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

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

If Progress Energy Florida gets an interim rate increase next week, West Pasco customers could see electric bills go up about $4 to $5 a month starting this summer. At a May 19 hearing in Tallahassee, the Florida Public Service Commission will discuss granting the extra $76 million to Progress Energy Florida, according to information from the Florida Office of Public Counsel, which represents consumers before the PSC. ...more

May 13, 2009

A bill that would trump a Florida Supreme Court ruling and restore a cap on attorneys' fees in workers' compensation cases passed the Florida House on Tuesday after some mild debate. ...more

March 31, 2009

Suzan Franks of Hernando says the Florida Public Service Commission should rejected Progress Energy Florida's latest rate increase request. ...more

March 25, 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

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

March 20, 2009

Price increases could show up soon on the bills of some Bright House Networks customers in Pasco County with cable TV or Internet service. But many subscribers with bundled packages of multiple services will be spared from any rate hike, according to Joe Durkin, senior director of corporate communications for Bright House. ...more

March 4, 2009

Too high? Too low? Debate on homeowner insurance rates might devolve into a shouting match when state lawmakers convene Tuesday for the 2009 session of the Legislature. A gaping canyon seems to divide opinions on the topic. No middle ground seems to exist, especially regarding Citizens Property Insurance, the state-backed insurer of last resort for many Pasco residents. ...more

February 28, 2009

County commissioners don't like a proposed state law they believe could raise rates even more for Aloha Utilities customers in southwestern Pasco. ...more

February 24, 2009