The debate over how much renewable energy Florida's power companies should be required to produce has taken off in a whole new direction. According to a staff recommendation from the Florida Public Service Commission, the state should adopt a "clean" standard for generating electricity, not just a "renewable" standard. ...more

January 8, 2009

Suzanne Bracewell of Dunedin doesn't understand why Progress Energy Florida needs a rate increase but Florida Power & Light doesn't. ...more

January 3, 2009

Customers of Florida Power & Light, the state's largest electric utility, will pay slightly less for electricity in 2009 because of the lower cost of coal and natural gas, which are used to generate power. ...more

December 2, 2008

Units from Pinellas Suncoast Fire Rescue and the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office responded to an apartment complex in Indian Rocks Beach about 10:30 a.m. Sunday after a resident called 911 and reported the fire. ...more

September 28, 2008

Once upon a time West Pasco was a called a cultural wasteland by fine art lovers and a group of individuals associated with Suncoast Richey Theatre, which at that time was called the Meighan Theatre. ...more

September 6, 2008

The energy investment firm proposing a gas-fired power plant on mining land north of Brooksville apparently has some heavy-duty financial backing. ...more

August 26, 2008

Energy investment firm is owned by JP Morgan Chase. ...more

August 26, 2008

Tropical Storm Fay left behind a soggy but relieved Central Florida as the storm crawled across the state Tuesday toward an exit into the Atlantic Ocean. But forecasters warned that the storm isn't done with Florida yet, saying it could become a hurricane over water, curve left and make a second landfall north of Jacksonville. ...more

August 20, 2008

Tampa Electric Co. is shopping around for nuclear power, a source of carbon-free energy that will become increasingly valuable should regulators follow through with promises to limit carbon emissions. ...more

August 1, 2008

(AP) Central Florida's largest power provider, Progress Energy, won approval Tuesday from a state regulatory agency to build two new nuclear power plants. ...more

July 16, 2008