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14 mentions for outlet: The Florida Current
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“We believe that the state legislature and Florida should hold hearings and investigate this controversial law that's already caused much hardship and financial damage to ratepayers in the Duke service territory and now to understand the implications to Florida Power and Light Consumers in the long run”
“While we should be moving to policies to open the market, instead we are seeing policy proposals which will move Florida even further behind in clean energy”
Former U.S. Senator Bob Graham, founder of the Florida Conservation Coalition, opposes HB 703, a bill sponsored by Rep. Jimmy Patronis that would extend water-use permits up to 50 years and limit local government authority over…
“The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy says the bill would discourage the use of energy efficiency to reduce carbon pollution”
“The group supports lower cost, lower risk energy sources and energy conservation and wants the 2006 law repealed”
“They could have stopped the plants a long time ago but they didn't. But the attention paid to the issue in the Legislature sent a message to the Public Service Commission that they need to be more concerned about these costs.”
“While important details are still being resolved, Florida consumers should rejoice in knowing that the fleecing associated with this nuclear project will end”
“the PSC is "captive" to utilities and it called on Scott to let the commissioners know he wants to hold down costs”
“We remain concerned, however, that the governor's appointments to the Public Service Commission continue to be captive agents of the large power companies in Florida. This bill will not work if the Public Service Commission does not work.”
“The worst thing a statute can do is create situations where the interest of utility stockholders point in one direction while the interest of utility customers points in the other”
A Florida Current policy note tracking legislative efforts to repeal the 2006 law (366.92 Florida Statutes) that allows utilities to charge customers for nuclear power projects regardless of completion. The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy was…
“A well-designed energy efficiency program is always cheaper than building a power plant at all”
“We are in this kind of transition stage that quite frankly requires leadership. Because of the influence of political (campaign) contributions at all levels, we just haven't seen much leadership in recent years.”
The Florida Supreme Court dismissed a legal challenge by the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy against the Public Service Commission's approval of energy conservation plans for Florida Power & Light Co. and Progress Energy Florida. SACE…
