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FPL Fuel Cost Refund Hearing to Begin Wednesday

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) will conduct a hearing to address how much Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) must repay and how that repayment will be refunded to customers for replacement power costs attributable to a February 26, 2008, outage.  The hearing allows FPL and the intervenors to present testimony and [...]

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Fight for Tougher Laws Draws Hundreds of Seniors

By: Staff Writer
TALLAHASSEE (February 18, 2010) –
 

 
TALLAHASSEE— Florida CFO Alex Sink’s statewide ‘Safeguard Our Seniors’ blitz last week drew 350 seniors to workshops and led to new investigations into senior investor fraud. Partnering with AARP Florida, Veterans Affairs, and the Elder Law Section of the Florida Bar, CFO Sink held public workshops in eleven [...]

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PSC Approves FPL Fuel Cost Refund for 2008 Outage

By: Staff Writer
(January 27, 2010) –
TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s Public Service Commission (PSC) today approved Florida Power & Light Company’s (FPL) Proposed Resolution of Issues, agreeing that the company should refund replacement power costs attributable to the February 26, 2008, outage.  The Resolution, filed with the Commission by FPL, was also signed by the Office [...]

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Florida Public Service Commission to Consider Progress Energy Revenue Requirements

By: Staff Writer
Volusia County, Fl. (January 9, 2010) -
 The five-member Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) will hold a Special Agenda Conference on Monday, January 11, 2010, to consider a staff recommendation addressing the revenue requirements in Progress Energy Florida’s (PEF) requested rate increase.
In March 2009, PEF filed a petition with the PSC requesting a base rate [...]

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Over 1.5 Million Calls Handled Through Florida Relay

By: K. Michael
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fl.  (December 29,  2009) –
More than 1.5 million calls were handled in Fiscal Year 2009 by Florida’s Relay Service (FRS), according to the Florida Public Service Commission’s (PSC) recent report on the Status of the Telecommunications Access System.  FRS provides hearing and speech impaired citizens critical access to basic [...]

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2010 Braille Calendars Are Available

By: Staff Writer
Floirda (December 20, 2009 ) –
The calendars offered through The Braille Association of Mid-Florida are embossed in Braille with holidays highlighted along with embossed illustrations.
The calendars may be sent as a gift, with the senders name and personal message being embossed in Braille and sent with the calendar.  The Association will mail [...]

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Surprise May Await U.S. Investors

By: Maynard Joseph
November 26, 2009 –
While the U.S celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday and all major U.S financial markets were closed, Europeans probably wished their markets were closed also.
Totally unexpected news from Dubai blindsided European markets.  Dubai has submitted a proposal to delay debt payments, which many believe could lead to a $3.52 billion bond [...]

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Boyd in minority as health bill passes

U.S. Rep. Allen Boyd, tugged for months by his national party leaders and conservative forces in his Big Bend district, decided Saturday to vote against the national health-care plan.

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Crist changes tune on support for Obama’s stimulus

In a heated race for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination, Gov. Charlie Crist keeps moving away from his support of President Barack Obama’s stimulus package that the governor called “fantastic” and “remarkable” when lobbying for its passage.

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Air Force members voice concerns to lawmakers

Two Air Force colonels asked the state’s most powerful legislators Thursday to help make life a bit better for service members assigned to Florida.

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