TALLAHASSEE (AP) - The Florida Public Service Commission has cut rates for three power companies due to such factors as declining fuel prices. ...more

November 3, 2009

The state Public Service Commission agreed today to delay voting on major rate increases sought by Florida's two biggest power companies, allowing both of Gov. Charlie Crist's two new appointees to take part in those decisions. ...more

October 27, 2009

Arcadia is betting that solar energy — more specifically, a cutting-edge solar plant being built in DeSoto County — will provide hundreds of jobs and an even bigger economic boost. ...more

October 27, 2009

MIAMI (AP) — The Florida Power & Light Company must pay a $25 million penalty for a massive outage that left nearly one million homes and businesses without power last year. ...more

October 8, 2009

FPL has paid a federal fine for security guards caught sleeping on duty at a nuclear power plant. ...more

April 8, 2009

A battle between clean energy and renewable energy is about to break out in the Legislature. ...more

April 3, 2009

A battle between clean energy and renewable energy is about to ensue in the state Legislature. ...more

March 26, 2009

A battle between "clean" energy and "renewable" energy is about to ensue in the state Legislature. Sen. Lee Constantine, R-Altamonte Springs, has introduced Senate Bill 2490, a measure requiring that 20 percent of the power provided by Florida electric utilities be made with renewable resources such as wind and solar. Sen. Charlie Dean, R-Inverness, recently introduced an alternative measure, SB 2328, that would require utilities to get 20 percent of their power from "clean" energy sources, including nuclear, by 2020. ...more

March 25, 2009

A power company CEO and the head of a leading environmental organization will never agree on everything, but on one essential element of Florida's future we are absolutely united: the need to bring more solar energy to the state. ...more

March 15, 2009

The debate over how much renewable energy Florida's power companies should be required to produce has taken off in a whole new direction. ...more

January 9, 2009