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Utility regulators start turning down FPL
Utility regulators began today’s proceedings on Florida Power & Light’s proposed $1.2 billion rate hike by saying “no” to two important items included in the 100-plus decisions related to the...
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Utility regulator blasts FPL $1.2 billion rate hike request
Public Service Commissioner Nathan Skop took a swipe at Florida Power & Light for requesting a $1.2 billion-a-year rate hike before the utility regulators broke for lunch. “This rate case seems to...
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FPL prez: ‘Politics trumped economics’
Florida Power & Light Co. President Armando Olivera accused utility reagulators risking customers’ electrical service by slashing Florida Power & Light’s requested $1.2 billion rate increase by...
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PBC Commish Koons wanted FPL rate hike
Palm Beach County Commissioner Jeff Koons asked utility regulators to approve Florida Power & Light Co.’s $1.2 billion rate hike, saying the utility is the county’s largest employer and needed the...
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Senate signs off on Crist PSC picks – for now
The Senate Communications, Energy and Public Utilities Committee gave a preliminary nod to Gov. Charlie Crist’s two latest picks for the Public Service Commission, David Klement and Benjamin “Steve”...
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‘Daunting’ oil spill will wind up in court, AG says; BP pledges to pick up tab
Florida officials are ramping up preparation for the massive oil spill looming off the state’s Panhandle coastline. “The magnitude of this spill is daunting,” state Department of Environmental...
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Crist to meet with Gulf Coast guvs, Obama officials and tour oil leak HQ
Gov. Charlie Crist will check out the oil leak command post in Mobile tomorrow morning before meeting with the governors of Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama and a contingent of President Barack Obama...
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Oil spill update: $25M from BP, Brogan sets up academic task force
The novelty of the massive oil spill in the Gulf coupled with inclement weather is posing a challenge for one of the nation’s most renowned emergency operations units. Florida’s emergency management...
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Will Scott veto energy bill? Read the tea (party) leaves
Conservative activists called Tuesday for Gov. Rick Scott to veto an energy bill pushed by fellow Republican Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, with critics saying it picks winners and losers by...
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Scott looks to woo jobless energy workers to Florida
Scott wants laid-off energy workers to come to Florida With falling oil prices spawning layoffs in some states, Gov. Rick Scott is trying to woo out-of-work energy industry workers to Florida — touting...
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