A stalemate has developed over a possible roll-back of part of a nearly 25 percent electricity rate increase for Progress Energy Florida before it goes into effect, in January. Jeffrey J. Lyash, the utility's president and chief executive officer, basically stuck to his guns in a Dec. 15 letter to state Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, and state Rep. Peter Nehr, R-Tarpon Springs. ...more

December 15, 2008

As former administrators of the Environmental Protection Agency, we have served three presidents as their principal advisers responsible for the implementation and enforcement of our nation's environmental laws. We are lifelong Republicans. Yet after much thoughtful deliberation we have decided to support Barack Obama in his bid for the White House. ...more

November 1, 2008

In January, customers of Progress Energy Florida will begin paying the pre-construction costs for two new nuclear reactors planned in Levy County. ...more

October 15, 2008

In January, customers of Progress Energy Florida will begin paying the preconstruction costs for two new nuclear reactors planned in Levy County. The St. Petersburg-based utility won approval from the Florida Public Service Commission today to pass on the costs to customers. For residential customers using 1,000 kilowatt-hours a month, the monthly electric bill will increase $11.42, or 10 percent, to $122.01. Matthew M. Carter II ...more

October 14, 2008

Rushing from school to soccer practice to piano lessons to science club meetings is no new thing for many Bay area parents. ...more

October 8, 2008

Rushing from school to soccer practice to piano lessons to science club meetings is no new thing for many Bay area parents. But there is a new wave of research that many might find surprising. Two studies into the lives of middle-class children buck conventional wisdom and conclude that they are not the overscheduled, frazzled generation that many believe them to be. In fact, it might be the parents who are overloaded, one researcher suggests. ...more

October 7, 2008

Electric bills for customers of Progress Energy Florida would jump by more than $8 a month under a plan filed today with state regulators. Citing the higher cost of coal, natural gas and oil, the St. Petersburg-based utility asked the Florida Public Service Commission for permission to recover the increased costs from customers. If approved, the 8 percent increase would be applied to customers' bills beginning in August. ...more

May 30, 2008