BNET Industries
Market Cap:$3.2M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$4.7B
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Florida Progress Corporation (Florida Progress or the Company, which term includes consolidated subsidiaries unless otherwise indicated) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Progress Energy, Inc. (Progress Energy), a registered holding company under the Public Utility Holding Company Act (PUHCA) of 1935. Progress Energy and its subsidiaries, including Florida Progress, are subject to the regulatory provisions of PUHCA. Florida Progress was incorporated in Florida on January 21, 1982. Florida Progress is the parent company of Florida Power Corporation (Florida Power or the Utility) and certain other subsidiaries. Progress Energy controls Florida Power Corporation and the other Florida Progress subsidiaries through its ownership of Florida Progress. On November 30, 2000, the acquisition of Florida Progress by CP&L Energy, Inc. (CP&L Energy) became effective. In December 2000, CP&L Energy was renamed Progress Energy, Inc. Effective January 1, 2003, Florida Power began doing business under the name Progress Energy Florida, Inc. (PEF). The legal name of the entity has not been changed and there is no restructuring of any kind related to the name change. The current corporate and business unit structure remains unchanged.
Chief Executive OfficerLewis Hay III
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NAICS Code Electric Bulk Power Transmission and Control: 221121
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Adams v. Florida Power Corp. and the trend of lowering an employer's burden of proof to rebut age discrimination claims
I. INTRODUCTIONIn 1992, Congress enacted the Energy Policy Act, which opened the energy industry to competition and forced the Florida Power Corporation, once a publicly regulated utility monopoly, to reorganize.1 In the course of those reorganizations, the Florida Power Corporation terminated Wanda Adams and 117 others, all of whom were...
Florida Power Corp. Disputes J.D. Power Customer-Satisfaction Survey.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 30 -- The first independent consumer survey of electric utilities by market researcher J.D. Power and Associates found that some of Florida's largest power companies have much room to improve. Florida Power Corp. in St. Petersburg, which...
Sale of Florida Power Corp. Collapses.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 27--A deal to sell St. Petersburg's Florida Power Corp. to Scottish Power PLC, Scotland's largest power company, fell apart this week after the companies could not come to terms. "We were in talks for a fair bit of time, but we...
Florida Power Corp. to Move its Headquarters back to Downtown St. Petersburg.(Originated from St. Petersburg Times, Fla.)
ST. PETERSBURG--Nov. 26--Florida Power Corp. is moving its headquarters back to downtown St. Petersburg after 25 years, spreading 900 workers among three buildings, including vacant retail space that was the cornerstone of the ill-fated Bay Plaza redevelopment project. The downtown relocation...
Customers Find Rising Problems at Florida Power Corp.(Originated from St. Petersburg Times, Fla.)
May 7--Customer complaints to the state about Florida Power Corp. last year soared to more than double the number filed during 1994 -- a rise unique among large electric utilities in the state. In some cases, the state's Public Service Commission ruled in favor of the...
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Progress Energy Florida Names Vincent Dolan new President and CEO
Succeeds Jeffrey Lyash, who will now oversee strategic asset management ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Progress Energy has named Vincent M. Dolan to succeed Jeffrey J. Lyash as president and chief executive officer for Progress Energy Florida, which serves more than 1.6 million Florida...
FPL’s investments in fuel efficiency expected to yield billion-dollar-a-year savings for customers beginning in 2014
Customers have already saved nearly $3 billion since 2002 as a result of investments in cleaner, more efficient power plants ...
Local Solar Company to Support Florida Power & Light's Petition to Hike Energy Rates
To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Eric Polins, HCP & Associates, Inc., +1-813-318-0565ext. 216, epolins@hcpassociates.com SARASOTA, Fla., June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Sarasota-based EliteSolar Services will rally this Friday at 10:00 a.m. at Sarasota CityCommission Chambers outside City Hall to support Florida Power &Light FPL petition filed on March 18, 2009 with...
Local Solar Company to Support Florida Power & Light's Petition to Hike Energy Rates
SARASOTA, Fla., June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Sarasota-based Elite Solar Services will rally this Friday at 10:00 a.m. at Sarasota City Commission Chambers outside City Hall to support Florida Power & Light FPL petition filed on March 18, 2009 with the Florida Public Service Commission FPSC for a base rate...
Growing responsibly: sustainability and infrastructure.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A smart approach to power Smart power--the ability to employ energy-saving technologies individually and at the touch of a button--is coming soon to Tampa Bay. The University of South Florida's Power Center for Utility ...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Lewis Hay III | Chief Executive Officer |
| Joaquin Leon | Assistant Secretary |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Andy Hines | Chairman |
| J. Brian Ferguson | Board of Directors |
| James Pollard | Executive and Board Member |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Florida Power Corp | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Assured Communications | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Fpl Group, Inc. | Current |
| Florida Power & Light Company | CEO | Current |
| FPL Group, Inc. | Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| FPL Group, Inc. | Vice President, Finance | Current |
| FPL Group, Inc. | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | Current |
| Harris Communications International, Inc. | Current | |
| Florida Power Corp | Chairman | Current |
| Institute of Nuclear Power Operations | Chairman of The Board of Directors | Current |
| Lightcompany | Chairman | Current |
| Florida Power & Light Company | Chair of Board | Current |
| Capital One Financial Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Advisory Council | Board of Directors | Current |
| Edison Electric Institute | Board of Directors | Current |
| Nuclear Energy Institute | Board of Directors | Current |
| Assured Communications | Board of Directors | Current |
| Florida Council | Director | Current |
| Exigent International Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| FPL Group, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Harris Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| FPL Group, Inc. | President | Former |
| Florida Power & Light Company | President | Former |
| Capital One Financial Corporation | Director | Former |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Master of Science Degree In Industrial Administration | Former |
| University of Miami | member | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Florida Power Corp | Assistant Secretary | Current |
| Florida Power & Light Company | Senior Attorney | Current |
| Law Department, Inc. | Attorney | Current |
| Florida Power Corp | Board of Directors | Current |
| University of Miami | Juris Doctor | Former |
| Louisiana State University | Bachelor's of Science Degree In Electrical Engineering | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Circuit IPO | Corporate Advisor | Current |
| Florida Power Corp | Chairman | Current |
Mr. Ferguson, 53, is chairman and chief executive officer of Eastman Chemical Company, a global chemical company engaged in the manufacture and sale of a broad portfolio of chemicals, plastics and fibers. Prior to becoming chairman and chief executive officer in January 2002, Mr. Ferguson served as president of Eastman s Chemicals Group, where he had direct responsibility for all chemicals-based business organizations, as well as the manufacturing, sales, pricing and product management, technology and geographical aspects of the business group. He joined Eastman in 1977 and led several businesses in the U.S. and Asia. Mr. Ferguson is a director of the American Chemistry Council and serves on the President s Export Council. Mr. Ferguson has been a director of FPL Group since 2005.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Eastman Chemical Company | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Aqualor Pet | Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Eastern Chemical Corporation | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Tennessee Eastman Division | CEO | Current |
| Eastern Chemical Corporation | Chairman | Current |
| Eastman Chemical Company | Chairman | Current |
| The American Chemistry Council, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Florida Power Corp | Board of Directors | Current |
| Eastern Chemical Corporation | President, Eastman Chemical Asia Pacific | Former |
| Eastman Chemical Company | President | Former |
| Polymers Group, Inc | President | Former |
| FPL Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Eastern Chemical Corporation | Vice President, Industry and Federal Affairs | Former |
| Eastern Chemical Corporation | Managing Director, Greater China | Former |
| Eastern Chemical Corporation | Director, Singapore-Based Eastman Chemical Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd | Former |
| Eastman Kodak Company | Former | |
| Florida Power & Light Company | Board of Directors | Former |
| Arizona State University | Bachelor's Chemical Engineering | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Marc Global Holdings Inc. | Current | |
| Florida Power Corp | Executive and Board Member | Current |
| Silver Creek Systems | Board Member | Current |
| Tech Data Corporation | CIO | Former |
| Tech Data Corporation | Executive Vice President, Operations | Former |
| University of South Florida | MBA | Former |
| University of Utah | Bachelor's Degree In Finance | Former |
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