http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/74956.htmlIt's not just banks: Florida utility chief commutes by 'copter
Florida Power & Light, embroiled in a controversial hearing to raise electric rates, says part of the 30 percent increase would pay for a new $31 million corporate jet to replace a 10-year-old jet in its three-aircraft fleet.
FPL executives hastened to explain that the bill for the new jet would be offset by trading in the old one for $18 million, leaving customers responsible for $13 million of the tab.
A handful of FPL executives are allowed to use the corporate jet for personal use, company officials said. Among them is CEO Armando Olivera, who told regulators that he used the plane for the Tallahassee hearing and often uses the company helicopter to travel between his hometown of Miami and his company's headquarters in Juno Beach.
When asked if he used the company helicopter to get to work, he said, "not all the time, but generally.''
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The newspapers obtained e-mails sent between February 2008 and February 2009 that show FPL attorney Natalie Smith repeatedly requested and received the Personal Identification Numbers, or PINs, of the state-provided BlackBerry phones of PSC staff members, as well as the PIN to Commissioner Lisa Edgar's BlackBerry phone.
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bunch of punks living high on the hog