Palm Beach, Florida Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Utilities=== [[Florida Power & Light]] (FPL) provides electricity to the town of Palm Beach, along with much of the state's east coast. As of December 31, 2019, FPL serves 5 million customers statewide, which is approximately 10 million people.<ref name="fpl">{{cite report|url=http://www.investor.nexteraenergy.com/~/media/Files/N/NEE-IR/investor-materials/shareholder-resources/2019%20NEE%20Annual%20Report.pdf|title=NextEra Energy Annual Report 2019|date=December 31, 2019|publisher=NextEra Energy}}</ref>{{rp|5}} Much of the electricity supplied by FPL is sourced from [[natural gas]], followed by [[nuclear power|nuclear energy]].<ref name="fpl"/>{{rp|8}} The nearest FPL power plant is in [[Riviera Beach, Florida|Riviera Beach]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fpl.com/clean-energy/natural-gas/riviera.html|title=Riviera Beach Next Generation Clean Energy Center|publisher=Florida Power & Light Company|access-date=April 25, 2020}}</ref> while the closest nuclear power station is the [[St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant]], on [[Hutchinson Island (Florida)|Hutchinson Island]].<ref name="fpl"/>{{rp|8}} Palm Beach officials have considered [[undergrounding]] at least since commissioning a 2006 study on the burial of electrical lines. In the subsequent years, undergrounding projects were initially performed by neighborhood on a "as requested" basis. However, following a 2014 town council meeting with FPL workers and a related voter-approved ballot question in 2016, it was decided a town-wide undergrounding project would be undertaken at a cost of approximately $90 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.townofpalmbeach.com/376/UndergroundUtilities|title=Underground Utilities|publisher=Town of Palm Beach|access-date=April 25, 2020}}</ref> The project is ongoing as of March 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://undergrounding.info/undergrounding-program-status-update-as-of-march-30-2020/|title=Undergrounding Program - Status Update As of March 30, 2020|publisher=Town of Palm Beach|access-date=June 1, 2020}}</ref> The town government provides and oversees sewage systems and wastewater treatment. Sewage is collected via {{convert|41|mi|km}} of mainline pipes at the more than 40 pumping stations, which are capable of transporting over {{convert|100000|gal}} of water each minute. The sewage is then pumped into a regional wastewater treatment facility in West Palm Beach.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.townofpalmbeach.com/362/Water-Resources|title=Water Resources|publisher=Town of Palm Beach|access-date=April 26, 2020}}</ref> Tap water has been supplied by the city of West Palm Beach since 1955, when the city purchased Palm Beach's water system, then owned by the Flagler Water Company. West Palm Beach provided tap water services to the town at no cost until the beginning of 1995.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49580826/the-palm-beach-post/|title=Town set to pursue suit over water fee |first=Tim |last=O'Meilia |date=August 13, 1997|page=1B|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|access-date=April 26, 2020|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Recycling and garbage collection services are also provided by the town of Palm Beach. The former is taken to a transfer station, where the Palm Beach County Solid Waste Authority transports the garbage to a landfill in West Palm Beach.<ref name="CP"/>{{rp|IV-3–IV-4}} Vegetative yard trash is taken to two different sites in West Palm Beach.<ref name="CP"/>{{rp|IV-5}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page