After increasing electric bills 25 percent this year, Progress Energy Florida said this morning it wants to cut the cost of electricity for residential customers by 11 percent. ...more

February 12, 2009

Power plants operated by Progress Energy were pushed closer to their limits last week as demand for electricity reached an all-time high, the utility said Tuesday. ...more

February 11, 2009

Power plants operated by Progress Energy were pushed close to their limits last week as demand for electricity reached an all-time high, the utility said today. ...more

February 10, 2009

With residents already struggling to make ends meet during the recession, the last thing they need now are higher premiums on Citizens Property Insurance homeowner insurance policies, a state lawmaker believes. So state Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, announced this week he will introduce legislation in March to extend the rate freeze on Citizens rates for another year. Citizens is the state-sanctioned property insurer of last resort. ...more

January 17, 2009

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

Now that Progress Energy Florida customers have opened their first bill with a rate increase of nearly 25 percent, legislation is taking shape that might roll back part of the increase. The utility balked at requests from state Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, and state Rep. Peter Nehr, R-Tarpon Springs, to suspend the portion of the rate hike to jump-start nuclear power projects. ...more

January 14, 2009

The debate over how much renewable energy Florida's power companies should be required to produce has taken off in a whole new direction. ...more

January 9, 2009

Progress Energy Florida said Monday that it has signed a contract to build two nuclear reactors on a 5,100-acre site in Levy County. ...more

January 9, 2009

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

Progress Energy Florida said Monday that it has signed a contract to build two nuclear reactors on a 5,100-acre site in Levy County. ...more

January 6, 2009