Scott PowersApril 18, 2019
6min315
HB 797 requires longterm power-grid hardening, allows rate hikes.
Tag: Florida Industrial Power Users GroupA nice warm evening in Tallahassee on a very busy street while taking this shot.
Scott PowersApril 18, 2019
Peter SchorschApril 11, 2019
5min440
Storm hardening is not a solution in search of a problem. It is the solution to the problem.
Peter SchorschMarch 21, 2019
6min514
FIPUG is happy for us to subsidize their electric supply improvements, they just don’t want to pay for ours.
Michael MolineOctober 30, 2018
3min238
Gulf Power Co. will return $9.6 million in its savings from the 2017 federal tax cuts under a deal the Public Service Commission approved Tuesday. The “flow-back,” effective Jan. 1, follows more than $103 million in tax savings the company already began returning to its ratepayers. The settlement followed negotiations between Gulf Power, the Office of […]
Michael MolineJune 5, 2018
5min326
Florida Power & Light Co. customers will have to wait for their average $3 rebates from a hurricane response fund, but the delay will allow a group of heavy power users to express qualms about a settlement agreement involving the account. The Public Service Commission gave Jon Moyle, an attorney for the Florida Industrial Power […]
Staff ReportsAugust 29, 2017
4min340
Duke Energy announced Tuesday it had filed a settlement agreement with the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC). The good news: Rates won’t be increasing as expected. “This settlement has broad support and was developed collaboratively with the Office of Public Counsel and other consumer advocates, including the Florida Industrial Power Users Group, White Springs Agricultural […]
Mitch PerryMarch 14, 2017
7min299
A Florida Senate committee unanimously passed a proposal Tuesday giving electric utilities the opportunity to invest in natural-gas reserves and recoup money from customers. The legislation would allow any Florida power company using natural gas for 65 percent or more of its electricity generation to explore out-of-state for natural gas using residential ratepayer’s money. The bill from Fernandina […]
Mitch PerryAugust 27, 2015
3min293
The Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved a settlement agreement previously negotiated between Florida Power & Light (FPL) and the Office of Public Counsel. FPL ratepayers will pay $520.5 million to purchase and then phase out the Cedar Bay Generating coal-fired power plant in Jacksonville, located near the St. John’s River. “As we continue to […]
Bruce RitchieApril 16, 2015
5min227
Sen. Jack Latvala on Thursday cautioned against any elected state official opposing his bill that would allow Duke Energy Florida to issue bonds for closing its Crystal River nuclear plant. His warning came after a vote on the House version was delayed this week. Duke says the plant closing cost is $1.4 billion. Latvala said […]
Bruce RitchieApril 7, 2015
6min201
A Senate committee on Tuesday OK’d a bill amendment to provide for financing the shutdown of the Crystal River nuclear plant to save Duke Energy Florida customers more than $600 million. SB 288 was a bill that primarily strengthened ethics requirements for the Florida Public Service Commission. But Sen. Jack Latvala, a Clearwater Republican and […]