Imagine being able to track your electric bill during the month with the touch of a button, adjusting your usage if the bill is getting too high. You would have more control over your energy costs, and the surprise of your monthly electric bill would be gone. ...more

March 22, 2009

Thirty-one states have one. Florida may be the next state to adopt a standard for generating electricity from renewable resources. ...more

March 22, 2009

Imagine being able to track your electric bill during the month with the touch of a button, adjusting your usage if the bill is getting too high. It would give you more control over your energy costs and take the surprise out of your monthly electric bill. That's one of several energy-saving technologies that will be placed in up to 5,000 homes and businesses in west St. Petersburg and St. Pete Beach in a grand experiment with what has been dubbed "smart grid" technology. ...more

March 19, 2009

Proposed laws over electric rates could light up some debate when state lawmakers convene Tuesday for the 2009 session of the Legislature. ...more

February 28, 2009

After increasing electric bills 25 percent this year, Progress Energy Florida said this morning it wants to cut the cost of electricity for residential customers by 11 percent. ...more

February 12, 2009

About 1.7 million customers served by a group of rural electric cooperatives face the specter of higher electricity bills because the fee to transport coal by rail will be doubled by CSX Transportation in 2009. ...more

December 24, 2008

How will Florida be judged in the battle against climate change? For many, it will hinge on what state regulators and legislators do with a proposal to generate more electricity from renewable resources. ...more

November 9, 2008

As I write this, the United States of America is 24 hours away from the closing of the polls on Election Day, 2008. ...more

November 4, 2008

How will Florida be judged in the battle against climate change? For many, that will hinge on our state regulators and legislators. ...more

October 31, 2008

Margaret Alvarez didn't have enough money to pay last month's electric bill. ...more

July 29, 2008