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The Florida Public Service Commission are bring up their concerns to the EPA over a federal proposal aimed at reducing greenhouse-gas emissions from power plants. State regulators argue that the changes could drive up costs for consumers and hurt the reliability of the state’s electric system.

In 2022, American consumers faced the highest electricity costs in more than 40 years, due to inflation, a rebounding economy and fuel-related repercussions from the Ukraine conflict.

The Florida Supreme Court heard arguments in two challenges to the Florida Public Service Commission’s approval in late 2021 of the four-year settlement, which began increasing FPL customers’ rates last year.

The Florida Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments over Florida Power and Light's increased rates.

Eric Silagy, the CEO of Florida Power & Light unexpectedly announced his retirement. The company said the move was not connected to a burgeoning political spending scandal.

The idea of shifting oversight of municipality utilities onto state regulators in the Florida House has flared debate about municipal utilities serving customers in unincorporated areas.

Customers with Florida Power & Light could see a utilities prices hike in April as the company tries to recoup costs related to Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Nicole

Alabama Power and Florida Power & Light hired the consulting firm Matrix to help shape their fortunes. Matrix funded six sites that covered politics, filling a void left by the decline of local news.

State regulators Tuesday approved utility costs that will translate to higher electric bills in January for homeowners and businesses — and the pain won’t end there.

It turns out that while solar systems can generate as much power as most homes consume on bright, sunny days, they cannot be relied upon to consistently produce the amounts that we need.

When Florida Power & Light faced a spate of bad publicity and political blowback, a small but ambitious news website called the Capitolist sprang to the public utility’s defense. Unbeknownst to readers, FPL president and CEO Eric Silagy was secretly running things at the Capitolist.

Earlier this year, there had been warnings that supply during peak summer hours might not meet demand. But there have been no reports yet of widespread outages.