Charter government and impact fees are among the hot-button topics awaiting county commissioners when they meet Tuesday. ...more

November 8, 2009

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

The Florida Public Service Commission is planning a self-examination amid complaints the agency has been too cozy with the utilities it regulates, the panel's top staffer told lawmakers Wednesday. ...more

November 7, 2009

Pasco County officials say they will protest plans to create a private water utility serving thousands of acres in northeast Pasco and Hernando counties. ...more

November 5, 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 public agrees that we need a responsible, independent, ethical and competent Florida Public Service Commission. You know it. I know it. The governor and Cabinet know it. The Legislature knows it. ...more

November 1, 2009

The news this week might have electrified many Pasco customers of Progress Energy Florida - a possible rate increase has been postponed by at least a few months. ...more

October 31, 2009

Customers of Progress Energy Florida received some welcomed news earlier this week when the Florida Public Service Commission decided to delay voting on whether to approve the electric company's proposed rate hike. ...more

October 31, 2009

Residents working to save a Seffner forest and the eagles that inhabit it have gotten a two-year reprieve from Tampa Electric Co. ...more

October 28, 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