Florida Power & Light
{{#badges:CoalSwarm | nuclear spin}}Florida Power & Light (FPL) is the main subsidiary of FPL Group, which also owns FPL Energy, an operator of wind and solar facilities. Florida Power & Light has power stations at fourteen different location with the bulk being gas-fired stations. It also operates two nuclear power stations (Turkey Point and St. Lucie in Florida) and two coal-fired power stations, one at St. John's River in Florida and the Scherer power station in Georgia.[1]
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CEO compensation
In May 2007, Forbes listed FPL Group CEO Lewis Hay III as receiving $11.82 million in total compensation for the latest fiscal year, with a five-year total compensation of $38.13 million. He ranked 8th on the list of CEOs in the Utilities industry, and 159th out of all CEOs in the United States.[2]
Turkey Point safety issues
In March 2009, as FPL worked on plans to build two new nuclear reactors at its Turkey Point plant in South Miami-Dade County, evidence surfaced about a 2008 incident where the plant's top nuclear operator, David Hoffman resigned because he felt the company pressured plant employees to not follow safety procedures in order to save money. Hoffman blasted FPL for "constantly putting cost savings ahead of safety and creating a horrible morale problem." His resignation letter alleged, "People are not valued and are treated like equipment and numbers." [3]
A 2008 survey of Turkey Point workers about the plant's system for reporting safety issues, the Employee Concerns Program (ECP) "found that more than one in four -- 29.2 percent -- disagreed with the following statement: 'I am confident that nuclear safety and quality issues reported through the ECP are thoroughly investigated and appropriately resolved.' More than one in three disagreed with this following statement: 'I can use the ECP without fear of retaliation.'" [3]
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Website: http://www.fpl.com/
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- ↑ "About Us — Florida Power & Light Company", Florida Power & Light Company website, accessed November 2008.
- ↑ CEO Compensation: #159 Lewis Hay III, Forbes.com, May 3, 2007.
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 John Dorschner, "Court papers reveal nuclear feud at Turkey Point: The top nuclear operator at Turkey Point resigned after a huge outage because he felt his bosses were demanding an unsafe restart," Miami Herald (Florida), March 12, 2009.
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