TALLAHASSEE (AP) — The Public Service Commission set 10-year energy conservation goals today that are significantly stronger than Florida's major electric utilities had proposed but well short of what environmentalists wanted. ...more

December 1, 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

The city council voted Monday against a staff recommendation to raise property taxes and kept Zephyrhill's millage rate at 5.57 mills. ...more

July 29, 2009

The city council will consider tonight a staff recommendation to approve an annexation and development agreement on two parcels less than 10 acres each, north of the Sebring city limits. ...more

April 21, 2009

After months of testimony and debate, Florida regulators approved a $104 million-a-year increase in electric rates for Tampa Electric Co. on Tuesday, well below the utility company's request for $228 million. ...more

March 18, 2009

After months of testimony and debate, state regulators Tuesday approved a $104 million-a-year-increase in electric rates for Tampa Electric Co., well below the utility's request for $228 million. ...more

March 17, 2009

In a response filed this week to Preston Colby's public records lawsuit against Highlands County officials, Ross Macbeth, county attorney, admitted to one allegation in the lawsuit. ...more

January 29, 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

The debate over how much renewable energy Florida's power companies should be required to produce has taken off in a whole new direction. According to a staff recommendation from the Florida Public Service Commission, the state should adopt a "clean" standard for generating electricity, not just a "renewable" standard. ...more

January 8, 2009

Commercial trash pickup will go up. ...more

October 8, 2008