Category: Gulf Power
Records Show Senior Florida Power & Light Execs Closely Connected to Election Scandals
In the midst of Florida Power & Light’s push to dismantle a key rooftop solar policy in the state, new documents reveal that senior executives at the utility are closely...
Florida Power & Light $1.53 billion rate hike settlement includes new fossil gas investments
Ratepayers to fund $20 million in dues for political trade associations
Pollution Payday: Analysis of executive compensation and incentives of the largest U.S. investor-owned utilities
Download full report NextEra Energy NextEra Energy is a utility company based in Florida that serves customers in that state via its retail utility, Florida Power and Light (FPL), and...
Florida Power and Light quietly reduces solar commitment, shifting some proposed solar to Gulf Power in midst of merger
FPL reduced solar plans by over 500 MW, apparently moving some proposed projects to Gulf Power’s service territory in the Florida panhandle. FPL’s solar reductions come despite its parent company’s...
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New Front Group, Floridians for Affordable Reliable Energy, Emerges to Fight for Monopoly Utilities
A new front group, Floridians for Affordable Reliable Energy (FARE), launched a campaign on February 26, 2019, to block a Constitutional amendment aimed at breaking up Florida’s investor-owned utilities, such...
Southern Company’s Big Bets Lead to Loss of Gulf Power
On May 21st, Southern Company decided to part ways with its almost 100- year-old subsidiary, Gulf Power, due in large part to failed bets the company made on its scuttled...
Candidate for Florida Governorship Pledges To Stop Accepting Utility Contributions
“It’s time the utilities stop spending money on political candidates and instead protect the residents of this state." - Senator Jack Latvala
Utility lobbyist praises response to Hurricane Irma power outages in the media
A lobbyist for Consumer Energy Alliance-Florida praised several utilities for their response to Hurricane Irma in a letter to the editor published by Jacksonville.com, but did not disclose that some...
After Irma will the Southeast copy post-Sandy rebuild plans?
"This is going to be a very, very lengthy restoration ... what we think we’ll see on the west coast is a wholesale rebuild of our electric grid."
Florida PSC Nominating Council Set to Interview and Vote on Finalists
Florida PSC Nominating Council Set to Interview and Vote on Finalists Update: The Public Service Commission (PSC) Nominating Council voted to send the following applicants to Governor Scott to fill...