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Asset Retirement Obligations false 1 $ false false u000 Standard http://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217 USD iso4217 0 u001 Divide http://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217 USD iso4217 http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance shares xbrli 0 u002 Standard http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance shares xbrli 0 2 Notes To Financial Statements [Abstract] 0 fpl_NotesToFinancialStatementsAbstract fpl false na duration string No definition available. false false false false false true false false false 1 false false 0 0 false false No definition available. false 3 Asset Retirement Obligations 1 us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligationDisclosureTextBlock us-gaap true na duration string No definition available. false false false false false false false false false 1 false false 0 0 <div> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif">13.  Asset Retirement Obligations</font></div> <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br /></div> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif">FPL's ARO relates primarily to the nuclear decommissioning obligation of its nuclear units.  FPL's AROs other than nuclear decommissioning are not significant.  The accounting provisions result in timing differences in the recognition of legal asset retirement costs for financial reporting purposes and the method the FPSC allows FPL to recover in rates. &# 160;NextEra Energy Resources' ARO relates primarily to the nuclear decommissioning obligation of its nuclear plants and obligations for the dismantlement of its wind facilities located on leased property.  See Note 1 - Decommissioning of Nuclear Plants, Dismantlements of Plants and Other Accrued Asset Removal Costs.</font></div><br /> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif">A rollforward of FPL Group's and FPL's ARO is as follows:</font></div> <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br /></div> <div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> <tr> <td valign="bottom" width="57%"><font style="DISPLAY: inl ine; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="5%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">FPL</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td colspan="4" valign="bottom" width="7%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">NextEra Energy Resources</font></div> </td> <td valign="b ottom" width="3%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="7%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">FPL Group</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="3%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width="57%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font& gt;</td> <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td colspan="4" valign="top" width="7%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">(millions)</font></div> </td> <td valign="top" width="3%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td vali gn="top" width="6%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="top" width="3%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width="57%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <t d valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="top" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="top" width="3%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="top" width="6%"&g t;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="top" width="3%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> </tr><tr bgcolor="#cceeff"> <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="57%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">Balance, December 31, 2007</font></div> </td> <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">$</font></div> </td> <td al ign="right" valign="bottom" width="4%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">1,653</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">$</font></div> </td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">504</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="3%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">$</font></div> </td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="6%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt ; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">2,157</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="3%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> </tr><tr bgcolor="white"> <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="57%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">Liabilities incurred</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block ; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">-</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">6</font></div> < ;/td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="3%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="6%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">6</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="3%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> </tr>& lt;tr bgcolor="#cceeff"> <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="57%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">Accretion expense</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">91</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">33</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="3%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom" wid th="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="6%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">124</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="3%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> </tr><tr bgcolor="white"> <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="57%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">Liabilities settled</font></div> </td> <td vali gn="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">-</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width ="4%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">(2</font></div> </td> <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">)</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="3%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="6%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">(2</font></div> </td> <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="3%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">)</font></div> </td> </tr><tr bgcolor="#cceeff"> <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="57%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">Revision in estimated cash flows - net</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: b lack 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">(1</font></div> </td> <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">)</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font>& lt;/td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">(1</font></div> </td> <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">)</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="3%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inli ne; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">(2</font></div> </td> <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="3%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">)</font></div> </td> </tr><t r bgcolor="white"> <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="57%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">Balance, December 31, 2008</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">1,743</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></ td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">540</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="3%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td val ign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="6%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">2,283</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="3%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> </tr><tr bgcolor="#cceeff"> <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="57%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">Liabilities incurred</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">-</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">4</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="3%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="6%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FON T-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">4</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="3%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> </tr><tr bgcolor="white"> <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="57%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">Accretion expense</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZ E: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">96</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">36</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT- FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="3%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="6%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">132</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="3%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> </tr><tr bgcolor="#cceeff"> <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="57%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">Revision in estimated cash flows - net</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">(6</font></div> </td> <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-IN DENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">)</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">5</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><f ont style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="3%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">(1</font></div> </td> <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="3%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT : 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">)</font></div> </td> </tr><tr bgcolor="white"> <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="57%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">Balance, December 31, 2009</font></div> </td> <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">$</font></div> </td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: bla ck 4px double"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">1,833</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">$</font></div> </td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width=" 4%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">585</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="3%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">$</font></div> </td> <td align="rig ht" valign="bottom" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">2,418</font></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="3%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> </tr></table> </div> <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br /></div> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif">Restricted funds for the payment of future expenditures to decommission FPL Group's and FPL's nuclear units included in special use funds on FPL Group's and FPL's consolidated balance she ets are as follows (see Note 5):</font></div> <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br /></div> <div align="left"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> <tr> <td valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif"> </font></td> <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif"> FPL</font></div> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif"> </font></td> <td colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">NextEra Energy Resources</font></div> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif"> </font></td> <td valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif"> </ font></td> <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">FPL Group</font></div> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif"> </font></td> </tr><tr> <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font></td> <td colspan="2" valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FON T-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font></td> <td colspan="3" valign="bottom"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">(millions)</font></div> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif"> </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font></td> <td colspan="2" valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: in line; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font></td> </tr><tr> <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font></td> <td colspan="2" valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font></td> <td valig n="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font></td> <td colspan="2" valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font></td> <td colspan="2" valign="bottom"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font></td> </tr><tr bgcolor="#cceeff"> <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="64%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">Balance, December 31, 2009</font></div> </td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif"> </font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">2,285</font></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: l eft"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif"> </font></td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif"> </font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">982</font></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif"> </font></td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sa ns-serif"> </font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">3,267</font></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif"> </font></td> </tr><tr bgcolor="white"> <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="64%"> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">Balance, December 31, 2008</font></div> </td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif"> </font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">2,035</font></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif"> </font></td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif"> </font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><fon t style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">789</font></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif"> </font></td> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif"> </font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif"> ;2,824</font></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif"> </font></td> </tr></table> </div> <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br /></div> <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif">FPL Group and FPL have identified but not recognized ARO liabilities related to electric transmission and distribution and telecommunications assets resulting from easements over property not owned by FPL Group or FPL.  In addition, FPL Group has identified but not recognized ARO liabilities related to the majority of NextEra Energy Resources' hydro facilities.  These easements are generally perpetual and , along with the hydro facilities, only require retirement action upon abandonment or cessation of use of the property or facility for its specified purpose.  The ARO liability is not estimable for such easements and hydro facilities as FPL Group and FPL intend to use these properties and facilities indefinitely.  In the event FPL Group and FPL decide to abandon or cease the use of a particular easement and/or hydro facility, an ARO liability would be recorded at that time.</font></div><br /></div> 13.  Asset Retirement Obligations FPL's ARO relates primarily to the nuclear decommissioning obligation of its nuclear false false No definition available. 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