JUNO
BEACH, Fla., Feb. 14,
2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of directors of
NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) declared a regular quarterly
common stock dividend of $0.5665 per
share, an approximate 10% increase versus the prior-year comparable
quarterly dividend. This increase is consistent with the plan
announced in 2024 of targeting roughly 10% annual growth in
dividends per share through at least 2026, off a 2024 base. The
dividend is payable on March 17,
2025, to shareholders of record on Feb. 28, 2025.
NextEra Energy, Inc.
NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE)
is a leading clean energy company headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida. A Fortune 200 company,
NextEra Energy owns Florida Power
& Light Company, which is America's largest electric utility
that sells more power than any other utility, providing clean,
affordable, reliable electricity to more than 6 million customer
accounts, or approximately 12 million people across Florida.
NextEra Energy also owns a competitive clean energy business,
NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, which, together with its affiliated
entities, is the world's largest generator of renewable energy from
the wind and sun and a world leader in battery storage. Through its
subsidiaries, NextEra Energy generates clean, emissions-free
electricity from seven commercial nuclear power units in
Florida, New Hampshire and Wisconsin. For more information about NextEra
Energy companies, visit these websites: www.NextEraEnergy.com,
www.FPL.com, www.NextEraEnergyResources.com.
Cautionary Statements and Risk Factors That
May Affect Future Results
This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within
the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are not
statements of historical facts, but instead represent the current
expectations of NextEra Energy, Inc. (together with its
subsidiaries, NextEra Energy) regarding future operating results
and other future events, many of which, by their nature, are
inherently uncertain and outside of NextEra Energy's control.
Forward-looking statements in this news release include, among
others, statements concerning adjusted earnings per share
expectations and future operating performance and statements
concerning future dividends. In some cases, you can identify the
forward-looking statements by words or phrases such as "will," "may
result," "expect," "anticipate," "believe," "intend," "plan,"
"seek," "potential," "projection," "forecast," "predict," "goals,"
"target," "outlook," "should," "would" or similar words or
expressions. You should not place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements, which are not a guarantee of future
performance. The future results of NextEra Energy and its
business and financial condition are subject to risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements,
or may require it to limit or eliminate certain operations. These
risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those
discussed in this news release and the following: effects of
extensive regulation of NextEra Energy's business operations;
inability of NextEra Energy to recover in a timely manner any
significant amount of costs, a return on certain assets or a
reasonable return on invested capital through base rates, cost
recovery clauses, other regulatory mechanisms or otherwise; impact
of political, regulatory, operational and economic factors on
regulatory decisions important to NextEra Energy; effect of any
reductions or modifications to, or elimination of, governmental
incentives or policies that support utility scale renewable energy
projects or the imposition of additional tax laws, tariffs, duties,
policies or assessments on renewable energy or equipment necessary
to generate it or deliver it; impact of new or revised laws,
regulations, interpretations or constitutional ballot and
regulatory initiatives on NextEra Energy; capital expenditures,
increased operating costs and various liabilities attributable to
environmental laws, regulations and other standards applicable to
NextEra Energy; effects on NextEra Energy of federal or state laws
or regulations mandating new or additional limits on the production
of greenhouse gas emissions; exposure of NextEra Energy to
significant and increasing compliance costs and substantial
monetary penalties and other sanctions as a result of extensive
federal regulation of its operations and businesses; effect on
NextEra Energy of changes in tax laws, guidance or policies as well
as in judgments and estimates used to determine tax-related asset
and liability amounts; impact on NextEra Energy of adverse results
of litigation; impacts of NextEra Energy of allegations of
violations of law; effect on NextEra Energy of failure to proceed
with projects under development or inability to complete the
construction of (or capital improvements to) electric generation,
transmission and distribution facilities, gas infrastructure
facilities or other facilities on schedule or within budget; impact
on development and operating activities of NextEra Energy resulting
from risks related to project siting, planning, financing,
construction, permitting, governmental approvals and the
negotiation of project development agreements, as well as supply
chain disruptions; risks involved in the operation and maintenance
of electric generation, storage, transmission and distribution
facilities, gas infrastructure facilities, and other facilities;
effect on NextEra Energy of a lack of growth, slower growth or a
decline in the number of customers or in customer usage; impact on
NextEra Energy of severe weather and other weather conditions;
threats of terrorism and catastrophic events that could result from
geopolitical factors, terrorism, cyberattacks or other attempts to
disrupt NextEra Energy's business or the businesses of third
parties; inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage for
protection of NextEra Energy against significant losses and risk
that insurance coverage does not provide protection against all
significant losses; a prolonged period of low gas and oil prices
could impact NextEra Energy's gas infrastructure business and cause
NextEra Energy to delay or cancel certain gas infrastructure
projects and could result in certain projects becoming impaired;
risk of increased operating costs resulting from unfavorable supply
costs necessary to provide full energy and capacity requirement
services; inability or failure to manage properly or hedge
effectively the commodity risk within its portfolio; effect of
reductions in the liquidity of energy markets on NextEra
Energy's ability to manage operational risks; effectiveness of
NextEra Energy's risk management tools associated with its hedging
and trading procedures to protect against significant losses,
including the effect of unforeseen price variances from historical
behavior; impact of unavailability or disruption of power
transmission or commodity transportation facilities on sale and
delivery of power or natural gas; exposure of NextEra Energy to
credit and performance risk from customers, hedging counterparties
and vendors; failure of counterparties to perform under derivative
contracts or of requirement for NextEra Energy to post margin cash
collateral under derivative contracts; failure or breach of NextEra
Energy's information technology systems; risks to NextEra Energy's
retail businesses from compromise of sensitive customer data;
losses from volatility in the market values of derivative
instruments and limited liquidity in over-the-counter markets;
impact of negative publicity; inability to maintain, negotiate or
renegotiate acceptable franchise agreements; occurrence of work
strikes or stoppages and increasing personnel costs; NextEra
Energy's ability to successfully identify, complete and integrate
acquisitions, including the effect of increased competition for
acquisitions; environmental, health and financial risks associated
with ownership and operation of nuclear generation facilities;
liability of NextEra Energy for significant retrospective
assessments and/or retrospective insurance premiums in the event of
an incident at certain nuclear generation facilities; increased
operating and capital expenditures and/or reduced revenues at
nuclear generation facilities resulting from orders or new
regulations of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; inability to
operate any of NextEra Energy's owned nuclear generation units
through the end of their respective operating licenses or planned
license extensions; effect of disruptions, uncertainty or
volatility in the credit and capital markets or actions by third
parties in connection with project-specific or other financing
arrangements on NextEra Energy's ability to fund its liquidity and
capital needs and meet its growth objectives; inability to maintain
current credit ratings; impairment of liquidity from inability of
credit providers to fund their credit commitments or to maintain
their current credit ratings; poor market performance and other
economic factors that could affect NextEra Energy's defined benefit
pension plan's funded status; poor market performance and other
risks to the asset values of nuclear decommissioning funds; changes
in market value and other risks to certain of NextEra Energy's
investments; effect of inability of NextEra Energy subsidiaries to
pay upstream dividends or repay funds to NextEra Energy or of
NextEra Energy's performance under guarantees of subsidiary
obligations on NextEra Energy's ability to meet its financial
obligations and to pay dividends on its common stock; the fact that
the amount and timing of dividends payable on NextEra Energy's
common stock, as well as the dividend policy approved by NextEra
Energy's board of directors from time to time, and changes to that
policy, are within the sole discretion of NextEra Energy's board of
directors and, if declared and paid, dividends may be in amounts
that are less than might be expected by shareholders; XPLR
Infrastructure, LP's inability to access sources of capital on
commercially reasonable terms could have an effect on its ability
to consummate future acquisitions and on the value of NextEra
Energy's limited partner interest in XPLR Infrastructure
Operating Partners, LP; effects of disruptions, uncertainty or
volatility in the credit and capital markets on the market price of
NextEra Energy's common stock; and the ultimate severity and
duration of public health crises, epidemics and pandemics, and its
effects on NextEra Energy's business. NextEra Energy discusses
these and other risks and uncertainties in its annual report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 and
other Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings,
and this news release should be read in conjunction with
such SEC filings. The forward-looking statements made in
this news release are made only as of the date of this news release
and NextEra Energy undertakes no obligation to update any
forward-looking statements.
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