Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam treads carefully with new energy policy
“We would always like to see more aggressive efforts to move the needle faster. But it was a pleasant change to have a statewide leader starting that conversation.”
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Some Charlie Crist campaign money passed through PAC at Florida frat house
“It's very sad to see how far (Crist) has fallen away from his fire-in-the-belly stance he's had to defend consumers. To me, it's just a very overwhelming moment of disappointment.”
Progress Energy customers on hook for $1.1B for nuclear plant that may never be built
“The experience in this case is that it is neither cheap or reliable. It's time for the Legislature to reconsider what it did in 2006.”
Setting An Energy Standard
“They have driven a significant amount of investment and renewables there, and there is no data that indicates RESs drive up electricity rates; that is totally a myth, and the most common one.”
Progress Energy raises price tag, delays start date of Levy nuclear plant
“We need a hall monitor to say this doesn't make sense, whether it's the speaker of the (Florida) House, the president of the Senate or the governor.”
NRC Petitioned to Stop Final Licensing Decisions for Nearly Three Dozen Nuclear Reactors in Wake of Waste Confidence Ruling
“We are part of this important effort to ensure that local communities and the public finally have the ability to raise important concerns about the risks associated with radioactive waste and subsequent storage at nuclear plants across the Southeast. The Court agreed with us that it's long overdue for these serious impacts to finally be evaluated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and shared with the public. Now we're just making sure that'll happen--that communities will have a voice.”
Lawmakers join nuclear advance fee lawsuit
Four Florida state lawmakers have joined a lawsuit filed by the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy challenging the constitutionality of a law requiring utility customers to pay in advance for nuclear plants that may never be…
Florida AARP joins suit to overturn nuclear fees to utilities
“During this period of economic hardship, the rising cost to provide current electric utility service is severe enough to raise alarm”
Tampa Electric rolls out new program for weatherizing low income homes
“Energy efficiency is the quintessential low-hanging fruit”
Letter: Taxpayers alone shouldn’t pay price for climate mitigation projects
“Florida officials seeking alternative ways to fund climate mitigation projects should consider similar actions to ensure that the polluting industry that caused this problem, and not taxpayers alone, pay their fair share of the damage”
Should Consumers Pay Up Front To Build Nuclear Plants?
“The … process has become little more than a pro forma session allowing the PSC to agree to the utilities' requests for more funds”
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.”
Opponents of Florida's nuclear cost recovery plan call it an unconstitutional tax as it goes to Florida Supreme Court
“It's not even a maybe, they just ignore the question”
Florida lags behind other states on generating solar energy
“I heard that for 10 years ... intermittent cloud cover. A good number of states have set targets for renewable energy and that helps to create a market where renewable energy can thrive and Florida policy makers have not done that.”
Final decision on US nuclear license applications suspended
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has suspended final decisions on nuclear license applications pending completion of a reassessment of spent nuclear fuel storage risks, ordered by federal court in June. The suspension freezes nine construction and…