Employee Retirement Benefits

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Employee Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

Employee Retirement Benefits

1.  Employee Retirement Benefits

NextEra Energy sponsors a qualified noncontributory defined benefit pension plan for substantially all employees of NextEra Energy and its subsidiaries and has a supplemental executive retirement plan, which includes a non-qualified supplemental defined benefit pension component that provides benefits to a select group of management and highly compensated employees (collectively, pension benefits).  In addition to pension benefits, NextEra Energy sponsors a contributory postretirement plan for health care and life insurance benefits (other benefits) for retirees of NextEra Energy and its subsidiaries meeting certain eligibility requirements.

The components of net periodic benefit (income) cost for the plans are as follows:

	Pension Benefits						Other Benefits						Pension Benefits								Other Benefits
	Three Months Ended June 30,												Six Months Ended June 30,
	2011			2010			2011			2010			2011				2010				2011				2010
										(millions)
Service cost	$	16		$	15		$	2		$	1			$	32			$	30			$	3			$	3
Interest cost		25			25			5			6				49				51				11				11
Expected return on plan assets		(60	)		(60	)		(1	)		(1	)			(119	)			(120	)			(1	)			(1	)
Amortization of transition obligation		-			-			1			1				-				-				1				2
Amortization of prior service benefit		(1	)		(1	)		-			-				(1	)			(2	)			-				-
Net periodic benefit (income) cost at NextEra Energy	$	(20	)	$	(21	)	$	7		$	7			$	(39	)		$	(41	)		$	14			$	15
Net periodic benefit (income) cost at FPL	$	(13	)	$	(14	)	$	5		$	6			$	(26	)		$	(28	)		$	10			$	11