DoD announces participation in Florida Power & Light’s SolarTogether Program
In Washington D.C., The Department of Defense (DoD) announced its participation in Florida Power & Light Company’s (FPL) SolarTogether program. DoD will be subscribing for approximately 75 megawatts of emissions-free solar energy as part of its Carbon Free Electricity (CFE) goal to help build a robust, clean, and domestically based electricity supply chain by 2030. In addition to advancing the buildout of clean energy infrastructure, the DoD estimates its subscription to FPL SolarTogether will achieve an estimated savings of around $2 million over the next ten years. The department will enroll military installations within FPL’s service area, including Eglin AFB, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Hurlburt Field, Tyndall AFB, Naval Support Activity Panama City, and Naval Air Station Whiting Field. “Utility customers like the DoD are benefiting from clean power market innovation in Florida,” said Michael McGhee, acting deputy assistant secretary of defense for energy resilience and optimization. “It helps transition the power grid to cleaner and more sustainable sources of energy through a fixed subscription cost and projected bill savings over time.”
