JUNO
BEACH, Fla., June 6, 2022
/PRNewswire/ -- NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) President and CEO
and NextEra Energy Partners (NYSE: NEP) CEO John Ketchum issued the following statement
regarding today's announcement on solar tariffs.
"The Biden administration's announcement of a two-year pause on
new solar tariffs is an important step to help the solar industry
recover from the uncertainty of the last three months. I want to
thank the administration for recognizing the challenges that trade
uncertainty presents to our industry and the country and for taking
this important action. NextEra Energy has and will continue to use
our industry leadership to support more U.S. solar manufacturing.
We look forward to working with the administration on this effort
and putting hard working Americans back to work in the solar
industry."
NextEra Energy, Inc.
NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE)
is a leading clean energy company headquartered in Juno Beach,
Florida. NextEra Energy
owns Florida Power & Light Company, which is the
largest vertically integrated rate-regulated electric utility
in the United States as measured by retail electricity
produced and sold, and serves more than 5.7 million customer
accounts, supporting more than 11 million residents across
Florida with clean, reliable and
affordable electricity. NextEra Energy also owns a competitive
clean energy business, NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, which,
together with its affiliated entities, is the world's largest
generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun and a world
leader in battery storage. Through its subsidiaries, NextEra Energy
generates clean, emissions-free electricity from seven commercial
nuclear power units in Florida, New
Hampshire and Wisconsin. NextEra Energy has been
recognized often by third parties for its efforts in
sustainability, corporate responsibility, ethics and compliance,
and diversity. NextEra Energy is ranked No. 1 in the electric and
gas utilities industry on Fortune's 2022 list of "World's Most
Admired Companies," recognized on Fortune's 2021 list of companies
that "Change the World" and received the S&P Global Platts 2020
Energy Transition Award for leadership in environmental, social and
governance. For more information about NextEra Energy companies,
visit these
websites: www.NextEraEnergy.com, www.FPL.com, www.NextEraEnergyResources.com.
NextEra Energy Partners, LP
NextEra Energy Partners, LP (NYSE: NEP) is a growth-oriented
limited partnership formed by NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:
NEE). NextEra Energy Partners acquires, manages and owns
contracted clean energy projects with stable, long-term cash flows.
Headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida, NextEra Energy
Partners owns interests in geographically diverse wind, solar
and energy storage projects in the U.S. as well as
natural gas infrastructure assets
in Texas and Pennsylvania. For more information
about NextEra Energy Partners,
please visit: www.NextEraEnergyPartners.com.
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