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843 mentions for region: Florida
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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…
“We're having (customers) spend their dollars on a nuclear power plant that will never be built”
“We think things have gotten worse under Governor Deal. It's not just a matter of money, but a matter of will and the desire to protect long-term [Southeast] regional interests.”
Maria Hubert of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy reports on Florida's successful deployment of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (stimulus) funds totaling $175.86 million for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. The article highlights specific…
“Why are we paying this money to utilities for nuclear reactors that are never going to get built?”
“It is my greatest hope that 2020 will bring a meaningful response to the climate crisis. This existential threat to the state of Florida requires the Tampa Bay region to both adapt to impacts underway and, more importantly, dramatically reduce the dangerous carbon pollution driving the problem.”
Florida regulators are considering whether FPL and Progress Energy Florida should be allowed to charge customers nearly $300 million for nuclear power projects, including upgrades to existing plants and early work on possible new reactors. The…
Conservation groups including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy urged Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to protect Big Cypress National Preserve from oil exploration and development. The coalition asked the governor to assess permanently protecting the preserve…
“It's key to have local governments commit to meaningful targets to move the needle backwards on carbon emissions. It's key to have cities like Miami show leadership. It shows the state of Florida, that has yet to take on any targets toward carbon emissions, that it's possible and it's important to do to avoid the worst implication of climate change.”
“Miami Beach has already spent $1 million on stormwater and pumps and raising roads. The city of Miami passed a $400 million bond deal, $192 million is going to sea-level rise. Miami-Dade County in its five-year capital plan has identified more than $20 billion that is going to go to what they call resiliency. Make no mistake that climate change impacts the pillars of Florida's economy: our tourism, agriculture, real estate, our ports, and that includes our boating and fishing, we spend a lot of time boating here. In short, Floridians are feeling the heat and paying the price.”
“Miami Beach has already spent $1 million on stormwater and pumps and raising roads. The city of Miami passed a $400 million bond deal, $192 million are going to sea-level rise. Miami-Dade County in their five-year capital plan has identified more than $20 billion that are going to go to what they call resiliency”
An analysis of five key factors shaping Southeast solar financing in 2020, including the maturation of the solar industry, new market entrants, and corporate/regulatory developments. The article references Southern Alliance for Clean Energy's solar capacity projections…
“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”
“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.”
The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy is appealing a Florida Public Service Commission decision that allows utilities to charge consumers $282 million for planned nuclear power plant upgrades and construction before the plants are operational. The…
