NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's CreditWire) April 2, 2001—Standard&Poor's today announced that its ratings of FPL Group Inc. (double-'A'-minus corporate credit rating) and its affiliates Florida Power&Light Co. and FPL Group Capital Inc. will remain on CreditWatch with negative implications after the announcement that the firm's proposed merger with Entergy Inc. has been terminated. The maintaining of the CreditWatch listing reflects a pending review of today's anouncement and FPL's intention to aggressively add 5,000 MW to its independent power producer (IPP) portfolio by 2003. (A complete list of ratings is available on RatingsDirect, Standard&Poor's on-line credit research service, or by calling the Standard&Poor's Ratings Desk at (1) 212-438-2400.) The IPP financing strategy