Florida Power & Light

greenwash nat gas?

next era coal and nuke

60 plus = koch?

some hanypanky in NE?  see lepage aho

<div>=</div><div>12 22 kpfa</div><div>
</div><div>17 (so gop) states pass laws to prot dark $</div><div>eg 1</div><div>
</div><div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.57; vertical-align: baseline;">in a state with a reputation for political scandal, Florida’s 2020 elections saw a particularly brazen scheme to swing three state Senate races. A “dark money” group sent out mailers promoting the campaigns of three “sham” candidates—in one case, diverting enough votes to a candidate with the <a href="https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/dark-money-dirty-tricks-florida" target="blank" rel="noopener" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; transition: color 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; text-underline-position: under; position: relative; background-image: linear-gradient(to top, transparent, transparent 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 4px, transparent 4px); text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px; border-bottom: none !important; text-decoration-line: none !important;">same last name</a> as former Democratic Sen. José Javier Rodríguez to defeat him. Rodríguez lost by just 32 votes, and Democratic candidates in the other two districts were defeated as well.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.57; vertical-align: baseline;">The Orlando Sentinel <a href="https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-ne-lets-preserve-the-american-dream-senate-ghost-candidates-20211118-fhplycqaijcixkrr3nipee5qne-story.html" target="blank" rel="noopener" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; transition: color 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; text-underline-position: under; position: relative; background-image: linear-gradient(to top, transparent, transparent 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 4px, transparent 4px); text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px; border-bottom: none !important; text-decoration-line: none !important;">reported</a> that the group behind the misleading mailers, which has renamed itself as Grow United, received a $1.15 million donation from an organization closely tied to the business trade association Associated Industries of Florida. A Dec. 2 Sentinel investigation detailed the group’s consultants’ <a href="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/os-ne-florida-power-and-light-senate-ghost-candidates-20211202-szjhv7ox6vcmphm6pgd437y52i-htmlstory.html" target="blank" rel="noopener" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; transition: color 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; text-underline-position: under; position: relative; background-image: linear-gradient(to top, transparent, transparent 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 4px, transparent 4px); text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px; border-bottom: none !important; text-decoration-line: none !important;">close coordination</a> with electric monopoly Florida Power & Light, as well as the power utility’s <a href="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/editorials/os-op-fpl-dark-money-florida-senate-elections-20211203-wmklfxfzpvh5hogi7gzsciuhwq-story.html" target="blank" rel="noopener" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; transition: color 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; text-underline-position: under; position: relative; background-image: linear-gradient(to top, transparent, transparent 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 4px, transparent 4px); text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px; border-bottom: none !important; text-decoration-line: none !important;">ties</a> to state Republican leaders, who control the chamber and can block bills like one that would <a href="https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/11/22/florida-senator-files-bill-that-would-lower-solar-net-metering-compensation/" target="blank" rel="noopener" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; transition: color 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; text-underline-position: under; position: relative; background-image: linear-gradient(to top, transparent, transparent 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 4px, transparent 4px); text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px; border-bottom: none !important; text-decoration-line: none !important;">empower</a> solar electricity generators.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.57; vertical-align: baseline;">Florida organizations supporting Democrats also <a href="https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-ne-prem-democrats-dark-money-senate-ghost-candidates-20210909-3dhaijw4ubgafbofljgruvxg44-story.html" target="blank" rel="noopener" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; transition: color 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; text-underline-position: under; position: relative; background-image: linear-gradient(to top, transparent, transparent 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 4px, transparent 4px); text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px; border-bottom: none !important; text-decoration-line: none !important;">donated</a> $700,000 to Grow United to obscure the funding source behind expenses like election mailers, a revelation that led to the resignation of a senior House adviser. <p style="margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.57; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Last month, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs <a href="https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-ne-lets-preserve-the-american-dream-dark-money-20220120-lqy5mvjcbfcbxajc2xkgf3x7wq-story.html" target="blank" rel="noopener" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; transition: color 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; text-underline-position: under; position: relative; background-image: linear-gradient(to top, transparent, transparent 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 4px, transparent 4px); text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px; border-bottom: none !important; text-decoration-line: none !important;">launched</a> an investigation into one of Grow United’s donors. The “sham” candidate in Rodriguez’s race <a href="https://apnews.com/article/florida-5343b101e96d5c7f42d1ee54da7cc0ce" target="blank" rel="noopener" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; transition: color 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; text-underline-position: under; position: relative; background-image: linear-gradient(to top, transparent, transparent 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 4px, transparent 4px); text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px; border-bottom: none !important; text-decoration-line: none !important;">pled guilty</a> last August and is cooperating in testimony against the consultant who allegedly put him up to it, former Republican state Sen. Frank Artiles. Artiles has pled not guilty in the case.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.57; vertical-align: baseline;">With dark money <a href="https://floridapolitics.com/archives/353830-dark-money-casts-shadow-in-primaries/" target="blank" rel="noopener" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; transition: color 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; text-underline-position: under; position: relative; background-image: linear-gradient(to top, transparent, transparent 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 4px, transparent 4px); text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px; border-bottom: none !important; text-decoration-line: none !important;">rampant</a> in the state, especially in state Democratic primaries, a Florida Republican is seeking to make it a crime for public officials to request or release information about the sources of money behind election spending by groups that are not required to reveal their donors.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.57; vertical-align: baseline;">In January, Republican Florida Rep. Toby Overdorf introduced the Personal Information Protection Act (<a href="https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1547" target="blank" rel="noopener" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; transition: color 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; text-underline-position: under; position: relative; background-image: linear-gradient(to top, transparent, transparent 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 4px, transparent 4px); text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px; border-bottom: none !important; text-decoration-line: none !important;">H.B. 1547</a>), which would prohibit public agencies from requesting that any individual, corporation, or other entity release personal information besides what is already required by campaign finance and other laws, or when they have a lawful warrant to seek the information. The bill would also prohibit agencies from publishing such information they may have in their possession. Florida Senator Joe Gruters introduced a similar bill in the Senate (<a href="https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1848/" target="blank" rel="noopener" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; transition: color 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; text-underline-position: under; position: relative; background-image: linear-gradient(to top, transparent, transparent 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 4px, transparent 4px); text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px; border-bottom: none !important; text-decoration-line: none !important;">S.B. 1848</a>) that would do the same thing, but only for personal information of donors and other individuals affiliated with 501(c)(3) organizations, though its sponsor says he’s willing to broaden it to cover other types of groups. Each bill would allow for the right of civil action and violators could face possible prison time of up to 90 days.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.57; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The House version would prevent campaign finance regulators from trying to force non-disclosing organizations like (c)(4) nonprofits to reveal their donors when they spend money to influence elections in the state. <p style="margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.57; vertical-align: baseline;">The new Florida bill is modeled after a <a href="https://alec.org/model-policy/the-privacy-protection-act/" target="blank" rel="noopener" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; transition: color 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; text-underline-position: under; position: relative; background-image: linear-gradient(to top, transparent, transparent 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 4px, transparent 4px); text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px; border-bottom: none !important; text-decoration-line: none !important;">policy</a> propagated by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a nonprofit that brings together corporate lobbyists with conservative lawmakers to advance legislation that favors business interests. Rep. Overdorf is one of about 31 Florida elected officials <a href="https://www.exposedbycmd.org/featured-documents/florida-alec-membership-april-2021/" target="blank" rel="noopener" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; transition: color 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; text-underline-position: under; position: relative; background-image: linear-gradient(to top, transparent, transparent 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 4px, transparent 4px); text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px; border-bottom: none !important; text-decoration-line: none !important;">listed</a> as ALEC members as of April 2021, according to a state public records request from the nonprofit Center for Media and Democracy (CMD). Gruters is the chair of the Florida Republican Party, re-elected to that position last month, and is a close ally of former President Trump, having co-chaired his 2016 state campaign.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.57; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In recent years, such bills criminalizing the disclosure of politically-active nonprofits’ donors have <a href="https://readsludge.com/2021/06/15/new-laws-preventing-dark-money-disclosure-are-sweeping-the-nation/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; transition: color 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; text-underline-position: under; position: relative; background-image: linear-gradient(to top, transparent, transparent 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 4px, transparent 4px); text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px; border-bottom: none !important; text-decoration-line: none !important;">spread to a number of states</a>, passing into law in 2021 in Arkansas, Iowa, South Dakota, and Tennessee. <p style="margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.57; vertical-align: baseline;">“These types of bills are unnecessary—there are already constitutional protections for donors that would actually face threats, harassment, or reprisal from public identification—and their only true achievement may be to simply impede transparency for politically active nonprofits and make dark money darker,” said Aaron McKean, legal counsel for state and local reform at the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center, which works to increase transparency in democracy.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.57; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">“Voters have a right to know which wealthy special interests are spending big money to influence their vote and rig the political system in their favor,” said McKean. “Florida’s legislators should be focused on ensuring voters know the true sources of money used to influence elections.”<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.57; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A poll commissioned by the Campaign Legal Center previously <a href="https://readsludge.com/2020/07/17/dark-money-floods-in-to-state-elections-revealing-cracks-in-disclosure-laws/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; transition: color 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; text-underline-position: under; position: relative; background-image: linear-gradient(to top, transparent, transparent 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 4px, transparent 4px); text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px; border-bottom: none !important; text-decoration-line: none !important;">found</a> strong bipartisan support for “publicly disclosing contributions to organizations involved in elections” so that wealthy special interests cannot operate with impunity and politicians can be held accountable.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.57; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">florida has led the nation in public corruption convictions for much of the past couple decades. From 1976 to 2018, Florida was among the top 10 states in federal corruption convictions per 10,000 residents, according to a <a href="https://pols.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/273/2020/02/Corruption.Rpt_12.Complete.pdf" target="blank" rel="noopener" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; transition: color 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; text-underline-position: under; position: relative; background-image: linear-gradient(to top, transparent, transparent 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 4px, transparent 4px); text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px; border-bottom: none !important; text-decoration-line: none !important;">report</a> from the University of Illinois at Chicago. <p style="margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.57; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A longtime state ethics watchdog tells Sludge that the practice of routing funds through dark money groups will proliferate in the state until the Legislature has the political will to stop it. <p style="margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.57; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">“I don’t think there will be any reduction in dark money in elections, it’s just going to increase,” said Ben Wilcox, research director of the nonprofit Integrity Florida. “The campaign finance system in Florida is so dysfunctional, it makes this sort of activity so easy to do, and easy to hide the source of campaign donations. There are all sorts of loopholes.”<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.57; vertical-align: baseline;">With the end of Florida’s legislative session coming next month and the bills not gathering co-sponsors, Wilcox thinks that the state’s investigation into the Grow United case has likely chilled their support this year. But Wilcox tells Sludge, “The fact that they filed the bills this year, to further protect the sources of dark money, it tells you whether or not the bills pass this year, they probably will come next year. The powers that be are intent on keeping dark money dark.”<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.57; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Wilcox also pointed to a loophole in state campaign finance law that allows unlimited donations to state political committees controlled by politicians. “It’s a form of legal corruption,” he said.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.57; vertical-align: baseline;">“When you look at Florida Power & Light, they give the maximum to various candidates, and then all the big money goes into the political committees, donations of $100,000 and more.” State <a href="https://dos.elections.myflorida.com/committees/ComDetail.asp?account=70275" target="blank" rel="noopener" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; transition: color 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; text-underline-position: under; position: relative; background-image: linear-gradient(to top, transparent, transparent 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 4px, transparent 4px); text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px; border-bottom: none !important; text-decoration-line: none !important;">campaign finance records</a> show that in recent years, the committee Friends of Ron DeSantis has received donations of over $10 million total from Citadel hedge fund manager and GOP megadonor Ken Griffin, $850,000 from investment company Spring Bay Capital, $200,000 from Kane Financial Services, and nearly $125,000 from the Florida Home Builders Association, among many others. <p style="margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.57; vertical-align: baseline;">Last May, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law <a href="https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1890" target="blank" rel="noopener" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; transition: color 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; text-underline-position: under; position: relative; background-image: linear-gradient(to top, transparent, transparent 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 4px, transparent 4px); text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px; border-bottom: none !important; text-decoration-line: none !important;">S.B. 1890</a>, a bill sponsored by Republican State Sen. Ray Rodrigues, that would have set a $3,000 cap on contributions to political committees supporting or opposing constitutional amendments until the measure obtains enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot. Florida lawmakers <a href="https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2021/04/26/florida-lawmakers-limits-money-backing-ballot-initiatives/" target="blank" rel="noopener" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; transition: color 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; text-underline-position: under; position: relative; background-image: linear-gradient(to top, transparent, transparent 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 4px, transparent 4px); text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px; border-bottom: none !important; text-decoration-line: none !important;">left untouched</a> the ability for donors to make unlimited donations to candidates’ political committees. The law was blocked in federal court on July 1, the day it was slated to take effect, and in August Florida’s Attorney General did not appeal, leaving the injunction in place.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.57; vertical-align: baseline;">The Tampa Bay Times <a href="https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2022/01/20/florida-gop-bill-would-further-shield-names-of-dark-money-donors/" target="blank" rel="noopener" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; transition: color 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; text-underline-position: under; position: relative; background-image: linear-gradient(to top, transparent, transparent 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 4px, transparent 4px); text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px; border-bottom: none !important; text-decoration-line: none !important;">reported</a> last month that lobbyist Jorge Chamizo provided the bill language to staff of Senate sponsor Gruters, working on behalf of two groups: People United for Privacy and Opportunity Solutions Project. According to CMD, which tracks dark money groups, People United for Privacy was <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/People_United_for_Privacy" target="blank" rel="noopener" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; transition: color 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; text-underline-position: under; position: relative; background-image: linear-gradient(to top, transparent, transparent 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 4px, transparent 4px); text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px; border-bottom: none !important; text-decoration-line: none !important;">formed</a> by the State Policy Network, an umbrella organization of right-wing causes. Opportunity Solutions Project is the advocacy arm of the Florida-based Foundation for Government Accountability, a State Policy Network member.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.57; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This year, Jorge Chamizo is registered to lobby for a <a href="https://floridalobbyist.gov/LobbyistInformation/LobbyistDetail/4056?year=2022&Branch=L" target="blank" rel="noopener" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; transition: color 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; text-underline-position: under; position: relative; background-image: linear-gradient(to top, transparent, transparent 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 2px, rgb(43, 86, 255) 4px, transparent 4px); text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px; border-bottom: none !important; text-decoration-line: none !important;">long list</a> of business clients, including Associated Industries of Florida and Duke Energy, which was an ALEC member as recently as 2020. Other clients of Chamizo this year include Peoples Gas System, Tampa Electric Company, health insurer Anthem, health care provider Centene, and Uber.</div><div>=</div><div></div><div>222</div><div>Everyone loves a good pizza party, which is what I’m imagining the energy giant NextEra held in offices across the country as the company compelled employees to donate to Kyrsten Sinema last year. A reading of donations to the Arizona senator from 2021 Q4 is a who’s-who of executives, vice presidents, and managers within the company, broken up occasionally with infusions of cash from workers at Florida Power and Light—a subsidy of NextEra—and regular Americans who felt that Sinema’s position as a self-proclaimed progressive Democrat would somehow shield her from turning out like gestures vaguely this. The Guardian homed in on the mega-donors who met with Sinema during a Jan. 18 event at the River Oaks Country Club in Houston. They include ConocoPhilips head Ryan Lance and Continental Resources chairman Harold Hamm.<a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/kyrsten-sinema-fundraising-republican-donors-1293087/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" title="" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">Rolling Stone</a>, meanwhile, looked at GOP mega-donors interested in Sinema’s obstructionism like Harlan Crow, an avid Greg Abbott fan, and Ken Langone, who also gave fellow useless Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin a cash infusion. Crow was one of a few donors who were refunded because of their largesse, though those funds have likely been made up by the more than 45 NextEra employees on that Q4 list. The donations, which range from $250 to $2,000, total $51,250 from NextEra alone. PACs associated with the fossil fuel industry, like ExxonMobil PAC, American Petroleum Industry PAC, and Devon Energy Corporation PAC, also showed their love for Sinema to the tune of $2,500 apiece. Hope the cheese and pepperoni were worth it to thwart democracy, y’all!Kidding aside and no disrespect to pizza, these donors are relative newcomers to Sinema. FEC data shows little movement from NextEra when it comes to lining Sinema’s pockets, and early donor cycles show more teachers and firefighters, plus venture capitalists and angel investors donating to Sinema instead. It’s quite the about-face for a candidate many hailed as a welcomed breath of fresh air for Arizona, who <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Kyrsten_Sinema" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" title="" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">cut her teeth</a> in as an adjunct professor and faculty member for the Center for Progressive Leadership before turning to politics.If you truly follow the money, NextEra will lead you to its ambitious Sonoran Solar Project, which many, many Arizonans are opposed to <a href="https://eplanning.blm.gov/public_projects/nepa/77400/108393/132719/App-A-Response_to_Comments.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">based on its proximity to the Sonoran Desert National Monument</a>. The GOP mega-donors interested in courting Sinema are doing so because it’s business as usual (regardless of party) if they can get someone to vote against the country’s better interests. But for NextEra, an eye-catching lawmaker doing its dirty work would make that more than $50K in donations well worth the investment.There’ve been reports of Sinema losing support from donors who view her as a traitorous egoist more interested in boosting her profile than equality. The same does not go for Sinema’s lawmaker-in-arms Manchin. <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/31/joe-manchin-campaign-gets-big-donations-from-corporations-executives.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">According to CNBC</a>, Manchin’s rejection of Build Back Better earned him $300,000 over the course of last quarter. Manchin is worth $7.6 million thanks to his coal dealings. Can you imagine how much Sinema’s worth could balloon to were she to firmly reject what little Democratic support she’s got in favor of aligning with her recent batch of donors, like Texas Energy’s Kane Weiner and Pacific Power Source Inc. president Kevin Voelcker? The last thing the country needs is Manchin 2.0 or worse. Hell, Manchin in his current state of being isn’t all that great. <a href="https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/petitions/sign-the-petition-to-joe-manchin-kyrsten-sinema-return-corporate-and-republican-donations" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">Call on both Manchin and Sinema to return their corporate and GOP donations.</a></div><div>=</div>1/22On January 11 Sunshine State senators advanced a utility-backed bill to restrict residents’ ability to install <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="blank" href="https://ecowatch.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=214ab5fbb3f6015d74ffab4ec&id=6129c31c1b&e=c2e8fdabfa" style="color: rgb(17, 119, 96); text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">solar</a> panels on their homes.The bill, which would alter net metering rates so as to make installing solar panels less financially viable for Florida residents, is backed by Florida Power & Light (which wants to own all solar generation) and is sponsored by Republican State Sen. Jennifer Bradley (who <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="blank" href="https://ecowatch.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=214ab5fbb3f6015d74ffab4ec&id=b5fd0492c9&e=c2e8fdabfa" style="color: rgb(17, 119, 96); text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">r</a><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="blank" href="https://ecowatch.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=214ab5fbb3f6015d74ffab4ec&id=41df9cd0bc&e=c2e8fdabfa" style="color: rgb(17, 119, 96); text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">eceived $10,000 PAC contribution from FPL’s parent company a month before she filed a bil</a><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="blank" href="https://ecowatch.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=214ab5fbb3f6015d74ffab4ec&id=0551ab00e9&e=c2e8fdabfa" style="color: rgb(17, 119, 96); text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">l</a> nearly identical to text given to her by an FPL lobbyist).=sue s facing so
<a href="https://www.facingsouth.org/2019/03/institute-index-south-pays-dearly-nuclear-industrys-failed-renaissance">https://www.facingsouth.org/2019/03/institute-index-south-pays-dearly-nuclear-industrys-failed-renaissance</a>
In the decade after the meltdown at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, which took place 40 years ago this week, number of nuclear plant orders that U.S. utilities canceled nationwide amid skyrocketing costs: <a href="https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/legacy/assets/documents/nuclear_power/nuclear-loan-guarantees-fact-sheet.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">about 100</a>In today's dollars, estimated amount those abandoned plants cost taxpayers and ratepayers: <a href="https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/legacy/assets/documents/nuclear_power/nuclear-loan-guarantees-fact-sheet.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">over $40 billion</a>Amount ratepayers shouldered in cost overruns alone for the approximately 100 nuclear power plants built around that time: <a href="https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/legacy/assets/documents/nuclear_power/nuclear-loan-guarantees-fact-sheet.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">over $200 billion</a>Year in which Forbes magazine called the U.S. nuclear power program "the largest managerial disaster in business history, a disaster on a monumental scale": <a href="https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/legacy/assets/documents/nuclear_power/nuclear-loan-guarantees-fact-sheet.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">1985</a>Year in which the nuclear power industry began using the term "nuclear renaissance" to hype a hoped-for revival of reactor construction: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_renaissance" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">2001</a>Between 2007 and 2009, number of applications for new reactor construction projects submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission by utility companies: <a href="https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">18</a>Of those proposed projects, number that were in the South, where electricity markets <a href="https://www.facingsouth.org/2019/03/duke-energys-monopoly-power-faces-challenges-southern-states" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">are dominated</a> by the monopoly utility model with guaranteed profits, and where some states allow utilities to force customers to <a href="https://www.governing.com/news/state/nuclear-cost-recovery-laws-at-issue.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">pay in advance</a> for construction projects: <a href="https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">13</a>Of the 18 proposed reactor projects, number that are still proceeding today, with others canceled amid skyrocketing costs driven in part by the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster in Japan: <a href="https://www.augustachronicle.com/news/20181205/work-continues-on-new-reactors-at-plant-vogtle" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">1</a>Amount Duke Energy wants to charge its South Carolina customers for a decade of planning for two reactors that were never built at its Lee plant in Cherokee County: <a href="https://www.postandcourier.com/business/duke-energy-wants-million-more-per-year-from-sc-utility/article_e066dfa8-4b0e-11e9-b4c7-87a7b1459941.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">$240 million</a>Amount Florida Power & Light has already charged Florida ratepayers for two new proposed reactors at its Turkey Point plant in Miami-Dade County, construction of which is on hold and may never resume: <a href="https://cleanenergy.org/blog/turkey-point-reactors-negligence-litigation-and-a-pause/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">over $300 million</a>Amount South Carolina ratepayers must pay for SCE&G's and Santee Cooper's now-canceled project involving construction of two new reactors at the Summer plant in Fairfield County: <a href="https://theintercept.com/2019/02/06/south-caroline-green-new-deal-south-carolina-nuclear-energy/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">$2.3 billion</a>Number of powerful 5 kilowatt home solar electric systems that could be installed with $2.3 billion: <a href="https://www.solarpowerauthority.com/how-much-does-it-cost-to-install-solar-on-an-average-us-house/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">more than 65,000</a>Initial cost estimate for the one commercial nuclear project that's still proceeding, Georgia Power's construction of two reactors at Plant Vogtle in Burke County: <a href="https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/breakingnews/story/2019/mar/22/georgias-plant-vogtle-lands-37-billion-new-loan-guarantees-complete-nuclear-reactors/491149/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">$14 billion</a>Current cost estimate for the Vogtle project, now set to finish in 2022: <a href="https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/breakingnews/story/2019/mar/22/georgias-plant-vogtle-lands-37-billion-new-loan-guarantees-complete-nuclear-reactors/491149/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">over $27 billion</a>Because of Georgia's nuclear prepayment law, approximate amount the Vogtle project has already added to the average annual Georgia Power electricity bill: <a href="https://www.augustachronicle.com/news/20181205/work-continues-on-new-reactors-at-plant-vogtle" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">$120</a>Year in which Democrats angered by the prepayment scheme's economic injustice and Republicans upset over its violation of free-market principles united in Georgia's legislature to quash similar deals for any other commercial reactors built in the state: <a href="http://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/en-US/Display/20172018/SB/355" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">2018</a>Amount in additional taxpayer-backed federal loan guarantees that were announced for the Vogtle project last week amid a visit to the plant by U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry, who called it "the real new green deal": <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/22/reuters-america-update-1-u-s-finalizes-3-point-7-bln-loan-for-vogtle-nuclear-power-plant.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">up to $3.7 billion</a>Total amount in federal loan guarantees the Vogtle project has received to date: <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/22/reuters-america-update-1-u-s-finalizes-3-point-7-bln-loan-for-vogtle-nuclear-power-plant.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">$12 billion</a>(Click on figure to go to source.)Percent

margin needed to pass Florida's Amendment 1, a ballot measure that

investor-owned utilities are promoting as pro-solar but that opponents

say aims to protect the utilities' monopoly and slow the state's

transition to solar power: <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="https://ballotpedia.org/Florida_Solar_Energy_Subsidies_and_Personal_Solar_Use,Amendment_1%282016%29">60</a>

Amount raised by Consumers for Smart Solar, the group promoting Amendment 1: <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="http://www.citizen.org/documents/big-business-ballot-bullies-corporate-money-report.pdf">more than $21.5 million</a>

Percent of that amount which came from big utilities and other

companies whose bottom lines would be hurt by encouraging consumers to

switch to solar power: <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/curtissilver/2016/10/10/florida-amendment-1-solar-power/#4f4a5adf5fe5">80</a>

Amount contributed to the <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QXIcwN3iS0">deceptive pro-Amendment 1 campaign</a> by Duke Energy alone: <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="http://www.citizen.org/documents/big-business-ballot-bullies-corporate-money-report.pdf">more than $5.7 million</a>

Amount contributed by Florida Power and Light, which is owned by Florida-based NextEra Energy: <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="http://www.citizen.org/documents/big-business-ballot-bullies-corporate-money-report.pdf">almost $5.5 million</a>

Amount contributed by the 60 Plus Association, a conservative political

advocacy group that's received tens of millions of dollars from

organizations associated with the brothers that run the Koch Industries

oil and chemical conglomerate: <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="https://ballotpedia.org/Florida_Solar_Energy_Subsidies_and_Personal_Solar_Use,Amendment_1_%282016%29#Campaign_finance">over $1.4 million</a>

Factor by which the amount raised by Consumers for Smart Solar exceeds

total funds raised by the grassroots opposition campaign group,

Floridians for Solar Choice, a politically diverse coalition <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="https://ballotpedia.org/Florida_Solar_Energy_Subsidies_and_Personal_Solar_Use,Amendment_1%282016%29#Campaign_finance">that includes</a> the League of Women Voters, the Sierra Club, the Christian Coalition and various Republican groups: <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="https://ballotpedia.org/Florida_Solar_Energy_Subsidies_and_Personal_Solar_Use,Amendment_1%282016%29">10</a>

Number of professional signature-gathering firms the utility-backed

campaign hired in order to get its measure on this year's ballot: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QXIcwN3iS0">2</a>

Date on which Florida Supreme Court Justice Barbara Pariente, in her

dissent from the 4-3 decision allowing Amendment 1 to appear on the

ballot, warned that the initiative was a "wolf in sheep's clothing": <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://efactssc-public.flcourts.org/casedocuments/2015/2150/2015-2150_disposition_134770.pdf">3/31/2016</a>

Date on which the Clear Language Institute, a nonprofit that promotes

using easy-to-understand language in legislation, bestowed its first

"Deceptive Language Award" on the pro-Amendment 1 group for misleading

voters: <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/230394176414/photos/a.10153757493471415.1073741826.230394176414/10153757491721415/?type=3&theater">10/2/2016</a>

Florida's ranking among states for solar energy potential: <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="https://mic.com/articles/152600/florida-amendment-1-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-state-s-vote-on-solar-energy#.PHtXlNzRo">3</a>

Its ranking among states for installed solar capacity: <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="https://mic.com/articles/152600/florida-amendment-1-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-state-s-vote-on-solar-energy#.PHtXlNzRo">14</a>

Number of electricity customers in Florida: <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="http://blog.cleanenergy.org/2016/08/31/utility-backed-amendment-1-blocks-the-sun/">9 million</a>

Number of rooftop solar systems in the state: <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="http://blog.cleanenergy.org/2016/08/31/utility-backed-amendment-1-blocks-the-sun/">fewer than 12,000</a>

Date on which early voting begins in Florida: <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/florida-voters-to-decide-utility-backed-solar-ener/nskcd/">10/24/2016</a>

In a recent poll, percent of likely Florida voters who said they planned to vote for Amendment 1: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://polls.saintleo.edu/proposed-amendments-retain-the-favor-of-florida-voters-in-latest-saint-leo-survey/">84</a>=tool:<a href="http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/sites/default/files/docs/pdf/UncleSamsFavoriteCorporations.pdf">http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/sites/default/files/docs/pdf/UncleSamsFavoriteCorporations.pdf</a>provision of the 2009 Recovery Act providing cash payments in lieu of tax credits. Iberdrola’s subsidy total is $2.2 billion. Other top grant/ allocated tax credit recipients include NextEra Energy (parent of Florida Power & Light), NRG Energy, Southern Company, Summit Power and SCS Energy, each with more than $1 billion. The results exclude the numerous corporate tax breaks that ca<a href="http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/subsidy-tracker">http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/subsidy-tracker</a>==

<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Florida_Power%26_Light">http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Florida_Power%26_Light</a>

Florida Power & Light (FPL) is the main subsidiary of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=FPL_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="FPL Group (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">FPL Group</a>, which also owns FPL Energy (now <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NextEra_Energy_Resources" title="NextEra Energy Resources" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">NextEra Energy Resources</a>), an operator of wind, solar, nuclear, and some coal facilities. Florida Power & Light has power stations at fourteen different locations, the bulk gas-fired stations. It also operates two nuclear power stations (Turkey Point and St. Lucie in Florida) and two coal-fired power stations, the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/St.Johns_River_Power_Park" title="St. Johns River Power Park" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">St. Johns River Power Park</a> in Florida and the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Scherer_Steam_Generating_Station" title="Scherer Steam Generating Station" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Scherer Steam Generating Station</a> in Georgia.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Florida_Power%26_Light#cite_note-About-1" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Florida_Power_%26_Light#Existing_Coal_Plants" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">1 Existing Coal Plants</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Florida_Power_%26_Light#CEO_compensation" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">2 CEO compensation</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Florida_Power_%26_Light#Nuclear_plants" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">3 Nuclear plants</a>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Florida_Power_%26_Light#Turkey_Point_safety_issues" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">3.1 Turkey Point safety issues</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Florida_Power%26_Light#Report:FP.26L.27s_nuclear_plants_not_replacing_coal" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">3.2 Report: FP&L's nuclear plants not replacing coal</a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Florida_Power_%26_Light#Articles_and_Resources" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">5 Articles and Resources</a>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Florida_Power_%26_Light#Related_SourceWatch_Articles" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">5.1 Related SourceWatch Articles</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Florida_Power_%26_Light#References" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">5.2 References</a></li>

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<table class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19.2px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(249, 249, 249);" width="75%"><tbody><tr><th style=" border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center; background: rgb(242, 242, 242);">Plant</th><th style=" border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center; background: rgb(242, 242, 242);">State</th><th style=" border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center; background: rgb(242, 242, 242);">Year(s) Built</th><th style=" border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em; text-align: center; background: rgb(242, 242, 242);">Capacity</th></tr><tr><td style=" border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Scherer_Steam_Generating_Station" title="Scherer Steam Generating Station" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Scherer Steam Generating Station</a></td><td style=" border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">GA</td><td style=" border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1982, 1984, 1987, 1989</td><td style=" border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">3,564 MW</td></tr><tr><td style=" border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/St._Johns_River_Power_Park" title="St. Johns River Power Park" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">St. Johns River Power Park</a></td><td style=" border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">FL</td><td style=" border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1987, 1988</td><td style=" border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em;">1,358 MW</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.2px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">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, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=David_Hoffman(nuclear_plant_worker)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David Hoffman (nuclear plant worker) (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">David Hoffman</a> 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." Hoffman had "complained to the utility several times about issues in which he thought executives let cost-cutting 'interfere with the proper maintenance' of the Turkey Point reactors. ... The <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Federal_Energy_Regulatory_Commission" title="Federal Energy Regulatory Commission" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Federal Energy Regulatory Commission</a> has found 25 or more violations of reliability standards because of the incident, and FPL is now facing millions of dollars in fines." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Florida_Power%26_Light#cite_note-Turkey_Point-3" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a>

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.'" <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Florida_Power_%26_Light#cite_note-Turkey_Point-3" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a>

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<p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.2px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A 2011 report by NC Warn, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ncwarn.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/NCW-NuclearClimate_web.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcaqaaaanowc2aaaatkleqvr4xmxkqqqamawf0x="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAAAnOwc2AAAATklEQVR4XmXKQQqAMAwF0X" xssz9cskiyiifrfcjmmihmigbb5fqdcaqj4j46pzyluwe="XsSz9CSKiyIIFRFcjMmihmiGbB5fqDCaQJ4j46pzYLUWe" cxz6ovbhts0sry2njp="cXZ6OVBhTS0srY2Njp" xxxxzolu6euwaopx1vnwtbe6qqaaaaaelftksuqmcc="XxXXZOLu6EUWAOPX1vnwTBe6qQAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">"New Nuclear Power is Ruining Climate Protection Efforts and Harming Customers"</a>, argues that companies like Florida Power & Light have said they want to lead the way to a “low carbon” future by building more nuclear power plants, but instead of replacing their coal-burning plants with nuclear power, the companies "plan to keep operating most or all of their coal plants indefinitely, while adding more nuclear (and fossil fuel) plants so they can expand electricity sales both within and outside the region."

The report states that "Florida Power & Light plans to increase generating capacity by an ambitious 9,510 MW, including over 5,000 MW of natural gas units. If completed, two new AP1000s at Turkey Point would contribute more than 2,200 MW of new capacity (the opening date is now projected to be after the 2020 planning horizon). FP&L does not project any coal closures at this time."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Florida_Power_%26_Light#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[4]</a>

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_economic_crisis_and_coal" title="The economic crisis and coal" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">The economic crisis and coal</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/United_States_and_coal" title="United States and coal" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">United States and coal</a></li>

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<li id="cite_note-About-1" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">↑ <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Florida_Power%26_Light#cite_ref-About_1-0" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style=" top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up to:1.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Florida_Power%26_Light#cite_ref-About_1-1" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">1.1</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.fplgroup.com/about/contents/fpl.shtml" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaaveleqvr42n3pgqkaiaheuxdqj3dqj3e6iotpusqcgj4eq5iluile0jil3pecxhchgbhz8kg4hwxau3mzecgeyfnaxp4hqnqpnt7ql0nadpd6whcclvnakksq8iiaaaaaaelftksuqmcc="AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">"About Us — Florida Power & Light Company"</a>, Florida Power & Light Company website, accessed November 2008.</li>

<li id="cite_note-2" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Florida_Power_%26_Light#cite_ref-2" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style=" top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/12/lead_07ceos_Lewis-Hay-III_PS40.html" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaaveleqvr42n3pgqkaiaheuxdqj3dqj3e6iotpusqcgj4eq5iluile0jil3pecxhchgbhz8kg4hwxau3mzecgeyfnaxp4hqnqpnt7ql0nadpd6whcclvnakksq8iiaaaaaaelftksuqmcc="AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">CEO Compensation: #159 Lewis Hay III,</a> Forbes.com, May 3, 2007.</li>

<li id="cite_note-Turkey_Point-3" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">↑ <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Florida_Power%26_Light#cite_ref-Turkey_Point_3-0" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style=" top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up to:3.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Florida_Power%26_Light#cite_ref-Turkey_Point_3-1" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">3.1</a> John Dorschner, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.miamiherald.com/457/story/945615.html" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaaveleqvr42n3pgqkaiaheuxdqj3dqj3e6iotpusqcgj4eq5iluile0jil3pecxhchgbhz8kg4hwxau3mzecgeyfnaxp4hqnqpnt7ql0nadpd6whcclvnakksq8iiaaaaaaelftksuqmcc="AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">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</a>," Miami Herald(Florida), March 12, 2009.</li>

<li id="cite_note-4" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Florida_Power_%26_Light#cite_ref-4" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style=" top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> Jim Warren, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ncwarn.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/NCW-NuclearClimate_web.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcaqaaaanowc2aaaatkleqvr4xmxkqqqamawf0x="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAAAnOwc2AAAATklEQVR4XmXKQQqAMAwF0X" xssz9cskiyiifrfcjmmihmigbb5fqdcaqj4j46pzyluwe="XsSz9CSKiyIIFRFcjMmihmiGbB5fqDCaQJ4j46pzYLUWe" cxz6ovbhts0sry2njp="cXZ6OVBhTS0srY2Njp" xxxxzolu6euwaopx1vnwtbe6qqaaaaaelftksuqmcc="XxXXZOLu6EUWAOPX1vnwTBe6qQAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">"New Nuclear Power is Ruining Climate Protection Efforts and Harming Customers"</a> NC Warn, 2011 Report.</li>

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Julie Patel, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/home/sfl-florida-power-electric-rates-0318,0,5843366.story" style=" text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">FPL wants to boost electric rates by at least $1 billion a year:</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/home/sfl-florida-power-electric-rates-0318,0,5843366.story" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaaveleqvr42n3pgqkaiaheuxdqj3dqj3e6iotpusqcgj4eq5iluile0jil3pecxhchgbhz8kg4hwxau3mzecgeyfnaxp4hqnqpnt7ql0nadpd6whcclvnakksq8iiaaaaaaelftksuqmcc="AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data"> The company submitted a proposal Wednesday to the Florida Public Service Commission to increase base power rates by $1 billion in 2010 and $1.25 billion in 2011</a>," South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida), March 19, 2009.</li>

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