at FPL’s Turkey Point site.  Another third party request was filed with the NRC seeking immediate suspension of the NRC operating licenses for all boiling water reactors that use a certain primary containment system, including NextEra Energy Resources' Duane Arnold nuclear unit, pending completion of the NRC review.  NextEra Energy Resources and FPL oppose such requests; however, it is uncertain at this time how and when the NRC will respond to these requests.
 
 
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FPL - FPL's net income for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 was $205 million and $191 million, respectively, an increase of $14 million.  See Summary above for a discussion of the major drivers of this increase.

FPL's operating revenues consisted of the following:

   
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
   
(millions)
 
             
Retail base
  $ 869     $ 933  
Fuel cost recovery
    953       619  
Net repayment of previously deferred retail fuel revenues
    -       356  
Other cost recovery clauses and pass-through costs, net of any deferrals
    378       373  
Other, primarily pole attachment rentals, transmission and wholesale sales and customer-related fees
    46       47  
Total
  $ 2,246     $ 2,328  

For the three months ended March 31, 2011, a 0.7% increase in the average number of customer accounts increased retail base revenues by approximately $6 million, while a 6.9% decrease in usage per retail customer, reflecting cold weather experienced in the first quarter of 2010 and other factors, decreased retail base revenues by approximately $78 million.  A base rate increase pursuant to an FPSC order which became effective March 1, 2010, increased retail base revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2011 by approximately $8 million.

Revenues from fuel and other cost recovery clauses and pass-through costs, such as franchise fees, revenue taxes and storm-related surcharges, are largely a pass-through of costs.  Such revenues also include a return on investment allowed to be recovered through the cost recovery clauses on certain assets, primarily related to nuclear capacity, solar and environmental projects.  For the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, cost recovery clauses contributed $24 million and $18 million, respectively, to FPL's net income.  The increase in cost recovery clause results is primarily due to the return on investment related to additional nuclear capacity, solar and environmental expenditures.  In 2011, it is expected that cost recovery clauses will contribute higher earnings for FPL as a result of additional nuclear capacity and environmental expenditures.  Underrecovery or overrecovery of such cost recovery clause and pass-through costs can significantly affect NextEra Energy's and FPL's operating cash flows.  Fluctuations in fuel cost recovery revenues are primarily driven by changes in fuel and energy charges which are included in fuel, purchased power and interchange expense in the condensed consolidated statements of income, as well as by changes in energy sales.  Fluctuations in revenues from other cost recovery clauses and pass-through costs are primarily driven by changes in storm-related surcharges, capacity charges, franchise fee costs, the impact of changes in operations and maintenance and depreciation expenses on the underlying cost recovery clause, investment in solar and environmental projects, investment in nuclear capacity until such capacity goes into service, pre-construction costs associated with the early-stage development of two additional nuclear units at the Turkey Point site and changes in energy sales.  Capacity charges and franchise fee costs are included in fuel, purchased power and interchange and taxes other than income taxes and other, respectively, in the condensed consolidated statements of income.

FPL uses a risk management fuel procurement program which was approved by the FPSC.  The FPSC reviews the program activities and results for prudence on an annual basis as part of its annual review of fuel costs.  The program is intended to manage fuel price volatility by locking in fuel prices for a portion of FPL's fuel requirements.  The current regulatory asset for the change in fair value of derivative instruments used in the fuel procurement program amounted to approximately $158 million and $236 million at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.  Pursuant to an FPSC order, FPL was required to refund in the form of a one-time credit to retail customers' bills the 2009 year-end estimated fuel overrecovery; during the first quarter of 2010, approximately $404 million was refunded to retail customers.  At December 31, 2009, approximately $356 million of retail fuel revenues were overrecovered, the reversal of which is reflected as net repayment of previously deferred retail fuel revenues in the table above.  The difference between the refund and the December 31, 2009 overrecovery is being collected from retail customers during 2011.  The increase in fuel revenues in 2011 reflects the absence of the $404 million refund, partly offset by approximately $65 million related to lower energy sales and $5 million related to a lower average fuel factor.  The decrease from December 31, 2010 to March 31, 2011 in deferred clause and franchise expenses and the decrease in deferred clause and franchise revenues (current and noncurrent, collectively) on NextEra Energy's and FPL's condensed consolidated balance sheets totaled approximately $61 million and positively affected NextEra Energy's and FPL's cash flows from operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2011.
 
 
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The major components of FPL's fuel, purchased power and interchange expense are as follows:

   
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
   
(millions)
 
             
Fuel and energy charges during the period
  $ 861     $ 1,007  
Net collection of previously deferred retail fuel costs
    86       -  
Net deferral of retail fuel costs
    -       (25 )
Other, primarily capacity charges, net of any capacity deferral
    124       125  
Total
  $ 1,071     $ 1,107  

The decrease in fuel and energy charges for the three months ended March 31, 2011 reflects lower fuel and energy prices of approximately $90 million and approximately $56 million attributable to lower energy sales.

The major components of FPL's depreciation and amortization expense are as follows:

   
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
   
2011
 
2010
 
   
(millions)
 
               
Surplus depreciation credit
 
$
(99
)
$
(35
)
Other depreciation and amortization recovered under base rates
   
227
   
223
 
Depreciation and amortization recovered under cost recovery clauses and securitized storm-recovery cost amortization
   
14
   
41
 
Total
 
$
142
 
$
229
 

Under the terms of the 2010 rate agreement, FPL can vary the amount of surplus depreciation credit taken in any calendar year up to a cap in 2010 of $267 million, a cap in subsequent years of $267 million plus the amount of any unused portion from prior years, and a cap of $776 million (surplus depreciation credit cap) over the 2010 to 2012 period.  In any year of the 2010 rate agreement FPL must use at least enough surplus depreciation credit to maintain a 9% earned regulatory ROE but may not use any amount of surplus depreciation credit that would result in an earned regulatory ROE in excess of 11%.  The surplus depreciation credit for the three months ended March 31, 2010 was recorded prior to the final order approving the 2010 rate agreement.  As of March 31, 2011, approximately $673 million of the surplus depreciation credit cap remains; $431 million of the surplus depreciation credit cap is available for use in the remainder of 2011.  The increase in other depreciation and amortization expense recovered under base rates for the three months ended March 31, 2011 is primarily due to higher plant in service balances.  The decrease in depreciation and amortization recovered under cost recovery clauses and securitized storm-recovery cost amortization is primarily due to lower securitized storm-recovery cost amortization.

Taxes other than income taxes and other increased $27 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 primarily due to higher franchise fees and revenue taxes, both of which are pass-through costs and reflect the increase in fuel revenues.  In addition, taxes other than income taxes and other for the three months ended March 31, 2011 reflect higher property taxes of $7 million, primarily due to growth in plant in service balances.

The increase in interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2011 is primarily due to higher interest rates, partly offset by a higher debt component of AFUDC (AFUDC - debt).  The drivers of the increase in AFUDC - equity, discussed as follows, also explain the higher AFUDC - debt.  The increase in AFUDC - equity for the three months ended March 31, 2011 is primarily due to additional AFUDC - equity on WCEC Unit No. 3 and the Cape Canaveral and Riviera Beach modernization projects, partly offset by a decline, effective April 1, 2010, in the AFUDC rate from 7.41% to 6.41%, as approved by the FPSC.

FPL is currently constructing WCEC Unit No. 3, a natural gas-fired combined-cycle unit of approximately 1,220 mw, which is expected to be placed in service by mid-2011.  In addition, FPL is in the process of adding a total of approximately 400 mw to 460 mw of capacity at its existing nuclear units at St. Lucie and Turkey Point, which additional capacity is projected to be placed in service by 2013.  FPL is also in the process of modernizing its Cape Canaveral and Riviera Beach power plants to high-efficiency natural gas-fired units and expects the units to be placed in service by 2013 and 2014, respectively.  Each modernized plant is expected to provide approximately 1,200 mw of capacity.
 
 
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NextEra Energy Resources - NextEra Energy Resources’ net income for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 was $65 million and $367 million, respectively, a decrease of $302 million.  The primary drivers, on an after-tax basis, of this decrease were as follows:

   
Increase
(Decrease)
From
Prior Period
 
   
Three Months
Ended
March 31, 2011
 
   
(millions)
 
       
New investments(a)
  $ 2  
Existing assets(a)
    42  
Customer supply and proprietary power and gas trading businesses
    (29 )
Asset sales
    (12 )
Interest expense, differential membership costs and other
    (10 )
Change in unrealized mark-to-market non-qualifying hedge activity(b)(c)
    (292 )
Change in OTTI losses on securities held in nuclear decommissioning funds, net of OTTI reversals(c)
    (3 )
Net income decrease
  $ (302 )
¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾
(a)
Includes PTCs and state ITCs on wind projects and, for new investments, deferred tax benefits associated with convertible ITCs (see Note 5) but does not include allocation of interest expense or corporate general and administrative expenses.  Results from new projects are included in new investments during the first twelve months of operation.  A project's results are included in existing assets beginning with the thirteenth month of operation.
(b)
See Note 2 and discussion above related to derivative instruments.
(c)
See table in Summary above for additional detail.

The increase in NextEra Energy Resources’ results from new investments reflects the addition of over 750 mw of wind generation during or after the three months ended March 31, 2010.  Results from new investments for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 include approximately $7 million and $14 million, respectively, of deferred tax benefits associated with convertible ITCs and also, for the three months ended March 31, 2011, $3 million related to the state ITC benefit.

Results from NextEra Energy Resources' existing asset portfolio reflect favorable generation due to higher wind resource and lower curtailments across the wind portfolio totaling approximately $40 million, $30 million related to the state ITC benefit and lower depreciation and amortization expense of approximately $11 million, after-tax, due to the change in estimate of useful lives of certain equipment across the wind portfolio.  The effect of this change in estimate for the year ended December 31, 2011 is expected to reduce depreciation and amortization expense by approximately $75 million, increase net income by $44 million and increase basic and diluted earnings per share by approximately $0.11.  See Note 11.  These results were partially offset by lower results at Seabrook and the hydro facilities in Maine (collectively $23 million) primarily due to lower hedge prices, and unfavorable market conditions in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) of approximately $10 million.

Results from the customer supply and proprietary power and gas trading businesses decreased primarily due to lower full requirements results reflecting the loss of customers, as well as the absence of a gain on a power supply contract realized in 2010.  The decrease in asset sales reflect the absence of an after-tax gain from the sale of a waste-to-energy project of approximately $12 million recorded in 2010 after the expiration of an option for the buyer to sell the project back to NextEra Energy Resources.  Interest expense, differential membership costs and other reflects higher interest and other costs due to growth of the business.

In addition to the primary drivers of net income discussed above, the discussion below describes changes in certain line items reflected in NextEra Energy's condensed consolidated statements of income.

Operating revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2011 decreased $414 million primarily due to unrealized mark-to-market losses of $92 million from non-qualifying hedges compared to $152 million of gains on such hedges in 2010.  In addition, operating revenues decreased due to lower revenues at NextEra Energy Power Marketing, LLC, of approximately $184 million and lower revenues in the existing asset portfolio of $36 million, due in part to unfavorable market conditions in the New England Power Pool and ERCOT regions, partially offset by higher revenues from project additions of $37 million.

Operating expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2011 increased $113 million primarily due to $111 million of unrealized mark-to-market losses from non-qualifying hedges compared to $127 million of gains on such hedges in 2010, higher costs from project additions and additional gas wells, higher payroll costs and higher depreciation expense on non-wind assets.  This was partly offset by lower fuel costs of approximately $143 million and lower wind depreciation expense of $18 million due to the change in the estimate of useful lives of certain equipment across the wind portfolio.  See Note 11.
 
 
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NextEra Energy Resources' interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2011 increased $9 million, primarily due to increased borrowings to support the growth of the business.  Gains on disposal of assets - net in NextEra Energy's condensed consolidated statements of income for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 reflect $16 million and $18 million, respectively, of gains on sales of securities held in NextEra Energy Resources' nuclear decommissioning funds.  In addition, gains on disposal of assets - net for the three months ended March 31, 2010 reflect a pretax gain of $18 million from the sale of the waste-to-energy project.

See Summary above and Note 5 for a discussion of PTCs, deferred tax benefits associated with convertible ITCs and NextEra Energy's effective income tax rates for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010.

NextEra Energy Resources expects its future portfolio capacity growth to come primarily from wind and solar development and from asset acquisitions.  NextEra Energy Resources plans to add approximately 3,500 mw to 5,000 mw of new wind generation in 2010 to 2014, including 754 mw added in 2010 and a total of approximately 1,400 mw to 2,000 mw in 2011 and 2012.  In addition to wind expansion, NextEra Energy Resources is considering several solar development opportunities in the United States and Europe, and plans to add approximately 400 mw to 600 mw of new solar generation during the period 2010 through 2014, including 5 mw added in 2010.  The wind and solar expansions are subject to, among other things, continued public policy support, support for the construction and availability of sufficient transmission facilities and capacity, continued market demand, supply chain expansion and access to capital at reasonable cost and on reasonable terms.  Currently, in the United States, approximately 30 states and the District of Columbia have renewable portfolio standards requiring electricity providers in the state or district to meet a certain percentage of their retail sales with energy from renewable sources.  These standards vary, but the majority include requirements to meet 10% to 25% of the electricity providers' retail sales with energy from renewable sources by 2025.  NextEra Energy Resources believes that these standards will create incremental demand for renewable energy in the future.

As part of NextEra Energy Resources' strategic planning process, management reviews its portfolio of existing assets with the intention of optimizing the value of the assets and their potential long-term returns.  Management periodically reviews and negotiates potential business acquisitions and divestitures, some of which may be material.  NextEra Energy Resources is currently exploring the potential sale of five of its natural gas-fired generating assets with an aggregate capacity of approximately 2,700 mw located in California, Virginia, Rhode Island, Alabama and South Carolina.

Corporate and Other - Corporate and Other is primarily comprised of interest expense, the operating results of FPL FiberNet and other business activities, as well as corporate interest income and expenses.  Corporate and Other allocates non-utility interest expense and shared service costs to NextEra Energy Resources.  Interest expense is allocated based on a deemed capital structure of 70% debt and, for purposes of allocating non-utility interest expense, the deferred credit associated with differential membership interests sold by NextEra Energy Resources subsidiaries is included with debt.  Each subsidiary's income taxes are calculated based on the "separate return method," except that tax benefits that could not be used on a separate return basis, but are used on the consolidated tax return, are recorded by the subsidiary that generated the tax benefits.  Any remaining consolidated income tax benefits or expenses are recorded at Corporate and Other.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

NextEra Energy and its subsidiaries, including FPL, require funds to support and grow their businesses.  These funds are used for, among other things, working capital, capital expenditures, investments in or acquisitions of assets and businesses, payment of maturing debt obligations and, from time to time, redemption or repurchase of outstanding debt or equity securities.  It is anticipated that these requirements will be satisfied through a combination of internally generated funds, short- and long-term borrowings, and the issuance, from time to time, of short- and long-term debt and equity securities, consistent with NextEra Energy's and FPL's objective of maintaining, on a long-term basis, a capital structure that will support a strong investment grade credit rating.  NextEra Energy, FPL and Capital Holdings rely on access to credit and capital markets as significant sources of liquidity for capital requirements and other operations that are not satisfied by operating cash flows.  The inability of NextEra Energy, FPL and Capital Holdings to maintain their current credit ratings could affect their ability to raise short- and long-term capital, their cost of capital and the execution of their respective financing strategies, and could require the posting of additional collateral under certain agreements.  On May 2, 2011, Fitch Ratings changed its ratings outlook for NextEra Energy, FPL and Capital Holdings from negative to stable.  For a discussion of NextEra Energy's, FPL's and Capital Holdings' credit ratings, see Management's Discussion - Liquidity and Capital Resources - Credit Ratings in the 2010 Form 10-K for NextEra Energy and FPL.
 
 
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Available Liquidity - At March 31, 2011, NextEra Energy's total net available liquidity was approximately $5.8 billion, of which FPL's portion was approximately $2.8 billion.  The components of each company's net available liquidity at March 31, 2011 were as follows:

             
Maturity Date
 
FPL
 
Capital
Holdings
 
NextEra
Energy
Consoli-
dated
 
FPL
 
Capital
Holdings
       
(millions)
             
                         
Bank revolving line of credit facilities(a)
$
2,973
 
$
4,417
 
$
7,390
 
(b)
 
(b)
Less letters of credit
 
(6
)
 
(856
)
 
(862
)
     
   
2,967
   
3,561
   
6,528
       
                         
Revolving credit facility
 
250
   
-
   
250
 
2014
   
Less borrowings
 
-
   
-
   
-
       
   
250
   
-
   
250
       
                         
Subtotal
 
3,217
   
3,561
   
6,778
       
                         
Cash and cash equivalents
 
21
   
404
   
425
       
Less commercial paper
 
(431
)
 
(947
)
 
(1,378
)
     
                         
Net available liquidity
$
2,807
 
$
3,018
 
$
5,825
       
¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾
(a)
Provide for the funding of loans up to $7,390 million ($2,973 million for FPL) and the issuance of letters of credit up to $6,390 million ($2,473 million for FPL).  The entire amount of the credit facilities is available for general corporate purposes, including to provide back-up liquidity for FPL's and Capital Holdings' commercial paper programs and other short-term borrowings and to provide additional liquidity in the event of a loss to the companies' or their subsidiaries' operating facilities (including, in the case of FPL, a transmission and distribution property loss).  FPL's bank revolving line of credit facilities are also available to support the purchase of $633 million of pollution control, solid waste disposal and industrial development revenue bonds in the event they are tendered by individual bond holders and not remarketed prior to maturity.
(b)
$17 million of FPL's and $40 million of Capital Holdings' bank revolving line of credit facilities expire in 2012.  The remaining portion of bank revolving line of credit facilities for FPL and Capital Holdings expires in 2013.

In April 2011, Capital Holdings and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources (collectively, the Borrowers) entered into a €170 million principal amount (approximately US $250 million) variable rate revolving loan agreement maturing in April 2014 (the Revolving Loan Agreement) to finance a portion of the costs associated with constructing two 49.9 mw thermal solar plants and related facilities in Spain (the Spain Solar Project).

In addition, in April 2011, two indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries of NextEra Energy Resources (collectively, the Project Borrowers) entered into two senior secured limited-recourse variable rate loan agreements (collectively, Project Loan Agreements), one loan agreement to finance a further portion of the costs associated with constructing the Spain Solar Project (construction loan), and the second loan agreement to finance ongoing value added tax payments associated with the construction of the Spain Solar Project (VAT loan).  The construction loan agreement provides for approximately €589 million principal amount (approximately US $875 million) in borrowings with a maturity date of December 2030.  Concurrent with executing the construction loan agreement, several interest rate swaps were entered into to hedge against interest rate movements with respect to a portion of the projected interest payments on the construction loan, with an interest rate cap to hedge the remaining portion of the projected interest payments.  Approximately €105 million (approximately US $155 million) of the funding commitment available under the construction loan agreement was borrowed in April 2011, with the remainder anticipated to be borrowed on a monthly basis through the completion of construction of the Spain Solar Project.  The VAT loan agreement provides for €40 million (approximately US $60 million) in borrowings with a maturity date of no later than April 2015.  Approximately €8 million (approximately US $12 million) of the funding commitment available under the VAT loan agreement was borrowed in April 2011.

As a precondition to borrowing under the terms of the Revolving Loan Agreement and the Project Loan Agreements, among other things, NextEra Energy’s ratio of funded debt to total capitalization must not exceed a stated ratio.  The Revolving Loan Agreement and the Project Loan Agreements contain default and related acceleration provisions for the failure to make required payments, failure to comply with certain covenants (including, for the Revolving Loan Agreement, a requirement that NextEra Energy's ratio of funded debt to total capitalization must not exceed the specified ratio and, for the Project Loan Agreements, a requirement that the Project Borrowers must complete construction of the Spain Solar Project by a certain date), certain bankruptcy-related events, and other actions by the Borrowers, the Project Borrowers or other parties as specified in the loan agreements.

The debt payment obligations under the Revolving Loan Agreement and, until certain obligations or conditions related to the Spain Solar Project are met, under the Project Loan Agreements and any related interest rate hedges are guaranteed by NextEra Energy and Capital Holdings.  The Capital Holdings guarantee contains default and acceleration provisions relating to, among other things, NextEra Energy's ratio of funded debt to total capitalization exceeding a specified ratio.  The US dollar amounts for the respective loans presented above are based on the conversion rate as of the date of closing.
 
 
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NextEra Energy and FPL continue to monitor the development of rules related to the Dodd-Frank Act.  Final rules on OTC derivative-related provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act are statutorily required to be established through U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and SEC rulemakings by July 2011, however, it appears that this deadline will not be met and that the regulations may not be final until later this year. NextEra Energy and FPL cannot predict the final rules that will be adopted to implement the OTC derivative-related provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act.  Those rules could negatively affect NextEra Energy’s and FPL’s ability to hedge their commodity and interest rate risks, which could have a material effect on NextEra Energy’s and FPL’s financial results.  The rules also could cause NextEra Energy Resources to decide to restructure part of its energy marketing and trading operations or to discontinue certain portions of that business.  In addition, if the rules require NextEra Energy and FPL to post cash collateral with respect to swap transactions, NextEra Energy’s and FPL’s liquidity could be materially affected, and their ability to enter into OTC derivatives to hedge commodity and interest rate risks could be significantly limited.  Reporting and compliance requirements of the rules also could significantly increase operating costs and expose NextEra Energy and FPL to penalties for non-compliance.  The financial and operational impact of the final rules cannot be determined at this time, but could be material.

Letters of Credit, Surety Bonds and Guarantees - NextEra Energy and FPL obtain letters of credit and surety bonds, and issue guarantees, to facilitate commercial transactions with third parties and financings.  At March 31, 2011, NextEra Energy had approximately $1.1 billion of standby letters of credit ($15 million for FPL), approximately $91 million of surety bonds ($55 million for FPL) and approximately $9.3 billion notional amount of guarantees ($43 million for FPL), of which approximately $6.7 billion ($33 million for FPL) letters of credit and guarantees have expiration dates within the next five years.  An aggregate of approximately $862 million ($6 million for FPL) of the standby letters of credit at March 31, 2011 were issued under FPL's and Capital Holdings' credit facilities.  See Available Liquidity above.  Letters of credit, surety bonds and guarantees support, among other things, the buying and selling of wholesale energy commodities, debt and related reserves, nuclear activities, capital expenditures for wind and solar development and other contractual agreements.  Each of NextEra Energy and FPL believe it is unlikely that it would incur any liabilities associated with these letters of credit, surety bonds and guarantees.  Accordingly, at March 31, 2011, NextEra Energy and FPL did not have any liabilities recorded for these letters of credit, surety bonds and guarantees.  In addition, NextEra Energy has guaranteed certain payment obligations of Capital Holdings, including most of its debt and all of its debentures and commercial paper issuances, as well as most of its payment guarantees, and Capital Holdings has guaranteed certain debt and other obligations of NextEra Energy Resources and its subsidiaries.  See Note 10 - Commitments.

Cash Flow - The changes in cash and cash equivalents are summarized as follows:

 
NextEra Energy
 
FPL
 
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
 
2011
 
2010
 
2011
 
2010
 
 
(millions)
 
                         
Net cash provided by operating activities
$
983
 
$
896
 
$
632
 
$
389
 
Net cash used in investing activities
 
(1,077
)
 
(1,361
)
 
(554
)
 
(787
)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
 
217
   
1,442
   
(77
)
 
905
 
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
$
123
 
$
977
 
$
1
 
$
507
 

NextEra Energy's cash and cash equivalents increased for the three months ended March 31, 2011 reflecting cash generated by operating activities, increase in short-term debt and cash grants received under the Recovery Act.  These inflows were partially offset by capital investments by FPL and NextEra Energy Resources, net retirements of long-term debt and the payment of common stock dividends to NextEra Energy shareholders.

NextEra Energy's cash flows from operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2011 reflect cash generated by net income and non-cash charges, as well as changes in customer receivable balances.

NextEra Energy's cash flows from investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2011 reflect capital investments, including nuclear fuel purchases, of approximately $694 million by FPL to expand and enhance its electric system and generating facilities to continue to provide reliable service to meet the power needs of present and future customers and investments in independent power projects, including nuclear fuel, of approximately $644 million by NextEra Energy Resources.  NextEra Energy's cash flows from investing activities also include approximately $377 million (comprised of $223 million and $154 million at NextEra Energy Resources and FPL, respectively) of cash grants under the Recovery Act, the purchase and sale of restricted securities held in the special use funds, including the reinvestment of fund earnings and new contributions by NextEra Energy Resources, as well as other investment activity, primarily at Capital Holdings.  NextEra Energy expects to receive additional cash grants under the Recovery Act during 2011.
 
 
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During the three months ended March 31, 2011, NextEra Energy generated proceeds from financing activities of approximately $707 million, including a net increase in short-term debt of $488 million (comprised of $158 million and $330 million at Capital Holdings and FPL, respectively), $18 million in proceeds from the issuance of common stock and the following long-term debt issuances and borrowings.  The table also sets forth long-term debt issuances and borrowings during April 2011.

 
Date Issued
 
 
Company
 
 
Debt Issuances/Borrowings
 
Interest
Rate
 
Principal
Amount
 
Maturity
Date
               
(millions)
   
                       
January 2011
 
NextEra Energy Resources subsidiary
 
Canadian revolving credit facilities
 
Variable
(a)
$
122
 
2013
February 2011
 
NextEra Energy Resources subsidiary
 
Senior secured limited recourse notes
 
6.25%
   
82
 
2031
               
$
204
   
April 2011
 
NextEra Energy Resources subsidiaries
 
Eurodollar denominated senior secured limited recourse loan
 
Variable
(a)(b)
$
155
 
2030
April 2011
 
NextEra Energy Resources subsidiaries
 
Eurodollar denominated senior secured limited recourse loan
 
Variable
(a)
$
12
 
2015
¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾
(a)  
Variable rate is based on an underlying index plus a margin.
(b)  
Interest rate swap agreements were entered into with respect to these issuances.

During the three months ended March 31, 2011, NextEra Energy paid approximately $481 million in connection with financing activities, including $128 million in principal payments on NextEra Energy Resources' debt, $100 million in principal payments on Capital Holdings' debt, $24 million in principal payments on FPL's storm-recovery bonds and $229 million for the payment of dividends on NextEra Energy's common stock.

NextEra Energy's cash and cash equivalents increased for the three months ended March 31, 2010 reflecting cash generated by operating activities, net issuance of both long- and short-term debt and the cash grants received under the Recovery Act.  These inflows were partially offset by capital investments by FPL and NextEra Energy Resources and the payment of common stock dividends to NextEra Energy shareholders.

In April 2011, Penta Wind, LLC (Penta Wind), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, issued Class B membership interests to two third-party investors.  Penta Wind has ownership interests in five wind generation facilities with generating capability totaling approximately 483 mw located in Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin.  Penta Wind received approximately $118 million at closing and will receive future capital contributions from the third-party investors on a quarterly basis through December 31, 2019 based on the amount of PTCs generated by Penta Wind’s subsidiaries.  The future capital contributions are expected to total approximately $290 million based on projected wind generation.

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

NextEra Energy's total other comprehensive income (loss) activity is as follows:

   
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
 
   
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
   
2011
 
2010
 
   
(millions)
 
   
Net
Unrealized
Gains
(Losses) On
Cash Flow
Hedges
 
Other
 
Total
 
Net
Unrealized
Gains
(Losses) On
Cash Flow
Hedges
 
Other
 
Total
 
                                       
Balances at December 31 of prior year
 
$
24
 
$
142
 
$
166
 
$
67
 
$
102
 
$
169
 
Net unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges:
                                     
Effective portion of net unrealized losses (net of $5 and $6 tax benefit, respectively)
   
(10
)
 
-
   
(10
)
 
(12
)
 
-
   
(12
)
Reclassification from AOCI to net income (net of $8 tax expense and $7 tax benefit, respectively)
   
17
   
-
   
17
   
(9
)
 
-
   
(9
)
Net unrealized gains (losses) on available for sale securities:
                                     
Net unrealized gains on securities still held (net of $14 and $16 tax expense, respectively)
   
-
   
22
   
22
   
-
   
19
   
19
 
Reclassification from AOCI to net income (net of $5 and $7 tax benefit, respectively)
   
-
   
(9
)
 
(9
)
 
-
   
(9
)
 
(9
)
Defined benefit pension and other benefits plans (net of $4 tax expense)
   
-
   
6
   
6
   
-
   
-
   
-
 
Net unrealized gains (losses) on foreign currency translation (net of $5 tax expense and $1 tax benefit, respectively)
   
-
   
10
   
10
   
-
   
(1
)
 
(1
)
Balances at March 31
 
$
31
 
$
171
 
$
202
 
$
46
 
$
111
 
$
157
 
 
 
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Energy Marketing and Trading and Market Risk Sensitivity

Energy Marketing and Trading - Certain of NextEra Energy's subsidiaries, including FPL and NextEra Energy Resources, use derivative instruments (primarily swaps, options, futures and forwards) to manage the commodity price risk inherent in the purchase and sale of fuel and electricity.  In addition, NextEra Energy, through NextEra Energy Resources, uses derivatives to optimize the value of power generation assets.  NextEra Energy Resources provides full energy and capacity requirements services primarily to distribution utilities, which include load-following services and various ancillary services, in certain markets and engages in power and gas marketing and trading activities to take advantage of expected future favorable price movements.

Derivative instruments, when required to be marked to market, are recorded on NextEra Energy's and FPL's condensed consolidated balance sheets as either an asset or liability measured at fair value.  At FPL, substantially all changes in the derivatives' fair value are deferred as a regulatory asset or liability until the contracts are settled, and, upon settlement, any gains or losses are passed through the fuel clause or the capacity clause.  For NextEra Energy's non-rate regulated operations, predominantly NextEra Energy Resources, unless hedge accounting is applied essentially all changes in the derivatives' fair value for power purchases and sales and trading activities are recognized on a net basis in operating revenues; fuel purchases and sales are recognized on a net basis in fuel, purchased power and interchange expense; and the equity method investees' related activity is recognized in equity in earnings of equity method investees in NextEra Energy's condensed consolidated statements of income.  See Note 2.

The changes in the fair value of NextEra Energy's consolidated subsidiaries' energy contract derivative instruments for the three months ended March 31, 2011 were as follows:

         
Hedges on Owned Assets
       
   
Trading
   
Non-
Qualifying
   
OCI
   
FPL Cost
Recovery
Clauses
   
NextEra
Energy
Total
 
   
(millions)
 
                               
Fair value of contracts outstanding at December 31, 2010
  $ 125     $ 413     $ 49     $ (236 )   $ 351  
Reclassification to realized at settlement of contracts
    16       (31 )     (5 )     90       70  
Changes in fair value excluding reclassification to realized
    (7 )     (169 )     -       -       (176 )
Fair value of contracts outstanding at March 31, 2011
    134       213       44       (146 )     245  
Net option premium payments (receipts)
    (146 )     9       -       -       (137 )
Net margin cash collateral paid
                                    63  
Total mark-to-market energy contract net assets (liabilities) at March 31, 2011
  $ (12 )   $ 222     $ 44     $ (146 )   $ 171  

NextEra Energy's total mark-to-market energy contract net assets (liabilities) at March 31, 2011 shown above are included in the condensed consolidated balance sheets as follows:

 
March 31,
2011
 
 
(millions)
 
     
Current derivative assets
  $ 378  
Noncurrent other assets
    360  
Current derivative liabilities
    (392 )
Noncurrent derivative liabilities
    (175 )
NextEra Energy's total mark-to-market energy contract net assets
  $ 171  
 
 
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The sources of fair value estimates and maturity of energy contract derivative instruments at March 31, 2011 were as follows:

 
Maturity
 
 
2011
 
2012
 
2013
 
2014
 
2015
 
Thereafter
 
Total
 
 
(millions)
 
Trading:
   
Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets
$
(1
)
$
7
 
$
(44
)
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
(38
)
Significant other observable inputs
 
(104
)
 
(33
)
 
35
   
6
   
3
   
6
   
(87
)
Significant unobservable inputs
 
105
   
5
   
10
   
(5
)
 
(2
)
 
-
   
113
 
Total
 
-
   
(21
)
 
1
   
1
   
1
   
6
   
(12
)
                                           
Owned Assets - Non-Qualifying:
                                         
Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets
 
(13
)
 
(19
)
 
(1
)
 
-
   
-
   
-
   
(33
)
Significant other observable inputs
 
114
   
112
   
14
   
12
   
12
   
5
   
269
 
Significant unobservable inputs
 
(8
)
 
3
   
10
   
6
   
9
   
(34
)
 
(14
)
Total
 
93
   
96
   
23
   
18
   
21
   
(29
)
 
222
 
                                           
Owned Assets - OCI:
                                         
Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets
 
26
   
14
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
40
 
Significant other observable inputs
 
10
   
(6
)
 
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
4
 
Significant unobservable inputs
 
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
 
Total
 
36
   
8
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
44
 
                                           
Owned Assets - FPL Cost Recovery Clauses:
                                         
Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets
 
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
 
Significant other observable inputs
 
(166
)
 
15
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
(151
)
Significant unobservable inputs
 
5
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
5
 
Total
 
(161
)
 
15
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
(146
)
                                           
Total sources of fair value
$
(32
)
$
98
 
$
24
 
$
19
 
$
22
 
$
(23
)
$
108
 

The changes in the fair value of NextEra Energy's consolidated subsidiaries' energy contract derivative instruments for the three months ended March 31, 2010 were as follows:

         
Hedges on Owned Assets
       
   
Trading
   
Non-
Qualifying
   
OCI
   
FPL Cost
Recovery
Clauses
   
NextEra
Energy
Total
 
   
(millions)
 
                               
Fair value of contracts outstanding at December 31, 2009
  $ 39     $ 126     $ 131     $ (64 )   $ 232  
Reclassification to realized at settlement of contracts
    25       (29 )     (20 )     45       21  
Inception value of new contracts
    (22 )     -       -       -       (22 )
Effective portion of changes in fair value recorded in OCI
    -       -       19       -       19  
Ineffective portion of changes in fair value recorded in earnings
    -       1       -       -       1  
Changes in fair value excluding reclassification to realized
    21       317       -       (454 )     (116 )
Fair value of contracts outstanding at March 31, 2010
    63       415       130       (473 )     135  
Net option premium payments (receipts)
    (172 )     16       -       -       (156 )
Net margin cash collateral paid
                                    93  
Total mark-to-market energy contract net assets (liabilities) at March 31, 2010
  $ (109 )   $ 431     $ 130     $ (473 )   $ 72  

Market Risk Sensitivity - Financial instruments and positions affecting the financial statements of NextEra Energy and FPL described below are held primarily for purposes other than trading.  Market risk is measured as the potential loss in fair value resulting from hypothetical reasonably possible changes in commodity prices, interest rates, equity prices or currency exchange rates over the next year.  With respect to certain debt issuances and borrowings, Capital Holdings has entered into three cross currency swaps, two to hedge against currency movements with respect to both interest and principal payments and one to hedge against currency and interest rate movements with respect to both interest and principal payments.  At March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the fair value of these cross currency swaps was approximately $26 million and $44 million, respectively.

NextEra Energy and its subsidiaries are also exposed to credit risk through their energy marketing and trading operations.  Credit risk is the risk that a financial loss will be incurred if a counterparty to a transaction does not fulfill its financial obligation.  NextEra Energy manages counterparty credit risk for its subsidiaries with energy marketing and trading operations through established policies, including counterparty credit limits, and in some cases credit enhancements, such as cash prepayments, letters of credit, cash and other collateral and guarantees.  Credit risk is also managed through the use of master netting agreements.  NextEra Energy's credit department monitors current and forward credit exposure to counterparties and their affiliates, both on an individual and an aggregate basis.
 
 
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Management has established risk management policies to monitor and manage market and credit risks.  With respect to commodities, NextEra Energy's Exposure Management Committee (EMC), which is comprised of certain members of senior management, and NextEra Energy's chief executive officer are responsible for the overall approval of market and credit risk management policies and the delegation of approval and authorization levels.  The EMC and NextEra Energy's chief executive officer receive periodic updates on market positions and related exposures, credit exposures and overall risk management activities.

Commodity price risk - NextEra Energy uses a value-at-risk (VaR) model to measure market risk in its trading and mark-to-market portfolios.  The VaR is the estimated nominal loss of market value based on a one-day holding period at a 95% confidence level using historical simulation methodology.  At March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the VaR figures are as follows:

 
Trading
 
Non-Qualifying Hedges
and Hedges in OCI and
FPL Cost Recovery Clauses(a)
 
Total
 
FPL
 
NextEra
Energy
Resources
 
NextEra Energy
 
FPL
 
NextEra
Energy
Resources
 
NextEra Energy
 
FPL
 
NextEra
Energy
Resources
 
NextEra Energy
                         
(millions)
                       
                                                     
December 31, 2010
$
-
 
$
3
 
$
3
 
$
51
 
$
21
 
$
35
 
$
51
 
$
23
 
$
36
March 31, 2011
$
-
 
$
6
 
$
6
 
$
61
 
$
40
 
$
35
 
$
61
 
$
38
 
$
34
                                                     
Average for the three months ended March 31, 2011
$
-
 
$
3
 
$
3
 
$
50
 
$
24
 
$
32
 
$
50
 
$
24
 
$
32
¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾
(a)
Non-qualifying hedges are employed to reduce the market risk exposure to physical assets or contracts which are not marked to market.  The VaR figures for the non-qualifying hedges and hedges in OCI and FPL cost recovery clauses category do not represent the economic exposure to commodity price movements.

Interest rate risk - NextEra Energy and FPL are exposed to risk resulting from changes in interest rates as a result of their respective issuances of debt, investments in special use funds and other investments.  NextEra Energy and FPL manage their respective interest rate exposure by monitoring current interest rates, entering into interest rate swaps and adjusting their variable rate debt in relation to total capitalization.

The following are estimates of the fair value of NextEra Energy's and FPL's financial instruments:

 
March 31, 2011
 
December 31, 2010
 
 
Carrying
Amount
 
Estimated
Fair Value
 
Carrying
Amount
 
Estimated
Fair Value
 
 
(millions)
 
NextEra Energy:
                       
Fixed income securities:
                       
Special use funds
$
1,766
 
$
1,766
(a)
$
1,701
 
$
1,701
(a)
Other investments:
                       
Debt securities
$
93
 
$
93
(a)
$
114
 
$
114
(a)
Notes receivable
$
504
 
$
561
(b)
$
525
 
$
583
(b)
Long-term debt, including current maturities
$
19,872
 
$
20,559
(c)
$
19,929
 
$
20,756
(c)
Interest rate swaps - net unrealized losses
$
(2
)
$
(2
)(d)
$
(16
)
$
(16
)(d)
                         
FPL:
                       
Fixed income securities - special use funds
$
1,405
 
$
1,405
(a)
$
1,375
 
$
1,375
(a)
Long-term debt, including current maturities
$
6,705
 
$
7,061
(c)
$
6,727
 
$
7,236
(c)
¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾
(a)
Based on quoted market prices for these or similar issues.
(b)
Based on market prices provided by external sources.
(c)
Provided by external sources based on market prices indicative of market conditions.
(d)
Modeled internally based on market values using discounted cash flow analysis and credit valuation adjustment.

The special use funds of NextEra Energy and FPL consist of restricted funds set aside to cover the cost of storm damage for FPL and for the decommissioning of NextEra Energy's and FPL's nuclear power plants.  A portion of these funds is invested in fixed income debt securities carried at estimated fair value.  At FPL, changes in fair value, including any other than temporary impairment losses, result in a corresponding adjustment to the related liability accounts based on current regulatory treatment.  The changes in fair value of NextEra Energy's non-rate regulated operations result in a corresponding adjustment to OCI, except for impairments deemed to be other than temporary, including any credit losses, which are reported in current period earnings.  Because the funds set aside by FPL for storm damage could be needed at any time, the related investments are generally more liquid and, therefore, are less sensitive to changes in interest rates.  The nuclear decommissioning funds, in contrast, are generally invested in longer-term securities, as decommissioning activities are not scheduled to begin until at least 2030 (2032 at FPL).
 
 
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NextEra Energy and its subsidiaries use a combination of fixed rate and variable rate debt to manage interest rate exposure.  Interest rate swaps are used to mitigate and adjust interest rate exposure when deemed appropriate based upon market conditions or when required by financing agreements.  At March 31, 2011, the estimated fair value of NextEra Energy's interest rate swaps was as follows:

Notional
Amount
 
Effective
Date
 
Maturity
Date
 
Rate
Paid
 
Rate
Received
 
Estimated
Fair Value
(millions)
                   
(millions)
               
Fair value hedges - Capital Holdings:
                     
$
300
   
June 2008
 
September 2011
 
Variable
(a)
5.625
%
   
$
5
 
$
250
   
May 2010
 
November 2013
 
Variable
(b)
2.55
%
     
3
 
$
400
   
August 2010
 
September 2015
 
Variable
(c)
2.60
%
     
(11
)
Total fair value hedges
     
(3
)
                     
Cash flow hedges:
                   
 
NextEra Energy Resources:
                       
$
38
   
December 2003
 
December 2017
 
4.245
%
Variable
(d)
     
(3
)
$
12
   
April 2004
 
December 2017
 
3.845
%
Variable
(d)
     
(1
)
$
150
   
December 2005
 
November 2019
 
4.905
%
Variable
(d)
     
(13
)
$
362
   
January 2007
 
January 2022
 
5.390
%
Variable
(e)
     
(38
)
$
72
   
January 2008
 
September 2011
 
3.2050
%
Variable
(d)
     
(1
)
$
321
   
January 2009
 
December 2016
 
2.680
%
Variable
(d)
     
(5
)
$
124
   
January 2009(f)
 
December 2023
 
3.725
%
Variable
(d)
     
3
 
$
85
   
January 2009
 
December 2023
 
2.578
%
Variable
(g)
     
4
 
$
19
   
March 2009
 
December 2016
 
2.655
%
Variable
(d)
     
-
 
$
7
   
March 2009(f)
 
December 2023
 
3.960
%
Variable
(d)
     
-
 
$
308
   
May 2009
 
May 2017
 
3.015
%
Variable
(d)
     
(8
)
$
106
   
May 2009(f)
 
May 2024
 
4.663
%
Variable
(d)
     
1
 
$
128
   
December 2009
 
December 2019
 
3.830
%
Variable
(d)
     
(6
)
$
52
   
December 2009(f)
 
September 2021
 
5.500
%
Variable
(d)
     
-
 
$
250
   
April 2010
 
January 2027
 
4.040
%
Variable
(e)
     
(12
)
$
277
   
October 2010
 
September 2028
 
2.822
%
Variable
(d)
     
18
 
$
201
   
December 2010
 
January 2018
 
2.313
%
Variable
(e)
     
(1
)
 
Capital Holdings:
                       
$
250
   
October 2010(f)
 
June 2021
 
2.744
%
Variable
(d)
     
20
 
$
250
   
October 2010(f)
 
September 2021
 
2.819
%
Variable
(d)
     
21
 
$
250
   
October 2010(f)
 
June 2023
 
3.479
%
Variable
(d)
     
22
 
Total cash flow hedges
     
1
 
           
Total interest rate swaps
   
$
(2
)
¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾
(a)
Three-month London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus 1.18896%.
(b)
Three-month LIBOR plus 0.4726%
(c)
Three-month LIBOR plus 0.7980%
(d)
Three-month LIBOR.
(e)
Six-month LIBOR.
(f)
Exchange of payments does not begin until December 2016, December 2016, May 2017, December 2019, June 2011, September 2011 and June 2013, respectively.
(g)
Three-month Banker's Acceptance Rate.

Based upon a hypothetical 10% decrease in interest rates, which is a reasonable near-term market change, the net fair value of NextEra Energy's net liabilities would increase by approximately $972 million ($384 million for FPL) at March 31, 2011.

Equity price risk - Included in the nuclear decommissioning reserve funds of NextEra Energy are marketable equity securities carried at estimated fair value of approximately $2,121 million and $2,041 million ($1,317 million and $1,262 million for FPL) at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.  A hypothetical 10% decrease in the prices quoted by stock exchanges, which is a reasonable near-term market change, would result in a $195 million ($123 million for FPL) reduction in fair value and corresponding adjustments to the related liability accounts based on current regulatory treatment for FPL, or adjustments to OCI for NextEra Energy's non-rate regulated operations, at March 31, 2011.
 
 
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Credit risk - For all derivative and contractual transactions, NextEra Energy's energy marketing and trading operations, which includes FPL's energy marketing and trading division, are exposed to losses in the event of nonperformance by counterparties to these transactions.  Relevant considerations when assessing NextEra Energy's energy marketing and trading operations' credit risk exposure include:

·  
Operations are primarily concentrated in the energy industry.

·  
Trade receivables and other financial instruments are predominately with energy, utility and financial services related companies, as well as municipalities, cooperatives and other trading companies in the United States.

·  
Overall credit risk is managed through established credit policies and is overseen by the EMC.

·  
Prospective and existing customers are reviewed for creditworthiness based upon established standards, with customers not meeting minimum standards providing various credit enhancements or secured payment terms, such as letters of credit or the posting of margin cash collateral.

·  
The use of master netting agreements to offset cash and non-cash gains and losses arising from derivative instruments with the same counterparty.  NextEra Energy's policy is to have master netting agreements in place with significant counterparties.

Based on NextEra Energy's policies and risk exposures related to credit, NextEra Energy and FPL do not anticipate a material adverse effect on their financial positions as a result of counterparty nonperformance.  As of March 31, 2011, approximately 98% of NextEra Energy's and 95% of FPL's energy marketing and trading counterparty credit risk exposure is associated with companies that have investment grade credit ratings.

Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

See Management's Discussion - Energy Marketing and Trading and Market Risk Sensitivity - Market Risk Sensitivity.

Item 4.  Controls and Procedures

(a)
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
   
 
As of March 31, 2011, each of NextEra Energy and FPL had performed an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of its management, including NextEra Energy's and FPL's chief executive officer and chief financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of each company's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rule 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e)).  Based upon that evaluation, the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of each of NextEra Energy and FPL concluded that the company's disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2011.
   
(b)
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
   
 
NextEra Energy and FPL are continuously seeking to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their operations and of their internal controls.  This results in refinements to processes throughout NextEra Energy and FPL.  However, there has been no change in NextEra Energy's or FPL's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during NextEra Energy's and FPL's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, NextEra Energy's or FPL's internal control over financial reporting.
 
 
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.  Legal Proceedings

NextEra Energy and FPL are parties to various legal and regulatory proceedings in the ordinary course of their respective businesses.  For information regarding legal proceedings that could have a material effect on NextEra Energy or FPL, see Item 3. Legal Proceedings and Note 14 - Legal Proceedings to Consolidated Financial Statements in the 2010 Form 10-K for NextEra Energy and FPL and Note 10 - Legal Proceedings herein.  Such descriptions are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 1A.  Risk Factors

There have been no material changes from the risk factors disclosed in NextEra Energy’s and FPL’s 2010 Form 10-K except as follows:

The construction, operation and maintenance of nuclear generation facilities involve risks that could result in fines or the closure of nuclear generation facilities owned by NextEra Energy or FPL and in increased costs and capital expenditures.

·
Together, FPL and NextEra Energy’s other subsidiaries own, or hold undivided interests in, eight nuclear generation units in four states.  The construction, operation and maintenance of the facilities involve inherent risks, including, but not limited to, the following:

 
·
The nuclear generation facilities are subject to environmental, health and financial risks, such as risks relating to site storage of spent nuclear fuel, the disposition of spent nuclear fuel, leakage and emissions of tritium and other radioactive elements in the event of a nuclear accident or otherwise, the threat of a terrorist attack and other potential liabilities arising out of the ownership or operation of the facilities.  Although NextEra Energy and FPL maintain decommissioning funds and external insurance coverage which are intended to reduce the financial exposure to some of these risks, the cost of decommissioning the facilities could exceed the amount available in the decommissioning funds, and the liability and property damages could exceed the amount of insurance coverage.  In the event of an incident at any nuclear generation facility in the United States or at certain nuclear generation facilities in Europe, NextEra Energy and FPL could be assessed significant retrospective assessments and/or retrospective insurance premiums as a result of their participation in a secondary financial protection system and a nuclear insurance mutual company.

 
·
The NRC has broad authority to impose licensing and safety-related requirements for the construction of nuclear generation facilities, the addition of capacity at existing nuclear generation facilities, and the operation and maintenance of nuclear generation facilities, and such requirements are subject to change.  In the event of non-compliance, the NRC has the authority to impose fines or shut down a nuclear generation facility, or to take both of these actions, depending upon its assessment of the severity of the situation, until compliance is achieved.  NRC orders or new regulations related to increased security measures and any future safety requirements promulgated by the NRC could require NextEra Energy and FPL to incur substantial operating and capital expenditures at their nuclear generation facilities.  In addition, any serious nuclear incident occurring at a NextEra Energy or FPL plant could result in substantial remediation costs and other expenses.  A major incident at a nuclear facility anywhere in the world could cause the NRC to limit or prohibit the operation or licensing of any domestic nuclear generation facility.  An incident at a nuclear facility anywhere in the world also could cause the NRC to impose additional conditions or other requirements on the industry, which could increase costs and result in additional capital expenditures.

 
·
The operating licenses for NextEra Energy’s and FPL’s nuclear generation facilities extend through at least 2030.  If any of NextEra Energy’s or FPL’s nuclear generation units cannot be operated through the end of their respective operating licenses, NextEra Energy or FPL may be required to increase depreciation rates, incur impairment charges and accelerate future decommissioning expenditures, which could adversely affect their financial results.

 
·
Terrorist threats and increased public scrutiny of nuclear generation facilities could result in increased nuclear licensing or compliance costs which are difficult or impossible to predict.

NextEra Energy and FPL are subject to operating risks associated with their natural gas and oil storage and pipeline infrastructure, and the use of such fuels in their generation facilities.

·
NextEra Energy’s and FPL’s operations are subject to operating risks incident to handling, storing, transporting and consuming natural gas, natural gas liquids and oil including, but not limited to, adverse weather conditions, explosions, pollution, release of toxic substances, fires and other hazards, any of which could result in damage to or destruction of their facilities and other property or human injury.  If any of these events were to occur, NextEra Energy and FPL could suffer substantial losses.  Moreover, as a result of any such event, NextEra Energy and FPL may be from time to time a defendant in related legal proceedings.  As a result, NextEra Energy’s and FPL’s financial results and liquidity could be materially adversely affected if a significant event occurs that is not fully covered by insurance.
 
 
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The factors discussed above and in Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors in NextEra Energy's and FPL's 2010 Form 10-K, as well as other information set forth in this report, which could materially adversely affect NextEra Energy's and FPL's businesses, financial condition, future financial results and/or liquidity should be carefully considered.  The risks described above and in NextEra Energy's and FPL's 2010 Form 10-K are not the only risks facing NextEra Energy and FPL.  Additional risks and uncertainties also may materially adversely affect NextEra Energy's or FPL's business, financial condition, future financial results and/or liquidity.

Item 2.  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

(c)
Information regarding purchases made by NextEra Energy of its common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2011 is as follows:

Period
 
Total Number of Shares Purchased(a)
 
Average Price Paid Per Share
 
Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of a Publicly Announced Program
 
Maximum Number of Shares that May Yet be Purchased Under the Program(b)
                               
1/01/11 - 1/31/11
   
-
     
$
-
     
-
   
20,000,000
2/01/11 - 2/28/11
   
114,866
     
$
54.51
     
-
   
20,000,000
3/01/11 - 3/31/11
   
577
     
$
53.71
     
-
   
20,000,000
Total
   
115,443
     
$
54.51
     
-
     
¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾
(a)  
Includes:  (1) in February 2011 shares of common stock withheld from employees to pay certain withholding taxes upon the vesting of stock awards granted to such employees under the NextEra Energy, Inc. Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP); and (2) in March 2011, shares of common stock purchased as a reinvestment of dividends by the trustee of a grantor trust in connection with NextEra Energy's obligation under a February 2006 grant under the LTIP of deferred retirement share awards to an executive officer.
(b)  
In February 2005, NextEra Energy's Board of Directors authorized a common stock repurchase plan of up to 20 million shares of common stock over an unspecified period, which authorization was ratified and confirmed by the Board of Directors in December 2005.

Item 5.  Other Information

(a)
None
   
(b)
None
   
(c)
Other events
   
(i)
Reference is made to Item 1. Business - Environmental Matters - Clean Air Act Mercury/Nickel Rule in the 2010 Form 10-K for NextEra Energy and FPL.
   
 
In March 2011, the EPA issued a proposed Air Toxics Rule as required under the Clean Air Act which requires coal-fired and oil-fired generating units to reduce emissions of hazardous air pollutants.  Based on the provisions of the proposed rule, seven oil-fired units and three coal-fired units at FPL and three oil-fired units at NextEra Energy Resources may be required to add additional pollution control equipment to meet Maximum Achievable Control Technology standards, the economic and operational impact of which cannot be determined at this time, but could be material.  A final Air Toxics Rule is scheduled to be issued by the EPA by the end of 2011; units affected by the rule will be required to comply within three years of issuance of the final rule with a possible fourth year option for compliance if required to install pollution control equipment.
   
(ii)
Reference is made to Item 1. Business - Environmental Matters - Clean Water Act Section 316(b) in the 2010 Form 10-K for NextEra Energy and FPL.
   
 
In March 2011, the EPA issued a proposed rule under Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act to regulate intake structures at existing power plants with once-through cooling water systems.  The rule is intended to require the Best Technology Available to reduce the impact on aquatic organisms from such water intake systems.  Under the proposed rule, potentially thirteen of FPL's facilities and five of NextEra Energy Resources' facilities may be required to add additional controls or make operational changes to comply with the rule, the economic and operational impact of which cannot be determined at this time, but could be material.  The EPA is expected to issue the final rule in the summer of 2012.
 
 
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Item 6.  Exhibits

Exhibit
Number
 
Description
 
NextEra
Energy
 
FPL
             
*10(a)
 
NextEra Energy Non-Employee Director Compensation Summary effective January 1, 2011 (filed as Exhibit 10(jj) to Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, File No. 1-8841)
 
 
x
   
10(b)
 
Form of NextEra Energy Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan Performance Share Award Agreement effective February 18, 2011
 
 
x
 
x
10(c)
 
Form of NextEra Energy Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan Restricted Stock Award Agreement effective February 18, 2011
 
 
x
 
x
10(d)
 
Form of NextEra Energy Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement effective February 18, 2011
 
 
x
 
x
12(a)
 
Computation of Ratios
 
 
x
   
12(b)
 
Computation of Ratios
 
     
x
31(a)
 
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer of NextEra Energy
 
 
x
   
31(b)
 
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer of NextEra Energy
 
 
x
   
31(c)
 
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer of FPL
 
     
x
31(d)
 
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer of FPL
 
     
x
32(a)
 
Section 1350 Certification of NextEra Energy
 
 
x
   
32(b)
 
Section 1350 Certification of FPL
 
     
x
101.INS
 
XBRL Instance Document
 
 
x
   
101.SCH
 
XBRL Schema Document
 
 
x
   
101.PRE
 
XBRL Presentation Linkbase Document
 
 
x
   
101.CAL
 
XBRL Calculation Linkbase Document
 
 
x
   
101.LAB
 
XBRL Label Linkbase Document
 
 
x
   
101.DEF
 
XBRL Definition Linkbase Document
 
 
x
   
¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾¾
*Incorporated herein by reference

NextEra Energy and FPL agree to furnish to the SEC upon request any instrument with respect to long-term debt that NextEra Energy and FPL have not filed as an exhibit pursuant to the exemption provided by Item 601(b)(4)(iii)(A) of Regulation S-K.
 
 
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

NEXTERA ENERGY, INC.
(Registrant)
Date:  May 4, 2011

 
CHRIS N. FROGGATT
 
 
Chris N. Froggatt
Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of NextEra Energy, Inc.
(Principal Accounting Officer of NextEra Energy, Inc.)
 




FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
(Registrant)


 
KIMBERLY OUSDAHL
 
 
Kimberly Ousdahl
Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of
Florida Power & Light Company
(Principal Accounting Officer of
Florida Power & Light Company)
 


 
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