Florida Power & Light customers across several counties are experiencing widespread outages as strong winds and extreme cold weather strain the electrical grid.
The utility company reports that recent outages have been driven largely by strong winds that damaged local power lines and related equipment, combined with increased electricity demand from heating systems during the cold snap.
“Outages have primarily been the result of strong winds impacting local power lines and associated equipment,” FPL spokesperson Conlan Kennedy said in a statement to WPTV…