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The story behind Florida’s new laws that strip cities of their ability to fight climate change.

The two utilities, which have a combined total of about 2.7 million customers, blamed prices of natural gas that fuels power plants.

Residential customers could see an increase of about 19% in their electric bills next year.

The Public Service Commission approved the plan, which will place around 200 charging stations at locations such as businesses and multi-family housing communities.

The company will ask the Florida Public Service Commission this spring to increase rates. Part of the funding would go toward a "modernization" project at the Big Bend Power Station.

Utilities suspended disconnections after the pandemic began in the spring but recently have moved forward with plans to turn off electricity for non-payment of bills.

Earthjustice, an environmental law nonprofit, filed a petition Tuesday asking the Public Service Commission for an emergency order to suspend disconnections for overdue customers.

In what one regulator called a “no-brainer,” customers of four major utilities will get a break on upcoming electric bills as they grapple with the…

Tampa Electric Co. received state approval Thursday for two large solar-power projects in Hillsborough County, part of a multi-year plan to build solar…

State regulators next week will take up proposed rules that could help set the stage for an expansion of underground power lines in hurricane-weary…

Duke Energy Florida said Monday it expects to see a reduction in customers’ monthly electric bills in 2020 because of factors such as lower fuel costs for…

Pointing to issues such as low natural-gas prices, Tampa Electric Co. said this week it expects customers’ monthly bills to be reduced in 2020.The utility…