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COPYRIGHT 2005 The Miami Herald
Byline: John Dorschner
Aug. 31--Just as repair crews finish up restoration efforts in South Florida, the state's electric companies announced they were concerned about fuel supplies and asked customers to cut back on usage.
The reason: Katrina's furious sweep through the Gulf of Mexico temporarily knocked out at least 90 percent of the Gulf's production of natural gas.
Almost 40 percent of Florida Power & Light's energy comes from natural gas. At present it has enough supplies to meet its fuel needs, the company said in a press release, but "as a precautionary effort we are asking our customers to take voluntary efforts now."
The natural gas from the Gulf is transmitted by...
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