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PBC Kentucky Derby fete puts brakes on FPL rate hearing
Palm Beachers love parties and a horse race is as good an excuse as any to host one for the county’s elite. But the Kentucky Derby party at FPL vice president Ed Tancer’s Palm Beach Gardens home in the...
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PSC staffer used “poor judgment” at PBC Kentucky Derby party
A Public Service Commission staffer used “poor judgment” but an internal investigation did not conclude that he broke the law by attending a Kentucky Derby party at the home of a utility company...
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PSC Chairman Carter denies he’s “too cozy” with FPL
In the latest installment of intrigue at the Public Service Commission, chairman Matthew Carter issued an indignant press release today saying he takes “great offense” at reports that utility...
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PSC “about to implode” says Fasano
The panel that regulates utilities seems like “it’s about to implode,” Sen. Mike Fasano said today. Fasano, who chairs the Senate Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations Committee, asked...
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PSC staffer who went to PBC Kentucky Derby party resigns
Public Service Commission staffer Ryder Rudd resigned this morning after an internal investigation found that he may have broken the regulatory agency’s ethics rules. Rudd, who earned $92,000 a year,...
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Crist says utility panel appointments hang on FPL rate hike vote
The future of two utility regulators depends upon their vote in a proposed $1.3 billion Florida Power & Light Co. rate hike, Gov. Charlie Crist said this morning. Public Service Commission Chairman...
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FPL rate hike hearing to go on, regulators decide
Florida Power & Light’s proposed $1.3 billion rate hike hearing will resume Wednesday as planned despite a powerful GOP senator’s request that that case and another be put on hold. But Sen. Mike...
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FPL rate hike round-up
Florida Power & Light’s proposed $1.3 billion rate hike 13-hour marathon hearing yesterday concluded with one head-injured FPL lawyer, an order for an independent audit of the utility’s corporate...
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FPL pipeline hearing should go on, PSC staff recommends
A vote tomorrow on whether Florida Power & Light Co. should get the thumbs up on a proposed $1.5 billion natural gas pipeline should go on, staff for the regulatory panel recommended today. Florida...
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FPL CEO, other execs dine at White House – on their own dime
FPL Group CEO Lew Hay and three other chief executives broke bread with President Barack Obama yesterday in the president’s private dining room. But taxpayers needn’t worry about picking up the tab for...
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