January bills confused some Progress Energy Florida customers who didn't expect a 25 percent rate hike to be charged for electricity used in December. One Holiday man said he had called the utility's customer service department, which informed him that any bills coming due in January would reflect the higher rates. ...more

January 14, 2009

An electric rate increase of nearly 25 percent could be like the proverbial lump of coal left in the Christmas stockings of Progress Energy customers, some lawmakers argue. Some legislators vow to seek a rollback next year of not quite half of the rate hike because residents are hurting from the recession. Yet Progress Energy executives insist they need the funds as they prepare for nuclear power projects, which can take the better part of a decade to bring on line. ...more

December 24, 2008

Progress Energy Florida expects it will take nine years to build a $17 billion nuclear plant in Levy County. ...more

December 10, 2008

Progress Energy Florida expects it will take nine years to build a $17 billion nuclear plant in Levy County. Under state law, however, the St. Petersburg-based utility can begin recovering its costs years before the first watt of power is produced. Starting next month, the utility will add $11.42 to the cost of 1,000 kilowatt hours to pay for preconstruction costs. ...more

December 9, 2008

Inside his bright, new laboratory at the University of Florida, researcher Lonnie Ingram is trying to build a better bug. ...more

November 16, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist on Wednesday evoked President Kennedy's challenge to land on the moon and called for the same dedication and innovation to finding ways to save the Earth in an address that kicked off his second annual summit on climate change. ...more

June 26, 2008

Once again the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is being targeted by proponents of drilling even though it contains too little oil to quench the oversized thirst of our nation. ...more

May 30, 2008

The House of Representatives approved the first increase in federal automobile fuel efficiency requirements in three decades Thursday as part of an energy bill that also repeals billions of dollars in oil company tax breaks and encourages the use of renewable fuels. ...more

December 7, 2007