Article reposted with permission from The News Service of Florida. Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday returned Public Service Commission members Gary Clark and Gabriella Passidomo-Smith to their seats on the state utility regulatory board for four more years. The two commissioners, whose current... Continue Reading
Article reposted with permission from The News Service of Florida. Florida emergency management officials are bracing for life-threatening storm surge and damaging winds across the Panhandle from Hurricane Isaias. Utility companies and the state are staging across the region for Isaias, the... Continue Reading
Article reposted with permission from The News Service of Florida. State emergency management officials are preparing for a major hurricane potentially making landfall in the western Panhandle in the next couple of days. With around 800 members of the State Guard and 5,000 members of the... Continue Reading
Article reposted with permission from The News Service of Florida. Storm forecasters say Floridians, particularly across the Panhandle and Big Bend regions, should pay attention to a system organizing off Mexico’s east coast. With a 90 percent chance of forming into a named system, a... Continue Reading
Article reposted with permission from The News Service of Florida. Florida Power & Light filed paperwork Thursday with utility regulators claiming the company’s rate structure approved in November 2025 already complies with a new state law on data centers. The law (SB 484) mandates... Continue Reading
Article reposted with permission from The News Service of Florida. Two sitting members of the Florida Public Service Commission were among six finalists interviewed and forwarded on Friday to Gov. Ron DeSantis for two upcoming openings on the five-member utility regulatory board. Commissioners... Continue Reading
Article reposted with permission from The News Service of Florida. Juno Beach-based NextEra Energy, the parent company of Florida Power & Light, announced Monday a deal to buy Richmond, Virginia-based Dominion Energy, combining two of the largest utility providers on the U.S. East Coast. The... Continue Reading
Today, Governor Ron DeSantis signed SB 484, which protects ratepayers, the environment, and local communities from harm caused by hyperscale data centers.“Today in Lakeland, I signed legislation to protect our citizens and communities from hyperscale data centers. These are much-needed... Continue Reading
Article reposted with permission from The News Service of Florida. Soon Florida cities and counties will be banned from funding or promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs and enacting net zero policies that cut down on greenhouse gases. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed two bills barring... Continue Reading
Article reposted with permission from The News Service of Florida. Power companies and cooperatives in Florida continue to brace facilities and engage in mock storm training events in preparation for hurricane season, despite some forecasts of a “below normal” period with relatively... Continue Reading
Article reposted with permission from The News Service of Florida. A key part of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ effort to put restraints on artificial intelligence continues to have a spark of life as the legislative session approaches its end. The House on Wednesday approved the bill (SB 484) that... Continue Reading
Article reposted with permission from The News Service of Florida. Legislation seeking to create a regulatory framework that would address key issues such as electricity and water use from massive data centers continues to move in the Florida Senate, while the House has yet to take similar... Continue Reading
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