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Please always remember the companies who support FMEA and the Florida Public Power community first when you need to purchase goods or services! Quanta Services Quanta Services is the leading specialty contractor with the largest skilled labor force in North America – providing fully... Continue Reading

FMEA’s Electric Bill Comparison for December 2021 shows the average bills of public power utilities across Florida are $8.08 less than the average bills for investor-owned utilities per 1,000 kWh. Overall, out of fifteen ranked categories, the City of Mount Dora reported the lowest bills in... Continue Reading

A dispute about whether Duke Energy Florida customers should be required to pay $7.2 million related to an outage at a power plant has gone to the state Supreme Court. The Office of Public Counsel, a state agency that represents consumers in utility issues, filed a notice Friday that it is a... Continue Reading

Tallahassee, Fla. – The Florida Municipal Electric Association (FMEA) has once again assembled public power crews from across the state to aid with power restoration efforts in anticipation of the winter storm projected to produce widespread impacts across the South and Southern Mid-Atlantic... Continue Reading

Duke Energy Florida should be able to collect an additional $314 million from customers to pay for higher-than-expected fuel costs for power plants, staff members of the Florida Public Service Commission recommended Thursday. The plan, if approved by the commission during a Feb. 1 meeting, would... Continue Reading

Tampa Electric Co. customers could see increased bills starting in April because of higher-than-expected fuel costs for power plants. The utility filed a proposal Wednesday at the Florida Public Service Commission seeking to pass along about $165 million in additional costs to customers. The... Continue Reading

By Jim Turner - News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE --- A proposal that would direct Florida utility regulators to encourage private investment in electric-vehicle charging stations got backing Tuesday from a Senate committee, despite a concern that it might be beyond the regulators’... Continue Reading

Tallahassee, Fla. – The Florida Municipal Electric Association (FMEA) has assembled public power crews from across the state to aid with power restoration efforts in anticipation of the winter storm projected to produce widespread impacts across several regions throughout the holiday... Continue Reading

By Jim Saunders ABORTION: As the nation waits to see if the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade, Florida Republican lawmakers could consider placing additional restrictions on abortions. Details of potential restrictions remain unclear, though GOP leaders have not signaled support for a... Continue Reading

Jacksonville, FL - JEA has started off the new year with a reduced emissions footprint with the closure of Plant Scherer’s Unit 4, in Juliette, Ga.JEA has replaced coal-fired electric power from Plant Scherer with natural gas through a power purchase agreement with Florida Power & Light... Continue Reading

Tampa Electric Co. has withdrawn a proposal that would have increased customers’ bills because of higher-than-expected natural gas prices. The utility filed the proposal in November at the Florida Public Service Commission. But in a notice Monday, Tampa Electric said it was withdrawing the... Continue Reading

TALLAHASSEE — A decision by regulators to approve base-rate increases for Florida Power & Light drew a second challenge Monday at the state Supreme Court. The groups Florida Rising, the Environmental Confederation of Southwest Florida and the League of United Latin American Citizens of... Continue Reading