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Florida Governor Signs Law to Rein in FL's Nuclear 'Tax ...

2013-06-18T12:31:39Z

Florida Governor Signs Law to Rein in FL's Nuclear 'Tax'. ... that allows utilities to charge customers in advance for proposed new nuclear power generation.
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Critic says nuclear law change depends on PSC not being 'captive' to utilities

2013-06-18T11:28:13Z

The 2006 law has allowed Florida Power & Light Co. and Duke Energy (formerly Progress Energy Florida) to collect more than $1.4 billion from customers. FPL has proposed building new nuclear units at its Turkey Point plant in Dade County while Duke ...
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Critics hail "modest" reforms to nuclear advance fee law

2013-06-18T11:28:13Z

The advance fee has allowed utilities to collect hundreds of millions of dollars for nuclear plants that may never be built. Neither Florida Power & Light Co. nor Duke Energy have committed to building the reactors for which they have been collecting ...
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Critics hail "modest" reforms to nuclear advance fee law

2013-06-18T06:55:11Z

"We remain concerned, however, that the Governor's appointments to the Public Service Commission continue to be captive agents of the large power companies in Florida," Smith said. "This bill will not work if the Public Service Commission does not work.".
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Florida Governor Signs Law to Rein in FL's Nuclear 'Tax'

2013-06-17T21:46:42Z

That "nuclear tax" charged consumers in advance for risky new nuclear reactors that currently have combined estimated costs of over $40 billion. This year, Florida Power and Light is asking the Florida Public Service Commission to approve over $17 ...
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Nuclear renaissance in Florida crumbles, meets economic reality

2013-06-17T16:27:34Z

The nuclear industry recently experienced their “worst week” since the Fukushima disaster in Japan. Not only did Duke Energy scrap plans to build new reactors at their Shearon Harris site in North Carolina but the many events which unfolded in Florida, ...
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Scott signs teacher evaluation, sick leave bills

2013-06-15T08:55:26Z

Nuclear construction fees (SB 1472), establishes new benchmarks for electric utilities that want to collect controversial fees while planning nuclear-power plants. The measure alters a 2006 law intended to encourage more nuclear power. Florida Power ...
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Massage hours, wine sales bills sent to Scott

2013-06-13T18:30:42Z

The measure is aimed at altering a 2006 law intended to encourage more nuclear power. Florida Power & Light and the former Progress Energy Florida – now Duke Energy – have used the law to collect hundreds of millions of dollars in pre-construction ...
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Nuclear Power's Future May Hinge on Georgia Project

2013-06-11T17:25:52Z

Until recently, a new reactor construction project had not been started in the United States for 30 years, and now Vogtle and a similar project in South Carolina, V.C. Summer 2 and 3, are supposed to provide the answer to nuclear power's great ...
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Wine container, sick leave bills reach Scott

2013-06-10T22:42:41Z

SB 1472 establishes new benchmarks for electric utilities that want to collect controversial fees while planning nuclear-power plants. The measure is aimed at altering a 2006 law intended to encourage more nuclear power. Florida Power & Light and the ...
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A month after Kewaunee, another nuclear plant shutters

2013-06-09T17:31:24Z

This year of setbacks for the nuclear power industry started in Florida, spread to Wisconsin last month and then reached the Pacific Ocean Friday when a California utility announced it would shutter a two-reactor plant. One week after the first round ...
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Nuclear Plant Closures Show Industry's Struggles

2013-06-08T22:43:25Z

In February, North Carolina-based Duke Energy Corp. decided to close the Crystal River nuclear plant in Florida after workers cracked a concrete containment building during an attempt to upgrade the plant in 2009. The containment building is supposed ...
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ABC News

US Nuclear Output Soars to 4-Month High on NextEra Plant Gain

2013-06-06T18:11:08Z

The 1,002-megawatt unit, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) north of Palm Beach, Florida, is returning to full power after completing work on a non-nuclear side of the plant, said Doug Andrews, a company spokesman in Jensen Beach. The 883-megawatt Hatch 2 ...
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Solar Dawns on Southern Tea Parties

2013-06-03T21:15:24Z

Competition in the electric utility industry came after a nationwide flood of nuclear power cost over-runs. History is now repeating in Georgia and Florida, where popular reaction against uneconomic nuclear power is in bright contrast with support for ...
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Consumers Paying For Non-Existent Nuclear Plant

2013-05-29T22:10:07Z

When Duke Energy or Florida Power and Light customers get a bill, they are being charged for a nuclear power plants that doesn't even exist. A 7-year-old law has allowed major utility companies to collect more than a billion for the non-existent ...
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Commentary - MyPalmBeachPost.com

2013-05-27T12:55:46Z

Commentary: Pay-as-you-go financing for nuclear energy benefits Florida Power & Light customers. Posted: 5:07 p.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013 ...
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Florida Official Declines to Review Costly Nuclear Power Plant ...

2013-05-20T23:25:17Z

Nuclear Fears Trumping Reality in Wake of Fukushima. June 10, 2012. Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, whose agency oversees state energy ...
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Florida Official Declines to Review Costly Nuclear Power Plant

2013-05-17T04:37:49Z

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, whose agency oversees state energy policy, told Rep. Mike Fasano (R-New Port Richey) today he does not have the resources to perform an economic analysis to determine whether a proposed nuclear ...
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Putnam says no to Levy nuclear plant study

2013-05-16T18:49:41Z

"Natural gas, nuclear energy, clean coal and renewable sources should all be a part of Florida's diverse energy portfolio." Fasano said Putnam's response is "disappointing" because he has "great respect" for the commissioner. Fasano said he believes ...
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IRSC Update: IRSC Power Plant Institute named one of nation's top training ...

2013-05-16T18:49:41Z

Calvin King, left, IRSC graduate and now a journeyman at Florida Power & Light, works with Jeff Nolte, FPL general maintenance leader, to construct a highly sophisticated flow loop simulating nuclear power plant operations housed at the college's new ...
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