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For Immediate Release, 2/7/2012 Contact:  Chris Roepe, 816-294-0497 House Bill 1488 Makes It Easier For Utility Companies To Raise Rates Jefferson City, Mo – Utility legislation heard in the House Utilities committee today would make it easier for utility companies to raise rates.  HB 1488 would reduce the amount of funding available for the Public [...]

St. Petersburg Times, November 2, 2011 By Robert Trigaux, Times Business Columnist It’s time to drink the Tallahassee Kool-Aid. That’s the only way we can possibly understand how our state leadership — claiming to be big fans of the free market system — can bless a state law that lets power companies like Progress Energy [...]

Sunshine State News, October 24, 2011 By Kenric Ward Despite critics’ cries of “nuclear socialism,” the Florida Public Service Commission is expected to approve $337 million in utility rate hikes on Monday. Florida Power & Light and Progress Energy are seeking “early cost recovery” increases to kick-start four proposed nuclear reactors on the east and [...]

Florida Independent, January 23, 2012  By Virginia Chamlee On Friday, utilities provider Progress Energy filed a comprehensive settlement agreement with the state Public Service Commission — an agreement that specifically addresses outstanding issues with the company’s nuclear plant at Crystal River, which was closed for repairs in 2009 and hasn’t opened since. Progress Energy was [...]

By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 TALLAHASSEE — An advocacy group raised questions Monday about a wide-ranging settlement agreement that includes Progress Energy Florida continuing to charge customers for a proposed Levy County nuclear-power project. The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, which said last month that it would challenge [...]

By state Sen. Mike Fasano, special to the Times Tampa Bay Times, Wednesday, January 11, 2012 In 2006, the Florida Legislature passed a bill that included a provision allowing investor-owned utilities such as Progress Energy to charge ratepayers for construction costs for new nuclear plants before the plant is built and delivering power. I voted [...]

Progress Energy Customers Still On The Hook Tampa Bay Times, January 23, 2012 Put away the party hats. There is little to celebrate in the deal Progress Energy has cut with consumer advocates over general rates and charges tied to its troubled nuclear program. Rates still will rise, and customers still will be on the [...]

Settlement Deal Lets Progress Energy Avoid Crystal River Accountability By Robert Trigaux, Times Business Columnist Tampa Bay Times, January 23, 2012 Plagued by a stalled merger with Duke Energy, an investigation into its broken nuclear power plant and new resistance to charging Florida customers for a future nuke plant, Progress Energy unveiled a complex settlement [...]

For Immediate Release Tuesday, January 31, 2012 Contact: Chris Roepe, 816-294-0497 In Case You Missed It: Florida Utilities Will Collect Over $1 Billion From Rate-Payers For Failed Nuclear Plants In Florida, utilities will collect over $1 billion from rate-payers for a new nuclear plant they are stopping construction on. Missouri should learn from Florida’s mistakes. [...]

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