With electric bills increasing, many people might be looking for a way to cut back on their monthly utility bills. ...more

February 11, 2009

Some of your favorite TV shows could still disappear this month if you use rabbit-ear antennas and lack a new digital converter box. ...more

February 6, 2009

The last few days there have been numerous letters to the editor in Highlands Today and also The Tampa Tribune regarding the State Farm Insurance abandonment of the state of Florida homeowners insurance. I wonder why I haven't seen anything about the 25 percent increase awarded to Progress Energy which took effect on Jan.1? This outrageous increase hits us during one of the country's worst economic recessions in recent memory. I have written letters to Governor Crist and our local Rep. Denise Grimsley trying to get them to rescind or even delay this increase. The governor forwarded my letter to the Public Service Commission and I received a letter from them outlining the reasons why the increase to Progress Energy was awarded. They tell me that one of their reasons was the increase in the cost of fuel and another was the building of a nuclear power plant. ...more

February 6, 2009

Some of your favorite TV shows could still disappear this month if you use rabbit-ear antennas and lack a new digital converter box. ...more

February 5, 2009

Tampa Electric Co. will spend the next several days trying to persuade state regulators to approve a $228 million-a-year increase in TECO's base service rates. ...more

January 20, 2009

Tampa Electric Co. will spend the next several days trying to convince state regulators to approve a $228 million-a-year-increase in TECO's base service rates. ...more

January 19, 2009

Faced with the prospect of rising rates, with electric bills at his jails already in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, Col. Jim Previtera got a bright idea - cut down on energy use by any safe means necessary. ...more

December 16, 2008

Faced with the prospect of rising rates, with electric bills at his jails already in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, Col. Jim Previtera got a bright idea – cut down on energy use by any safe means necessary. ...more

December 15, 2008

In November, Progress Energy Florida customers were shocked to learn they would be paying nearly 25 percent more on electric bills come January. ...more

December 15, 2008

In November, Progress Energy Florida customers were shocked to learn they would be paying nearly 25 percent more on electric bills come January. ...more

December 13, 2008