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

The city's reclaimed water system will be shut down beginning Monday for more than a week, utility officials said. ...more

October 15, 2009

After increasing electric bills 25 percent this year, Progress Energy Florida said this morning it wants to cut the cost of electricity for residential customers by 11 percent. ...more

February 12, 2009

More than a million homes and businesses were left in the cold without power Thursday in the wake of an icy winter storm could face a lengthy wait for electricity to come back, even as federal help was promised to two states hit hardest by the blast. ...more

January 30, 2009

Not only has it been frigid outside, but many Pasco residents and businesses were feeling a chill inside Thursday morning as power outages had people reaching for extra blankets. ...more

January 23, 2009

Not only is it frigid outside, many Pasco residents and businesses are feeling a chill inside this morning as power outages surely had people reaching for extra blankets. ...more

January 22, 2009

Tampa Electric Co. will spend the next several days trying to persuade state regulators to approve a $228 million-a-year increase in TECO's base service rates. ...more

January 20, 2009

Tampa Electric Co. will spend the next several days trying to convince state regulators to approve a $228 million-a-year-increase in TECO's base service rates. ...more

January 19, 2009

A blast of winter in the nation's northern tier stranded travelers far and wide Sunday just a few days before Christmas, with dozens of flights delayed or canceled and bus passengers sleeping on cardboard at a Seattle terminal. ...more

December 21, 2008

Joined by people seeking shelter from the bitter cold, parishioners at the Jaffrey Bible Church on Sunday thanked God for a warm place to sleep and for the utility crews struggling to repair power lines snapped by New England's devastating ice storm. ...more

December 14, 2008