Fate of nuclear fee depends on disparate House, Senate bills
“depends upon how rigorous the Public Service Commission is in their review”
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Senate wants 'comprehensive review' of Levy County nuclear project
“Florida lawmakers have an opportunity to right a bad policy that was passed in 2006. If this call for a review that was put into the budget were to result in the cancellation of the Levy proposal, it still doesn't fix the fundamental problems that utilities are incentivized to build power plants.”
Don't make energy; save it
“Using the transparency offered by the process, the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy has been able to show that more aggressive energy efficiency programs would cut costs to Duke Energy's customers in the Carolinas by roughly $9 billion.”
Florida vulnerable to energy price spikes, group warns
“What the utilities do is understandable because that is their business model. We don't use energy efficiency as a primary resource.”
Builders pessimistic about new nuclear plants
“I don't think it's prudent to collect money from the public for plants that aren't going to get built. Just stop this really bad practice.”
Tampa Bay business leaders offer top wishes for 2013
“We send $50 billion out of state every year to buy fuel for energy production because we don't have anything home grown. My wish is that our political leaders in the upcoming legislative session would understand the wisdom of keeping some of our $50 billion at home. This would create jobs and a market for Florida farmers and reduce harmful pollution from some of our current energy sources.”
Florida's Public Service Commission says Levy County nuclear project is still feasible
“there are cheaper ways to supply power to Floridians than collecting hundreds of millions of dollars from customers for nuclear projects that may never materialize”
With grant, Tampa company installs solar panels and power bill disappears
“That whole business model no longer makes sense. The ground is shifting beneath (the utilities) whether they like it or not.”
Florida Supreme Court justices seem to back advance fee for nuke plants
“For the utilities, it's just easy money.”
Bipartisan pair call Florida's nuclear plant fee 'hidden tax'
“We're having (customers) spend their dollars on a nuclear power plant that will never be built”
Duke Energy faces a potentially $3 billion decision on whether to fix its busted Crystal River nuclear plant
“called on the state to seek other ways to meet its energy needs rather than repairing a 36-year-old nuclear plant”
Duke Energy customers face $1 billion-plus tab whether nuclear plant is fixed or not
“The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, an environmental group that has been scrutinizing Duke's nuclear plans in Florida, called on the state to seek other ways to meet its energy needs rather than repairing a 36-year-old nuclear plant.”
Nuclear advance fee case in front of Florida Supreme Court has big implications
“Why are we paying this money to utilities for nuclear reactors that are never going to get built?”
Duke Energy executive: Levy County nuclear plant will be built
Duke Energy executive Jeff Lyash told Florida regulators that the $24 billion Levy County nuclear plant will be built and come online in 2024, despite earlier statements from CEO Jim Rogers suggesting the company would first…
Misconduct allegations could jeopardize Crystal River nuclear plant settlement
“That a Progress Energy employee would be rewarded for ushering in that kind of arrangement is upsetting. That's unbelievable.”