UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  April 2, 2009

(Commission File Number)	Exact names of registrants as specified in their charters, address of principal executive offices, telephone number and state of incorporation	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
1-3274	FLORIDA POWER CORPORATION	59-0247770
	d/b/a Progress Energy Florida, Inc.
	299 First Avenue North
	St. Petersburg, Florida 33701
	Telephone: (727) 820-5151
	State of Incorporation: Florida

None

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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SECTION 8 – OTHER EVENTS

Item 8.01 Other Events

Attached as Exhibit 100 to this Current Report on Form 8-K are documents that contain the financial statements for Florida Power Corporation (“Progress Energy Florida”) from the combined Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 for Progress Energy, Inc., Carolina Power & Light Company and Progress Energy Florida, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 2, 2009, formatted in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (“XBRL”). The Exhibit 100 contains the following financial statements for Progress Energy Florida: (i) the Statements of Income for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, (ii) the Balance Sheets at December 31, 2008 and 2007, (iii) the Statement of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, (iv) the Statements of Changes in Common Stock Equity for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, and (v) the Statements of Comprehensive Income for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006. Users of this data are advised pursuant to Rule 401 of Regulation S-T that the information contained in the XBRL documents is unaudited and these are not the official publicly filed financial statements of the Registrant. The purpose of submitting these XBRL-formatted documents is to test the related format and technology and, as a result, investors should continue to rely solely on the official filed version of the furnished documents and not rely on this information in making investment decisions.

In accordance with Rule 402 of Regulation S-T, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 100, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of these sections, and are not part of any registration statement, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing or other document pursuant to the Securities Act, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing or document.

SECTION 9 – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)	EXHIBITS.
	EX-100.INS	XBRL Report Instance Document
	EX-100.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
	EX-100.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document
	EX-100.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase Document
	EX-100.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document
	EX-100.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

		FLORIDA POWER CORPORATION d/b/a PROGRESS ENERGY FLORIDA, INC.
Date: April 2, 2009		Registrant
	By:	/s/ Jeffrey M. Stone
		Jeffrey M. Stone
		Chief Accounting Officer

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.	Description
EX-100.INS	XBRL Report Instance Document
EX-100.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-100.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document
EX-100.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase Document
EX-100.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document
EX-100.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document