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| | JEA News - JEA Partners with other Utilities to Build North Florida Power Project |
 | | JEA, working in partnership with the Florida Municipal Power Agency (FMPA), a wholesale electric supplier based in Orlando, and the Reedy Creek Improvement District, which serves parts of Orange and Osceola counties near Orlando, is seeking a 2,500-acre site in north Florida for the project. |
 | | The North Florida Power Project is expected to create up to 1,500 construction jobs and about 150 full-time jobs when it goes into operation in 2012. |
 | | Florida (excluding the panhandle area) had a 45,578-megawatt generating capacity in 2004 - and construction is planned for more than 13,000 additional megawatts through 2012 to meet the state's projected energy demand, according to the Florida Reliability Coordinating Council. |
| www.jea.com /about/news/stories/northfloridapowerproj.asp (686 words) |
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