Thanks to the 53 Florida Municipal Power Agency team members at our plants and office who are veterans (53 out of 197 team members or 27%). We greatly appreciate your service to our country to protect our citizens and provide a better quality of life for so many.
It is not surprising that over half our veterans are from the Navy. So many Naval personnel end up working in the power industry given the ships and subs are powered by engines and nuclear steam engines with much applicability to the our natural gas combined cycle power plants.
It is worth noting that the energy industry in general has a mission with parallels to the military. When the U.S. has abundant and affordable energy for all, we are protected from other countries which would do the U.S. harm by limiting our energy supply. When the U.S. has an excess low-cost, reliable energy that it can export, it can limit the economic harm rogue energy countries can do in the rest of the world. In a sense, a strong U.S. energy industry limits wars and limits placing personnel in harms way, similar to a strong military. For that we should all be thankful.
Today, FMPA honors and celebrates the veterans who have served in our armed forces, including the 23 veteran service members on our team. Thank you for your service, and thank you for what you bring to our team each day.
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