This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: FPL CEO Eric Silagy to retire; Armando Pimentel rejoins company, FPL seeks to raise monthly power bills for residental customers by 10%, FPL CEO Eric Silagy to retire; Armando Pimentel rejoins company, Chicago Mayor Lightfoot ousted; Vallas, Johnson in runoff, King asks Duke and Duchess of Sussex to move out of Frogmore so Prince Andrew can move in, Biden Mocks Marjorie Taylor Greene With 1 Simple Hand Gesture, A Nebraska high-school cheerleader competed on her own after the rest of her squad quit. He added thatcarbon dioxide is emitted from burning natural gas, which isa fossil fuel, andis being created whether theyre scrubbing or storing it.. The company bought an independently owned coal-powered plant in Indiantown in 2016 with the intent to close it, which occurred last summer. Florida Power & Light CEO Eric Silagy announced his retirement on Wednesday. In 2020,the plant generated 19.7 million megawatt hours of energy and had an emissions rate of 371.3 kilograms of carbon dioxide per megawatt hour. One of Matrixs oldest clients is Alabama Power, which employed Perkins personal consulting firm as early as 1999. Silagy, who has been with the company for 20 years, has led FPL since 2011, having risen through the ranks by serving as chief development officer and senior vice president of regulatory and state governmental affairs. $2.75 million in tax breaks on speculative green hydrogen, tens of billions of dollars for burying lines, 2018 state senate race in Gainesville, FL, secured a deal to freeze FPL rates in 2005 as Attorney General, opposed FPLs $1.3 billion rate increase in 2009, calling the utility out for raising its rates on Floridians, largest donation FPL had ever made at the time, Utility front groups spending on disinformation advertising. And the job was to come with one key hitch: To accept it, Dennis would have to leave his council position. I think they are doing their part. We understand this may mean youll continue your campaign to smear FPL or our employees, FPL spokesperson David Reuter told us in the last communication between the company and our reporting team. That gave Matrix consultants and FPL executives input on Capitolist stories. According to reporting by the Orlando Sentinel, Florida Power & Light executives have been tied to a series of dark-money nonprofits, one of which figures prominently in the Miami-Dade state attorneys investigation into a scandal involving a ghost Senate candidate. Consultants who control Grow United billed FPL for over $3 million before the entity started moving funds around for the election scheme. Ari Peskoe, director of the Electricity Law Initiative at Harvard Law School said the whole purpose of firms like Matrix is to conceal that its the utility doing this. NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik reported this story with Mario Ariza of Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powerful interests stalling climate action. The string of controversy spans nearly the entire Florida Peninsula already an impressive trail of dirty tricks. At the same time, getting to 100% elimination of greenhouse gas emissions for the energy sector is very hard to do with just renewables. While some of the actions taken by FPL tick the boxes to reduce emissions, more can be done, Shober said. What we dont think about is gas has to be brought up from the earth. Rodrguez was ousted from office in the next election. One of those Democrats,Sen. Jos Javier Rodrguez, happened to be both a prominent member of his party and an incumbent FPL particularly despised. Going through those tens of thousands ofrecords, he said, alerted him to the extent of work Pitts performed without his knowledge. These customers are a mix of 88.48% residential customer accounts, 11.29% commercial customers and 0.22% industrial properties. We may need some portion of our energy to still come from fossil fuels, because there are industrial processes that are hard to electrify, she said. Net metering is a popular program that gives people the right to choose the energy that works for them, provides benefits to all ratepayers and creates thousands of energy jobs across Florida.. The bill also allows utilities to charge rooftop solar customers more, by adding in facility charges, grid access fees and minimum monthly payments. In Florida, Matrixs work touched almost every level of politics, from influencing local mayoral and county commission elections to combating attempts to reshape the state constitution. And in 2020, Matrix even harnessed the power of the press for itself, when its employees acquired control of The Capitolist, a Tallahassee-based political news site which it used for favorable coverage, leaked records show. The funds supported a total of five spoiler candidates in state senate and county commission races in 2018 and 2020, as well as efforts to foil a ballot initiative that would have deregulated Florida's energy market. Dunn lost his 2014 re-election campaign by a 19-point margin to Chip Beeker, a catfish farmer who is still in office. FPL bristled at the inclusion of its power plantson the list bythe website Find Energy, which aggregates and analyzes finalized government data on electricity companies. The tactics worked. hide caption. 2023 www.jacksonville.com. NextEras CEO called net-zero emission targets disingenuous without plans to get to real zero, according to reports. At least its not coal., The intent of the report was to highlight coal and the negative of coal and offer information that may be pertinent to those who live near the plants, Hope said. Florida Power & Light has a monopoly on power in Florida. Hannah Morse covers consumer issues for The Palm Beach Post. Duke has 2 million customers, followed by TECO with 800,000 and then many other smaller utilities. "We contributeto organizations where we're aligned on what the ultimate goal is, and from the standpoint of having the Senate at the time, who was being led by (Senate President) Wilton Simpson, continue to be able to be led by Wilton Simpson,I was a fan of that," FPL CEO Eric Silagy, recently told me and several other journalists with the Times-Union, Orlando Sentinel and Floodlight in a wide-ranging interview in Jacksonville. Companies do not pass legislation. "I think it took a toll," Ketchum said Wednesday of the multiple crises. Matrix was never accused of wrongdoing. At the Birmingham office where Pitts and the others had worked, Perkins said he found a backup server that appeared to have been beaten with something. There are reasons to prefer alternatives that are not fossil-fuel intensive. Letsgetstarted. Matrix consultants had little regard for the professional press. The state senator went on to lose re-election by six votes. That is your choice, but rest assured, we will hold you accountable if that continues to happen. Very early on in this bills ride, I think it has a real chance to settle out in a way that most parties are not upset, he said. They are supposed to be closely regulated, but their profits and unchecked political spending makes them some of the most powerful entities in a state. Yet he acknowledged that the reports may have had an influence on the decision. Flight data shows Matrixs planes made more than 130 flights to five states in 2020 alone, frequently crisscrossing the south-eastern US but also traveling as far west as New Mexico. We are investing in clean energy because its the right thing to do for our customers. Florida Power & Light CEO Eric Silagy announced his retirement on Wednesday. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License by Energy and Policy Institute. The solar industry companies that make, sell, install, lease and maintain rooftop solar equipment is fighting back fiercely, suggesting that the bill will devastate its business. All of that work was a closely held secret until recently. 0:00. Landlords would be able to sell cheap rooftop solar power directly to their tenants. It grew by 57 percent in 2020, DeSantis new election crimes office: 52 positions and unprecedented authority. "We're not making a connection" between the reports and Silagy's retirement, NextEra CEO John Ketchum said on the earnings call. More:FPL seeks to raise monthly power bills for residental customers by 10%. Those who provoked the utilitys ire suffered a harsh response. The job was to be with a shell nonprofit created by Matrix employees that supported marijuana decriminalization and, on its face, had no connection to FPL. He added that the net metering law has not been updated in 13 years and now is time to discuss it. They work off intimidating. The Matrix saga illustrates the political obstacles policymakers and experts face as they attempt to cut climate pollution from the power sector, one of the biggest greenhouse gas contributors in the US. When the small south Florida citys mayor helped pass an ordinance in 2017 mandating rooftop solar panels on new construction, a network of 10 FPL-aligned operatives mobilized to ensure his ouster. I looked at the language. Make a one-time donation today for as little as $1. He says he told them that he was disappointed, but there was enough work for both of them, based on the good work they had done. But utility experts have testified to the Florida Public Service Commission that rooftop solar in the state could grow at a rate of 39 percent a year until 2025 if Floridas current net metering system is left in place. More: Solar advocates push for last-minute changes to net metering bills, Solar center: FPL blows up its last coal-fired power plant; announces plans for its newest solar center, Electric bill goes up: Your next Florida Power & Light electric bill is going way up. The utility also launched a series of solar power investments, including the development of batter storage. Matrixs principal, Perkins, says he discovered only after Pitts left the firm that he and other now-former employees had been conducting shadow activities and operations dating back to 2016. Do you need this bus to transport this many people, and do you need it to be this large? she asked hypothetically. The utility company also contributes to many Democrats and to the Florida Democratic Party. Hannah Morse covers consumer issues for The Palm Beach Post. We are consistently one of the cleanest electric utilities in the country, FPL spokesman Chris McGrath said. The companies that are doing the right thing still have those kinds of plants in their portfolio, specifically coal, but theyre working toward other alternatives, Hope said. FPL has also said an internal investigation ordered by its board of directors cleared the company's employees of any wrongdoing; it has also refused to provide copies of that investigation. COMMENTARY | Just a 14-minute drive from Florida Power & Light'sheadquarters in Juno Beach is the easternmost point in the state, where the sun's radiant light first cracks the night skyeach morning. Money from the company also covertly secured favorable media coverage, investigations by the Orlando Sentinel, the Miami Herald, the Guardian, NPR, and Floodlight found. From the beginning, Matrix showed no aversion to unsavory political tactics. Want more of our free, weekly newslettersinyourinbox? Matrix also exerted political influence through the press, with its operatives acquiring control of a Tallahassee-based politics news site, The Capitolist. Thats not where the story ends, however, or the whole picture. Im hopeful this is a conversation starter but, at the same time, its really hard to have a conversation when you have a gun to your head. More recently, the company hired an outside law firm to look more broadly at the company's actions. Perkins claims he only became aware of this work after he encountered what appeared to be a damaged hard drive in Pitts' former office and hired an IT team to extract the remains. So they opted instead for Mayor Stoddards electoral defeat and changing the makeup of the board, according to a 2018 memo from Dan Newman, a Matrix contractor who was similarly involved in the campaign against Rodrguez. The ghostcandidate controversy set off a wide-ranging criminal investigation by prosecutors in Miami, whosecured a guilty pleafrom the independent candidate in District 37 andfiled felony charges against Frank Artiles, a former Republican lawmaker accused of bribing the candidate to run. Yet great amounts of power come at a price. The Find Energy report relied on data that is submitted by power companies to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. View MapReport Outage About FPL Company News Careers Environment Community Donate to Care To Share Rates and Your Bill Meanwhile, Matrix-led non-profits funded a blizzard of ads against Stoddard, accusing him of using public money for vendettas and placing him alongside infamous sex offenders Bill Cosby and Harvey Weinstein. "Based on the information we have, we . FPLs business-as-usual political contributions have continued amid intense media focus on its role in ongoing dark money election scandals and related criminal trials, with state lawmakers and a member of Congress calling for further investigation into FPLs involvement. Once we realize the large emitters are large emitters because theyre providing service of great magnitude, and we look at it and we see its so efficient, we have our answer, Patino-Echeverri said. He is also suing Perkins, alleging defamation and extortion. The company's owner, Joe Perkins, and its former CEO, Jeff Pitts, parted ways in early 2021, becoming bitter enemies locked in legal battles in courtrooms in Alabama and Jacksonville. Artiles has been connected to Florida utilities, including NextEra and its subsidiary Florida Power and Light (FPL), for years. Those dark-money groups were controlled by former Matrix employees, the records show. While the utility has contributed over $105,000 to the Florida Democratic Party, neither Crist nor his political committee has reported any political contributions from NextEra or the companys subsidiaries during this or previous cycles. It grew by 57 percent in 2020, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Duke has 2 million customers, followed by TECO with 800,000 . NeitherFPL executives nor the consultants identified in the secret records have been accused of wrongdoing in that investigation. After more than a decade leading Florida Power & Light (FPL), the state's largest power company, Eric Silagy is retiring. I find this to be horrifying and undemocratic, said Gianna Trocino Bonner, former chief legislative aide for Rodrguez, after reviewing some of the leaked documents. FPLs CEO Silagy in a recent interview denied knowing about or participating in the scheme against Rodrguez but said that Matrix had done good work for his company. Still, there could be some benefit for consumers to be cognizant of a plants overall emissions, if its not the only factor being considered, she said. The charity was a front established by a state representative. He was previously the chief financial officer for NextEra Energy and FPL and led NextEra Energy Resources, the parent company's renewable resources arm, for eight years. Big power companies operate as monopolies with captive customers in much of the south-east US. Investigative reporters have directly connected senior FPL executives, including CEO Eric Silagy, to consultants involved in the dark money campaign schemes. The company is making renewable energy investments, including: Patino-Echeverri said the utility industry as a whole is making strides to make its plants more efficient. It is a regulated monopoly which means that the. "When you think about all the challenges that he had to overcome, with the hurricanes and high natural gas prices and inflation and supply chain and, you know, the media allegations and all those things, I think it took a toll on Eric that year," Ketchum said during a question-and-answer session on the call. Three people were federally convicted for their role in the ploy. In the remarkably successful years of its ambitious expansionism, secret records show FPL may have also been sowing the seeds of its more uncertain present. A note of gratitude to our friends at the Orlando Sentinel and Floodlight News, with whom we have worked in partnership to report our stories. The company anticipates the panels will be able to generate 11,657 megawatts. one of the largest contributors to legislative Florida political campaigns, would have allowed regulators to impose fees and barriers to rooftop solar installation. Otherwise, DeSantis has been largely friendly to NextEra and FPLs legislative priorities, granting the utility $2.75 million in tax breaks on speculative green hydrogen, signing legislation that gave FPL permission to charge customers tens of billions of dollars for burying lines, signing legislation preventing gas bans that would have aided Florida City Gas, and also signing legislation that forced the resignation of utility critic JR Kelly from his leadership of the Office of Public Counsel, which represents ratepayers in rate cases. The money was allegedly funneled through a network of tax-exempt nonprofits that obscured its origin. If this bill passes as it is, it has the potential to send Florida back to 2013, as if the advances of the last 10 years didnt happen, Vandenbroeck said. It was based on our discussion, and it was one that I could support as a starting point, she recalled. This story is a collaboration with Floodlight. ", "We've heard (FPL parent company NextEra's) management assurances about internal investigations," the analyst,Angie Storozynski, wrote, but "any legal, political or regulatory inquiry into FPLs conduct would be highly damaging to the stock.". FPL emerged from that episode empty handed, a particularly punishing outcome in the world of investor-owned utilities, which are locked in a rat race to grow bigger or die. Heffley suggested that he could send it via email today or we will be at the Capitol next week., Holley declined to provide an electronic version and offered to drop it off in person the following week. Electricity companies like Florida Power & Light make money off of the things they build: mainly large power plants and the power lines that bring that energy to customers. Rooftop solar, while critical to fighting climate change, is a threat to the traditional utility business model. Florida Power & Light argues that arrangement is unfair to customers who dont generate their own power but continue to pay for the costs of maintaining the grid that rooftop solar customers also use. Skeptics of that plan notably included the Office of Public Counsel, thewatchdog group that represents consumers before the Public Service Commission butwas thought to have been more friendly to utility interests after the installation of a longtime industry lobbyist in 2021. The complaint implicated Florida Power & Light in violations of election law due to alleged attempts to obscure the source of political donations. FPL has already passed the $5.1 million total amount it spent in the 2020 cycle. Maybe we should double down on energy-efficiency measures. This is a tired tactic that utilities have used to maintain their monopoly grip on electricity markets, said Will Giese, southeast regional director for the Solar Energy Industries Association. Terry Dunn wanted to examine why Alabama Power charged some of the highest rates in the country. Developing a green hydrogen plant on the site of the former Indiantown coal plant. The consultants pitched and supported tactics designed toembarrassindividualreporters who they believed had crossed their client's interests. Along with a private investigator, the group delved into Stoddards past for episodes to weaponize against him, such as a South Miami commissioners claim on Facebook that Stoddard had forcibly kissed her. Ketchum also reiterated that when he was named to the NextEra CEO role after Jim Robo stepped down, Silagy had committed to Ketchum that he would lead FPL for at least one more year. FPL deployed lobbyists to the capital, while Matrix hired private investigators to dig for dirt and had operatives funnel dark money and order attack ads. The company says the move was not prompted by recent scandals. He noted that there is never a "perfect time" to leave. Just as well, such a reliance on natural gas leaves consumers susceptible to the volatility of gas prices. Matrix affiliated groups have also worked to advance power companies interests in Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, and in front of the Environmental Protection Agency, public records show. Media scrutiny of the company's political giving began shortly after the 2020 election, when a trio of spoiler candidates tipped close state senate races toward candidates considered friendly to Florida Power & Light. In May 2018, FPL's sprawling utility empire laid claim to both boundaries,reaching a pinnacle of power and influence rare even among the mega-corporations that call Florida home. Perkins and Pitts worked together for more than 25 years, expanding the firm into a national operation with dozens of clients in myriad industries. Burning natural gas results in about half of the carbon dioxide emissions of burning coal, which also releases harmful metals and gases into the environment. That statement was made before additional rounds of damaging disclosures prompted the investigation by the outside law firm. In one instance, leaked emails revealed Silagy even successfully suggested specific news coverage to one publication. Feds Plan to Seize Russian Oligarch's Luxe Fisher Island Properties, Miami Canal Flooded With Turd Water From Contractor-Involved Pipe Break, Collapse of "Let's Go Brandon" Meme Coin Sparks Billion-Dollar Court Battle, Gator Gets in on the Action at Tampa Bay Horse Race, Readers Warn of Traffic, "Bloodsport" Driving After. Political editor Emily L. Mahoney will send you a rundown on local, state and national politics coverage every Thursday. NextEra Energy and its subsidiaries, Florida Power & Light and Florida City Gas, have poured nearly $6 million into state level campaign funds and political committees. Ron DeSantis, approved FPLs rate hike, raising Floridians monthly bills by over $1.5 billion in the next few years with annual increases through 2025, while increasing FPLs profits. That cost is based on the avoided cost that the utility would have incurred if it were to install a comparable system. 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