The cost for getting electricity kept growing, but the prices for customers remained fairly even during the past 20 years, according to Progress Energy. ...more

November 7, 2009

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

Progress Energy Florida's customers will get a chance to comment on a proposed $500 million annual rate increase at a series of public hearings. ...more

July 2, 2009

State regulators will meet today to set higher rates for customers of Tampa Electric Co. ...more

April 7, 2009

County officials are preparing their objections to federal proposals for a cap-and-trade system to reduce carbon emissions some view as a new tax that could raise electric bills. ...more

March 24, 2009

Electric bills are zapping the budgets of many senior citizens already struggling through the recession, Maria Johnson complains. Despite efforts to conserve, Johnson, a retiree, said her Progress Energy Florida bills for her Lakewood Villas residence have been topping $200 for several months, especially after the utility's Jan. 1 rate hike of nearly 25 percent. ...more

March 21, 2009

Three days after telling customers to expect a big decrease in next month's electric bill, Progress Energy asked regulators Friday for a hefty increase in base service rates. ...more

March 21, 2009

The power drain on the wallets of Progress Energy Florida customers will drop some $15 to $18 a month on typical bills by April. Even so, state lawmakers could turn the lights out on a fee the utility began charging for preconstruction costs of a nuclear power plant that could take another decade to complete. ...more

March 21, 2009

Progress Energy asked Florida regulators today for permission to raise base service rates by $499 million a year. ...more

March 20, 2009