FPL selects Houston company, seeks to build $3.5 billion natural gas pipeline

Florida Power & Light Co. said today it has selected Houston-based Spectra Energy Corp. to build the northern 465 miles of a proposed natural gas pipeline, and it plans to self-build the 126-mile southern portion. Projected to cost a total of more than $3.5 billion, the two pipelines combined will give the state 25 percent more...