Tag: Gulf Power
As Customers Struggled, Utility CEOs’ Pay Spiked Last Year
While many Americans saw their energy bills go up substantially in the past year, investor-owned electric and gas utilities and the country’s largest publicly owned utility paid their CEOs over...
Utility CEOs received $3.2 billion in executive compensation from 2017 – 2022
Investor-owned electric and gas utilities paid their CEOs $3.2 billion between 2017 and 2022, according to corporate data reviewed by the Energy and Policy Institute. CEOs for the 57 companies...
Getting Politics Out of Utility Bills
How policymakers can protect customers from being forced to fund utilities’ political machines
Utility CEOs received $2.7 billion in executive compensation from 2017 – 2021
Investor-owned electric and gas utilities paid their CEOs $2.7 billion between 2017 and 2021, according to corporate data reviewed by the Energy and Policy Institute. CEOs for the 58 companies...
Pollution Payday: Analysis of executive compensation and incentives of the largest U.S. investor-owned utilities
Download full report NextEra Energy NextEra Energy is a utility company based in Florida that serves customers in that state via its retail utility, Florida Power and Light (FPL), and...
Florida Power and Light quietly reduces solar commitment, shifting some proposed solar to Gulf Power in midst of merger
FPL reduced solar plans by over 500 MW, apparently moving some proposed projects to Gulf Power’s service territory in the Florida panhandle. FPL’s solar reductions come despite its parent company’s...
Utility CEOs received over $1 billion in executive compensation from 2017 – 2019
Investor-owned utilities' CEO compensation was up 26% in 2019 over 2018.
What Andrew Gillum vs Ron DeSantis Means for Clean Energy
On Aug 28th, 2018 Andrew Gillum (D) and Ron DeSantis (R) both shocked the political establishment by winning their respective primaries in the race to be the next Florida Governor....
Southern Company’s Big Bets Lead to Loss of Gulf Power
On May 21st, Southern Company decided to part ways with its almost 100- year-old subsidiary, Gulf Power, due in large part to failed bets the company made on its scuttled...
Utility Industry Contributions to Section 527 Political Organizations
Over 70 investor-owned utility holding companies and their subsidiaries have contributed more than $84 million from 2008 through 2024 to the Republican Governors Association, Republican Attorneys General Association, Republican State Leadership...