Gov. Rick Scott and the state Cabinet next week could sign off on a plan by Florida Power & Light to build a power plant in Broward County and will wade back into a dispute about an FPL nuclear project in Miami-Dade County. Scott and the Cabinet released an agenda Tuesday for a Nov. 20... Continue Reading
An appeals court has rejected an attempt by Florida Power & Light to block a class-action lawsuit that alleges the utility did not properly prepare for last year’s Hurricane Irma. FPL argued, in part, that issues related to whether it complied with a storm-hardening plan need to be... Continue Reading
State regulators moved quickly to approve the suspension of monthly electric bills for customers of two utilities in areas hit hard by Hurricane Michael. The state Public Service Commission approved Duke Energy Florida’s proposal to pause sending bills to customers in Bay, Gulf, Franklin... Continue Reading
The state Public Service Commission approved a plan that will lead to Duke Energy Florida paying $34.5 million to stop purchasing electricity from a Polk County power plant — with the expectation that the move will ultimately save money for customers. Duke has had an agreement to buy power... Continue Reading
The Florida Public Service Commission gave a key approval to a Tampa Electric Co. plan that will add five solar-energy projects in Hillsborough and Polk counties. Commissioners approved the utility being able to recoup $46 million from customers for the projects, which are a second phase of a... Continue Reading
A federal judge rejected arguments by Florida Power & Light and three related companies in a dispute with a nuclear-energy trade group about access to a database used to help screen workers at nuclear power plants. The database is administered by the Nuclear Energy Institute, with... Continue Reading
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