Title: Strengths
1Moray Dewhurst
Chief Financial Officer
2Safe Harbor Statement Any statements made
herein about future operating results or other
future events are forward-looking statements
under the Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual
results may differ substantially from such
forward-looking statements. A discussion of
factors that could cause actual results or events
to vary is contained in FPL Group's 2001 SEC Form
10-K.
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3Capitalizing on Our Strengths
- Premier integrated utility
- high growth, stable customer base
- Successful wholesale generation business
- well hedged portfolio with predictable earnings
growth - Strong balance sheet
- 51 Debt to Capital1, A2 / A credit rating2
- Substantial cash flow to fund expansion
- 1.4 billion operating cash flow in 2001, net of
dividends - High degree of earnings visibility
1 Pro forma for offerings 2 Corporate credit
rating
4Premier Electric Utility
- Favorable customer mix
- Strong customer and usage growth
- Operational excellence
- Proven cost management
- Constructive regulatory environment
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Attractive financial returns
5High Growth Utility With Favorable Customer Mix
- Strong demand growth 1
- 2.1 annual increase in customer accounts
- 1.1 annual increase in usage per customer
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- Generation
- 16,619 MW
- 2,700 MW added in 2001-2003
- 1,900 MW more by 2006
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FPL
IndustryAverage
1 Over last 10 years
6Operational Excellence
Service Reliability 2001 Outage Time Per
Customer (Min.)
Plant Availability
107
69
Industry Average
Superior Cost Management(OM per customer)
Over a Decade of OM Reductions(Cents per
Kilowatt Hour)
Down 40 since 1990
7FPL Rates Lower Than National, Florida Averages
86.45
81.93
76.22
NationalAverage
FPL
FPC andTECOAverage
Comparisons of a 1,000 kWh residential bill
8Constructive Regulatory Environment
- Vertically integrated utility model
- Fuel, capacity charges directly passed through to
customers - Rate certainty through end of 2005
- incentive-based agreement
- win-win revenue sharing provision
- no ROE limits
- shareholders benefit from productivity
improvements - No current activity on wholesale restructuring
- I just dont think theres a sense of urgency
to this. - Governor Jeb Bush
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10Major U.S.Wholesale Generator
- Attractive, visible growth
- average earnings growth gt20 from identified
projects through 2005 - Low-risk approach
- diversified by region, fuel source
- well-hedged portfolio
- emphasis on base-load assets
- Low cost provider
- modern, efficient, clean plants
- operational excellence
- Conservative, integrated asset optimization
function
11Diversified Portfolio
11,588 Net MW in Operation Year-end 2004
Regional Diversity
Fuel Diversity
Gas
59
Northeast
Central
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37
Wind
21
Other
Mid-Atlantic
2
21
Hydro
Nuclear
Oil
West
3
9
7
16
Assumes addition of 1,000 mw of wind. Percentages
may not add to 100 due to rounding.
12Disciplined Growth Strategy
- Grow generation portfolio in prudent way
- aggressive wind development
- focused fossil development
- pursuit of MA opportunities
- Optimize asset value
- integrated operations, business management and
marketing and trading capabilities - Hedge position via substantial contract coverage
- Moderate risk by regional and fuel diversity
- Manage portfolio actively
13Disciplined Growth(Projected Operating Net-MW)
Marcus Hook
New Wind Calhoun Forney Seabrook
New Wind Blythe RISEP Bayswater Bastrop
Existing Plants 2001
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01
02
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03
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14Seabrook Acquisition
- A premier nuclear plant
- Attractive price
- Plays to our strengths
- superior operating skills
- northeast trading expertise
- Immediately accretive
- 1 - 4 cents in 2003
- 10 - 12 cents avg. 03 - 06
- accelerating thereafter
- Attractive financial returns
- strong cash flow
- substantial NPV
- 18 - 20 ROE
Based on current forward price curves
15Wind Energy Unique Advantage
- Nearly 1,500 net MW in operation
- U.S. market leader with 1/3 market share
- Supported by policy trends (RPS, PTCs) and
economics - Attractive financial characteristics
- long-term power contracts (15 25 years)
- ROEs in the high teens/low 20s
- accretive in first full year
- Additional 1,000 2,000 MW by 2002 - 2003
16Conservative Risk Management
Marketing Trading
Risk Reduction
Asset Optimization
Risk Control
17Well-Hedged Position
2002 79 1 2003 51
Merchant MW
Committed MW
1 For the remaining months in 2002
18ERCOT Spot Spark Spreads on Peak( per MWh)
- Current Forward Contract under
- Spark Spread Spark Spread Contract
- 2002 9.33 14.83 81
- 2003 6.38 15.83 50
19Enhancing Profitability in ERCOT
15.75 - 18.75
1.00
0.25
0.50 - 1.50
8.00 - 9.00
6.00 - 7.00
20Strong Financial Position
- Financial discipline
- Strong credit ratings
- A2 / A FPL Group Capital
- Aa3 / A Florida Power Light Company
- 13.5 ROE in 2001
- 2001 net income of nearly 800 million 1
- Prudent dividend policy
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1 Excluding non-recurring items 2 Pro forma for
recent offerings
21Financial StrengthEPS Growth
7.1 average annual EPS growth rate
Excluding non-recurring items and effects of FAS
133
22Capital Plan Supports Disciplined Growth
StrategyProjected Capital Sources Uses 2002 -
2005( billion)
8.0 10.0
8.0 10.0
Future debt issuance
0.5 1.5
Wind
1.0 2.0
Current and completed equity/equity-linked
issuance, benefit plans
1.5 - 2.0
FPL Energy
Seabrook
0.8
Gas
1.6
Operating cash flow less dividends
6.0 - 6.5
Regulated utility
4.6 - 5.6
Sources
Uses
23Strong Rating Valuable, but not a Fixed Target
Long-term goal A or equivalent subject to
fluctuating agency standards
CreditRating InvestmentGrade
- Absolute goal - strong investment grade
- Relative goal - upper band of peer group
24Financial Outlook
- Underlying average EPS growth of 6-8 per year
- FPL earnings growth 4-5 average
- FPL Energy earnings growth 20-30 average
- 2002 EPS guidance 4.70 - 4.75
- FPL approximately flat, assuming normal weather
- FPL Energy up 15-20, assuming no major change to
market prices - 2003 EPS guidance 5.10 - 5.20
25Relative Low Risk, High Return
FPL Group represents one of best combinations of
risk, return and earnings growth among major
electric companies
High
FPL Group
Earnings Growth/Return
Low
High
Risk
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