Lake Parrish, built in the middle of the 1970s by

Florida Power & Light Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), the principal subsidiary of NextEra Energy Inc. (formerly FPL Group, Inc.), is the largest power utility in Florida. It is a Juno Beach, Florida-based power utility company serving roughly 5 million customer ...

(FPL), is a lake that provides water to be used for the Manatee power plant. This lake is surrounded by grassland, except on the southwest corner, where the power plant is located. This lake is somewhat rectangular and is surrounded on the south, west, north and the northeast by a long levee. Two access roads originate at the power plant and extend into the lake far to the north and east. State Road 62 is roughly south of Lake Parrish.Christopher O'Donnell, "Parrish power plant's use of oil irks activists," October 15, 2007, in ''Sarasota Herald-Tribune'' online, at http://heraldtribune.com/article/20071015/NEWS/710150426?p=1&tc=pg .

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Parrish Parrish 1970s establishments in Florida {{ManateeCountyFL-geo-stub