Duke Energy

Duke Energy Florida is seeking approval from state regulators to collect $91.9 million from customers next year because of costs related to restoring power after Hurricane Idalia.

Thousands of Duke Energy power trucks are now staged at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg in advance of the storm.

“Florida is always in the political spotlight ... so, I think we also see some political experiments being tried here, in terms of what campaigns are catching fire, and what words are really buzzworthy and that voters are responding to," said Alissa Schafer with the Energy and Policy Institute.

That technology allows company technicians to troubleshoot just about any power disruption by clicking on a screen at their St. Petersburg control center.

More than 1,000 residents and businesses on Treasure Island were without reclaimed water for nearly a week, according to a Pinellas County official.

The challenge alleges that the project could damage a city wellfield that plays a key role in Lakeland’s water supply.

Hawaiians had the highest monthly electric bills in 2022 paying on average $210.26 a month. In contrast, Utah’s residents paid the least at $84.97.

A collaboration of at least 10 advocacy organizations in Florida have launched a campaign to mobilize the Hillsborough County Commission to push back against rate hikes driven by fossil fuel prices.

The Public Service Commission is slated March 7 to take up proposals from Duke and other state utilities. Customers can expect to see higher bills in April.

On March 7, the Florida Public Service Commission is expected to decide whether or not to approve rate hikes from Tampa Electric and Duke Energy Florida because of rising natural gas costs and expensive storm preparations.

Under the proposals, the increases would mean around 20% higher electric bills for Duke customers and about 10% for TECO customers.

Bills will go up for many customers of Duke Energy Florida, Tampa Electric, FPL and Florida Public Utilities. They likely will increase again in the spring because of high costs of natural gas used to fuel power plants.