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 Fourth of July brought old-fashioned fun to the Pasco County Fairgrounds. The annual Sparklebration included apple pie and hot dog eating contests, balloon artists, clowns and more, and parachutists from Skydive City in Zephyrhills dropped in with flags. Major sponsors were Medical Clinic and Dade City Business Center. Other sponsors included The Tampa Tribune; Pasco County Tourist Development Council; CenterState Bank; West Florida, N.A.; State Farm Insurance, Baldy Boyd, agent; Growers Fertilizer Corp.; Tampa Electric Co.; San Antonio Citizens Federal Credit Union; Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative Inc.; First National Bank of Pasco; Jarrett Ford; Pasco Regional Medical Center; Smile Design; and Bank of America. ...more

July 8, 2009

A man punched and kicked a utilities truck in retaliation for the truck damaging his yard. ...more

June 9, 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

Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative has begun its annual mailing of refund checks to its membership, divvying up more than $14 million. ...more

December 20, 2008

In August, Timothy Davis and Jason Lanier sold 1,761 pounds of copper wire to a metal recycler for $4,560.99. ...more

December 4, 2008

In a Nov. 14 Hernando Today front-page article regarding electric utility rates, David Lambert, manager of public relations for Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative Inc., lays questionable groundwork for justifying a suggested 4 to 7 percent rate increase. He says, and I quote: "We know everyone is feeling the pain," and adds that Withlacoochee, and its procurer, Seminole Electric Cooperative Inc., are feeling the pain, too. ...more

November 19, 2008

A Tampa-based utility is blaming the railroad for any high costs it must pass on to its customers. ...more

October 7, 2008

Tampa-based Seminole Electric Cooperative Inc. has filed a complaint with a federal agency against CSX Transportation Inc., saying new CSX rates to ship coal from Illinois and Appalachia to a Palatka generating station could add to utility costs for more than 1.7 million consumers. Seminole serves the Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative in Dade City, the Sumter Electric Cooperative in Sumterville and the Peace River Electric Cooperative in Wauchula among 10-nonprofit systems. ...more

October 6, 2008

The Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce celebrated its 10th anniversary at Tampa Bay Golf and Country Club in San Antonio on Sept. 25. ...more

October 5, 2008