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Speaker: Mr. Thomas Gwaltney, Senior Director of Central Maintenance, Florida Power and Light
Seminar Title: Florida Power and Light
Speaker Bios:
Tom Gwaltney is the Senior Director of Central Maintenance and Construction of Power Delivery for Florida Power & Light Company. He is responsible for strategic direction associated with all execution aspects of construction for the Distribution, Transmission and Substation systems. This includes project management of major new construction and upgrades of the infrastructure, execution of large programs including Storm Secure, vegetative management, and inspection programs. His organization provides additional support to the Power Delivery Organization through managing all workload, testing of safety equipment and tools, standardizing work methods for the field, and environmental field services. His organization also supports NextEra on transmission and substation projects outside of the state of Florida.
Mr. Gwaltney has been with FPL for over 30 years and holds a bachelor of electrical engineering degree from Georgia Tech. He represents FPL on numerous S.E.E. and EEI Committees.
Florida Power & Light Company is the third-largest electric utility in the United States, serving more than 4.7 million customer accounts across nearly half of the state of Florida. FPL’s typical 1,000-kWh residential customer bill is approximately 25 percent lower than the national average and, in 2014, was the lowest in Florida among reporting utilities for the fifth year in a row. FPL’s service reliability is better than 99.98 percent, and its highly fuel-efficient power plant fleet is one of the cleanest among all utilities nationwide. The company was recognized in 2014 as the most trusted U.S. electric utility by Market Strategies International, and has earned the national ServiceOne Award for outstanding customer service for an unprecedented 10 consecutive years. A leading Florida employer with approximately 8,900 employees, FPL is a subsidiary of Juno Beach, Fla.-based NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE). For more information, visit www.FPL.com.
Michael Warr is the Director of Transmission & Substation (T&S) Field Operations with Florida Power & Light Company, a NextEra Energy company. He is responsible for the Transmission & Substation system operations, compliance, reliability, construction, maintenance and restoration of service for all of FPL’s service territory which covers more than 4.7 million customers throughout 35 counties in Florida. Mike oversees an organization of over 300 employees which included craft workers, engineering and support groups.
Mike joined FPL in 1992 and has served in a variety of positions, primarily in the Transmission & Substation Business Unit, including Engineering, Area Operations Lead, Technical Service Manager, and Area Operations Manager.
Mike has a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. He is also a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Florida.
