In January, customers of Progress Energy Florida will begin paying the preconstruction costs for two new nuclear reactors planned in Levy County. The St. Petersburg-based utility won approval from the Florida Public Service Commission today to pass on the costs to customers. For residential customers using 1,000 kilowatt-hours a month, the monthly electric bill will increase $11.42, or 10 percent, to $122.01. Matthew M. Carter II ...more

October 14, 2008

Customers of Tampa Electric Co. and Progress Energy Florida, the biggest power providers in the Bay area, have been given a slight reprieve from rising electric bills next year. ...more

October 14, 2008

TAMPA - Customers of Tampa Electric Co. and Progress Energy Florida, the biggest power providers in the Bay area, have been given a slight reprieve from rising electric bills next year. ...more

October 13, 2008

Under a proposal filed with state regulators, connection fees and other charges for TECO customers would more than double. ...more

October 9, 2008

For Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative customers watching other utility companies in the region announcing double-digit rate hikes and bracing for a shock of their own, the cooperative has some relatively good news. ...more

September 7, 2008

Tampa Electric Co. formally asked state regulators today for permission to increase electric bills 22 percent beginning in January to cover the skyrocketing cost of fuel. ...more

September 2, 2008

Customers of Progress Energy Florida are expected to pay a lot more for electricity next year, the St. Petersburg-based utility said Friday. ...more

August 30, 2008

Progress Energy Florida customers could pay a lot more for electricity beginning next year, the St. Petersburg-based utility said this morning. ...more

August 29, 2008

Tampa Electric Co. residential customers can expect to see their electric bills increase by 31 percent in May 2009, the utility said today in formalizing a previously announced rate increase request. ...more

August 11, 2008

With layoffs looming, Progress Energy Florida said today electricity consumption and sales have fallen well below expectations, a byproduct of Florida's distressed housing market. ...more

August 7, 2008