Manuel B. Miranda 

Manuel B. Miranda

Former Executive Vice President, Power Delivery of Florida Power & Light Company

Independent Director since 2025

Committees:

  • Audit
  • Safety and Operations
 

Key Qualifications and Skills Leading to Board Nomination

  • Operations and Safety Experience—As the former Executive Vice President, Power and Delivery at Florida Power & Light Company, Mr. Miranda was responsible for the operations of the business ‘transmission, substation, and distribution facilities, including with respect to reliability, customer service, and safety. This experience is critical to the Board as it oversees the Company’s operations and plans to significantly strengthen resiliency, reliability, and safety pursuant to our ten-year capital plan.
  • Utility Industry Experience—Mr. Miranda’s more than 40 years of experience in the utility industry, including his role in changing the industry’s approach to hurricane resiliency, introducing the concept of grid hardening, and leading restoration efforts for nearly 50 tropical storms and hurricanes, provides the Board with important insight as the it oversees the Company’s short- and long-term plans, including with respect to the continued execution of the projects included in our ten-year capital plan.
  • Human Capital Management—Through his service as the former Executive Vice President, Power and Delivery at Florida Power & Light Company, Mr. Miranda led a workforce of over 6,000 employees and contractors and maintained a strong focus on employee engagement and safety, as well as creating a positive work culture. The Board believes that this experience is valuable in helping it oversee the Company’s workforce development and strategies.

Experience

  • Held various positions (1982 – 2024) of increasing responsibility, including the positions of Executive Vice President, Power Delivery (2013 – 2024), President, Florida City Gas (2022 – 2023), Vice President of Transmission & Substation (2010 – 2013), and Vice President of Distribution System Performance (2006 – 2010), of Florida Power & Light Co., the largest power utility in Florida and a subsidiary of NextEra Energy, Inc., the largest electric utility company in the United States

Other Boards (For Profit and Non-Profit Entities

  • Ubicquia, Inc. (2024 – Present)
  • University of Miami College of Engineering Advisory Board (2012 – Present)
  • Florida Electric Power Coordinating Group (2021 – 2023)
  • Florida Reliability Coordinating Council (2019 – 2023)
  • Southeastern Electric Exchange (2016 – 2023)
  • Association of Edison Illuminating Companies (2022 – 2023)
  • Southeastern Electric Reliability Council (2019 – 2022)

Education and Credentials

  • M.B.A., Nova Southeastern University
  • B.S., University of Miami​