Florida Power & Light - Customer Case Study

Florida Power & Light Company is the third-largest electric utility in the United States, serving more than 4.8 million customers. To gain insight into its business FPL created the NextGrid analytics application. NextGrid takes data about field assets like AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure), substations, utility lines, fault current and lightning data – and uses MongoDB to connect them to an Apache Spark Data Lake for operational analytics. These operational analytics will allow for better allocation of resources to problems in the field, saving the company time and allowing them to serve their customers more effectively. This innovative use of MongoDB and Spark is giving Florida Power & Light an unprecedented view into their operation.