Florida lawmakers did not detail specific proposals for state oversight. However, concerns have been expressed about situations in which residents who are customers of municipal utilities but live outside of city boundaries can be forced to pay surcharges but can\’t vote for municipal officials — a situation likened to “taxation without representation”.
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Representing consumers in utility issues, the state’s Office of Public Counsel launched a challenge to the approval of costs that electric utilities would be able to recoup in 2023 from customers for storm-protection projects. The first step was taken in appealing to the Florida Supreme Court on a Dec. 12 order by the state Public Service Commission approving the costs.
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Although FPL has known for decades that the plant\’s canals were leaking saltwater into the Biscayne Aquifer, Miami\’s largest source of drinking water, the company just won the right to charge customers to \”recover\” costs associated with cleaning up the plume. CLICK ON THE HEADLINE FOR MORE
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