Florida Power & Light has most deaths among state utilities MALENA CAROLLO, Tampa Bay Times June 26, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Eliseo De La Guardia was climbing an avocado tree behind a Broward County duplex when the limb he was balancing on got too close to a power line carrying 7,620 volts. The contact sent electricity through his body. For years, neighbors had complained to the power company that the lines dividing the small block’s backyards were choked by tree limbs. When branches touched the lines, home lights dimmed and electricity visibly jumped from one stretch to another. And when the wind blew, the avocado tree’s branches would hit the wires and spark.