Christine Jordan SextonDecember 5, 2023
3min0
Hydrogen and nuclear power could be part of the proposal.
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Christine Jordan SextonDecember 5, 2023
A.G. GancarskiApril 5, 2018
5min205
The Jacksonville City Council special committee on the potential sale of JEA continued its regular Thursday deliberations. The major highlight of the meeting: One of the potential sticking points to a JEA sale: a 20-year commitment to Plant Vogtle, a nuclear plant under construction in Georgia, with exposure leading to a ratings downgrade for JEA late last […]
Michael MolineSeptember 14, 2016
4min438
The lights seem likely to stay on in Florida for the next 10 years, utility industry representatives told the Public Service Commission Wednesday. Reserve margins for the electricity supply should exceed 20 percent during that time, due to increased reliance on natural gas — projected to hold steady at 65 percent of supply. Renewable energy […]
Bruce RitchieMay 1, 2015
10min256
Another legislative session dubbed the “year of water” failed to deliver in 2015 as the House went home early over a health care spending dispute with the Senate. HB 7003, a water bill that was a legislative priority of House Speaker Steve Crisafulli, passed the House by a 106-9 vote on the second day of […]
Bruce RitchieApril 21, 2015
4min306
The Florida House on Tuesday voted down bill amendments that would have repealed or scaled back a 2006 state law that allows utilities to charge in advance for nuclear power plants that may never be built. HB 7109 is a bill that establishes term limits for Public Service Commission members and provides for Duke Energy […]
Bruce RitchieApril 10, 2015
5min181
A group of large power customers says that if proposed legislation involving Duke Energy Florida is going to save customers money, then that language should be put in the bill. HB 7109 was amended on Thursday to provide the Florida Public Service Commission with authority to approve bonds that could be issued by Duke to […]
Bruce RitchieApril 7, 20156min201
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 […]
Associated PressMarch 2, 2015
1min159
One of Florida’s largest power companies says it will go ahead and drop a nuclear power fee now charged to customers. State regulators in October ordered Duke Energy Florida to refund $54 million it collected from ratepayers to pay for a failed nuclear plant in Levy County. Duke on Monday filed a request that asks […]