Unlike most electricity customers, Isaac Barpal knows a lot about what he is buying. So when his latest Florida Power & Light bill included a come-on ad for surge protection services, which he sees as ...

Summer lightning is a major concern in Central Florida, not only for your personal safety, but for the safety of your electronics as well. Lightning can cause power surges that are carried through ...

After I wrote critically about the SurgeShield lightning protection program offered by an FPL affiliate in my Sunday print column, I heard from some disgruntled customers who said the ...

You don't remember my 2008 column in praise of surge protectors? I don't blame you. Neither did I. My memory was jogged after I received an email from Carole Farrington of Fort Myers, who wrote to ask ...

A power surge from a Florida Power & Light Co. line damaged everything from major appliances to the garage door opener in Dan and Dolores McCallum’s suburban Lake Worth home. “FPL is entirely ...