Utility Shareholders of Florida http://www.utilityshareholdersfl.org Powering Florida's future. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:36:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Homeowners and businesses who invest in renewable energy could get a tax break under plan By Mary Ellen Klas

A Senate committee revived the stalled debate over renewable energy in Florida on Monday and moved forward with a bill to give $16 million a year in tax incentives to businesses and homeowners, beginning next year.… more

]]> http://www.utilityshareholdersfl.org/2012/01/31/homeowners-and-businesses-who-invest-in-renewable-energy-could-get-a-tax-break-under-plan/ S. Daytona, FPL agree to purchase plan amid deal finalization By Taylor Ashley

Officials with Florida Power and Light and the city of South Daytona agreed Friday that the city will purchase all of FPL’s assets and lease back the equipment to FPL while the deal giving city ownership of… more

]]> http://www.utilityshareholdersfl.org/2012/01/28/s-daytona-fpl-agree-to-purchase-plan-amid-deal-finalization/ NextEra Energy reports fourth quarter and full-year 2011 earnings NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) today reported 2011 fourth-quarter net income on a GAAP basis of $667 million, or $1.59 per share, compared with $263 million, or $0.63 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2010. On an adjusted basis,… more

]]> http://www.utilityshareholdersfl.org/2012/01/27/nextera-energy-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2011-earnings/ Obama Pushes Natural-Gas Fracking to Create 600,000 U.S. Jobs By Jim Snyder and Katarzyna Klimasinska

Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama pushed drilling for gas in shale rock and support for cleaner energy sources to boost the economy in his final State of the Union address before facing… more

]]> http://www.utilityshareholdersfl.org/2012/01/25/obama-pushes-natural-gas-fracking-to-create-600000-u-s-jobs/ Southern Company reports 2011 fourth quarter and full-year earnings Southern Company today reported fourth quarter 2011 earnings of $261 million, or 30 cents a share, compared with earnings of $153 million, or 18 cents a share, in the fourth quarter of 2010. Southern Company also reported full-year 2011 earnings… more

]]> http://www.utilityshareholdersfl.org/2012/01/25/southern-company-reports-2011-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-earnings/ Progress puts nuke surcharge behind it By Kevin Spear

Progress Energy’s top brass spelled out for investment analysts Monday how a proposed refund to customers would help smooth out a potentially tumultuous year.

The North Carolina-based utility, investor-owned and the second-largest in Florida, has agreed to… more

]]> http://www.utilityshareholdersfl.org/2012/01/24/progress-puts-nuke-surcharge-behind-it/ Progress says could finalize merger with Duke by June By Eileen O’Grady

The delayed merger of Duke Energy and Progress Energy could be completed in May or June if the companies’ new plan can satisfy regulatory concern over the merged utility’s market power in North Carolina, Progress Chief Executive Bill Johnson… more

]]> http://www.utilityshareholdersfl.org/2012/01/23/progress-says-could-finalize-merger-with-duke-by-june/ FPL, Progress Energy Fla. nuke charges appealed A clean energy group is appealing $282 million in nuclear plant costs being passed on to customers of Florida’s two largest electric utilities.

The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy called the fee a nuclear power “tax” in a news release… more

]]> http://www.utilityshareholdersfl.org/2012/01/23/fpl-progress-energy-fla-nuke-charges-appealed/ Progress Energy Florida agrees to rate settlement Progress Energy Florida is asking state regulators to approve a settlement covering base rates and nuclear power replacement charges that includes a $288 million refund to customers.

The deal with the state’s Office of Public Counsel and other consumer advocates… more

]]> http://www.utilityshareholdersfl.org/2012/01/20/progress-energy-florida-agrees-to-rate-settlement/ FPL proposes base rate increase to pay for new, high-efficiency power plant and increased costs Florida Power & Light Company today notified the Florida Public Service Commission that it expects to ask for an increase estimated at $6.80monthly, or about 23 cents a day, on the base portion of a typical residential customer bill. The increase would not take… more

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