Two letters from a group of anonymous high-level employees at Florida Power & Light, alleging they were forced to provide inaccurate and misleading information to regulators and shareholders by certain executives, have been filed and posted at the Public Service Commission. PSC Chairman Nancy Argenziano said the PSC "will not ignore them. We will look into it.'' Download FPLwhistleblower1 Download FPLwhistleblower2
When asked about the first letter, dated Jan. 20, FPL spokesman Mayco Villafana said "as a matter of policy, we do not comment on employee matters.'' A spokesman did not respond to requests for comment on the letters received by the PSC.
The letter dated Feb. 3 to FPL Group chairman Lew Hay, and another dated Jan. 20, were received independently by the Miami Herald/St. Petersburg Times and have been verified as authentic. Hay sent a letter out to all employees in the past few days, and he cited the Feb. 3 letter but blacked out the names of the FPL vice presidents, Eric Silagy, Tim Fitzpatrick and Wade Litchfield, whom the employees allege were responsible for the misdeeds. Hay's letter also links to the anonymous letter using an internal Web site at FPL.
The employees tell Hay that among the allegations, the disgruntled employees have been forced by managers to: