After months of testimony and debate, state regulators Tuesday approved a $104 million-a-year-increase in electric rates for Tampa Electric Co., well below the utility's request for $228 million. ...more

March 17, 2009

State regulators this morning granted Progress Energy's request to reduce electric bills by 11 percent, or $400 million, this year. ...more

March 17, 2009

Tampa Electric, which long has been jeered by environmentalists for its reliance on coal, said Monday it has entered a partnership to build one of the largest solar power plants in the nation in Polk County. ...more

March 10, 2009

Fred Palensar of Holiday wants ordinary people, not business executives and ex-politicians, on the utility rate-setting Florida Public Service Commission. ...more

March 7, 2009

Tampa Electric customers hit with a big increase in their electricity fuel charges last month may see that charge rescinded. ...more

February 28, 2009

Electric customers who were hit with a big increase in their electricity fuel charges last month may see most of that charge rescinded. On Friday, Tampa Electric announced it will ask the Florida Public Service Commission for permission to lower the fuel charge on its customers' bills starting in May. ...more

February 27, 2009

The closing of the sale of Aloha Utilities is scheduled for Friday, but controversy might not end even then. ...more

February 25, 2009

County commissioners don't like a proposed state law they believe could raise rates even more for Aloha Utilities customers in southwestern Pasco. ...more

February 24, 2009

In a few years, the trash you see at landfills will be used to generate environmentally friendly electricity for thousands of Progress Energy customers in Florida. ...more

February 12, 2009

In a few years, the garbage you see at landfills will be used to generate environmentally friendly electricity for thousands of Progress Energy customers in Florida. ...more

February 11, 2009