Starting next month, customers of Peoples Gas, Florida's largest natural gas utility, will see their bills rise about 7 percent. ...more

May 20, 2009

A narcotics detective kept seeing the same black Ford F-150 pickup truck parked behind Simply Hydroponics, a business that sells grow lights, nutrients and other products designed for indoor agriculture. ...more

March 18, 2009

A proposal to raise rates for customers of Peoples Gas is about $21 million too high, according to the Office of Public Counsel, which represents Florida consumers. ...more

January 15, 2009

A proposal to raise rates for customers of Peoples Gas is about $21 million too high, according to the Office of Public Counsel, which represents Florida consumers. ...more

January 14, 2009

Walter Farley was 93, but friends describe him as active and involved in the community. "He was really sharp. Nothing got past him," remembers Pastor Jeff Smith. ...more

January 3, 2009

A person moving into a house had left items on a stove that were ignited this morning after Progress Energy Corp. turned on the property's power, causing a fire, St. Petersburg fire officials said. The house, at 2532 Fourth Ave. S., was unoccupied at the time of the 10:20 a.m. blaze, Lt. Joel Granata of St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue said. ...more

January 2, 2009

A Verizon crew working outside a home this afternoon accidentally struck a power line, causing a power surge that started a fire in the home's attic, fire officials said. ...more

September 26, 2008

Expecting that Florida will use more natural gas to meet increasing demand for electricity, TECO Energy Corp. has created a new pipeline company that could transport large amounts of natural gas to east central Florida. ...more

August 5, 2008

The poor housing market in Florida and soaring production costs for coal led TECO Energy Corp. on Thursday to lower its expectations for 2008. ...more

August 1, 2008

TECO Energy Corp. reported a 30 percent drop in second-quarter earnings this morning, the result of last year's sale of the company's shipping business and the expiration of tax credits for the production of synthetic fuel. The quarterly results didn't include gains from those businesses, which contributed $20.6 million, or 10 cents a share, to the second-quarter results of 2007. ...more

July 31, 2008