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Phil AmmannJuly 30, 2015

Duke Energy is asking the Florida Public Service Commission for permission to issue $1.3 billion worth of a type of securitized bond, which will help reduce charges to consumers for shutting down the mothballed Crystal River nuclear plant. John Downey of the Charlotte Business Journal reports the request is for a new bond approved by […]

Mitch PerryJuly 15, 2015

Advocates attempting to get a constitutional amendment on next year’s ballot regarding solar power were hit with perhaps the most serious challenge yet to their efforts Wednesday: a newly formed group with the goal of placing a competing solar power amendment on the 2016 ballot. In Orlando Wednesday morning, the newly established group, Consumers for […]

Mitch PerryJuly 15, 2015

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While Democratic Senate candidate Patrick Murphy was taking the high road in welcoming Carlos Lopez-Cantera to the growing field of candidates in the 2016 U.S. Senate race, his friends with the Florida Democratic Party in Tallahassee weren’t nearly so friendly. “I look forward to a healthy exchange of ideas in this campaign,” Murphy said in […]

Mitch PerryJuly 12, 2015

The Republican Party of Florida raised over $1.9 million for the second quarter of this year, according to reports listed on the Florida Division of Elections website and posted on Friday night. Officially the party under new chairman Blaise Ingoglia brought in $1,919,327. Ingoglia was elected party chair back in January, ousting incumbent Leslie Dougher, Rick […]

Mitch PerryJuly 6, 2015

Two years ago, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi tried to remove the proposed constitutional amendment on medical marijuana from the ballot, saying its referendum language was misleading and would allow more widespread use of marijuana than voters had been led to believe. Now she’s going after a proposed solar-energy ballot initiative slated for 2016, alleging in […]

Mitch PerryJune 22, 2015

No “fracking fees.” That was the message from a press conference held Monday afternoon in St. Petersburg, as state Representatives Dwight Dudley (D-St. Petersburg), Jose Javier Rodriguez (D-Miami), and Amanda Murphy (D-New Port Richey) spoke out against a decision last week by the Florida Public Service Commission that would allow Florida Power & Light to collect up to […]

Associated PressMay 19, 2015

Residents of the Sunshine State are finding that harnessing Florida’s abundant solar power is no simple task. With its bounty of sunny days, Florida ranks third in the nation in rooftop solar energy potential but 13th in the amount of solar energy generated, according to industry estimates. The industry views Florida as a sleeping giant […]

Associated PressMay 5, 2015

Electric utility giant Duke Energy has purchased ownership stake in the proposed Sabal Trail natural gas pipeline. In a statement released Tuesday, Duke Energy announced it will invest about $225 million in the approximately 500-mile pipeline. The $3 billion pipeline will run from Alabama, across Georgia, and into Florida. The pipeline is scheduled to begin […]

Associated PressApril 20, 2015

Bills that supporters say would tighten the rules governing the panel that sets Florida’s electric rates are moving toward passage in the state Legislature, but some say they’re not enough to end what they call the panel’s too-cozy relationship with big power companies. Several bills filed early in the legislative session regarding the Public Service […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorMarch 3, 2015

Progressive activists across the state are calling on the Florida Legislature to take up five key issues voted on by supporters of the group Progress Florida. During a rally Tuesday at Spa Beach near the downtown St. Pete Pier, about 20 activists announced their agenda, which includes increasing the minimum wage, expanding healthcare and Medicaid, […]

Tag: Duke Energy

Duke Energy applies for $1.3B in bonds to cut Crystal River costs

Floridians for Solar Choice call competing solar proposal attempt to “deceive and confuse”

Carlos Lopez-Cantera gets blasted by liberals after entering Senate race

Florida GOP raises over $1.9 million in second quarter

Pam Bondi wants solar power constitutional amendment off 2016 ballot

Florida House Democrats denounce FPL’s “fracking fee”

“Sunshine State” or not, Florida badly behind on solar power

Duke Energy buys stake in proposed natural gas pipeline

Reforms for utilities a “baby step”

2015 Awake the State rallies take on quieter tone