In an effort by Florida Power and Light (FPL) to “diversify” its power options, it seems regulators in Florida are going to allow them to start charging customers for the production of its new nuclear facility.
“Once again the financial interests of the public took a backseat to a big power company’s excessive speculation favoring utility shareholders…. while FPL spends hundreds of thousands of dollars crowing about the lack of consumer protections for a proposed solar ballot initiative, they and their political friends are silent about the lack of consumer protections in this nuclear power fleecing. The inevitable move to diversifying Florida’s energy mix with clean, easy to build solar power and energy efficiency was delayed but we remain steadfast that this important, necessary shift will happen.” said Stephen Smith’s (executive director of Southern Alliance for Clean Energy) news release. [ Read the story here ]
