In all, Duke Energy Florida would collect about $1.09 billion, while Tampa Electric is seeking to recover $463.6 million.

While most Floridians enjoyed time off over the holidays, the folks at the state’s monopoly utilities — Florida Power & Light, Duke and Tampa Electric — were busy playing Scrooge.

Lights and more importantly heat was on in Northeast Florida homes as the biggest impact of a winter storm was further north in Georgia.

A polar vortex that has hit much of the U.S. with ice and snow has dealt a glancing blow to Florida, dropping coastal temperatures and causing the Sunshine State’s manatee population, still recovering from a mass starvation event several years ago,

Now’s the best time to see manatees up-close in Southwest Florida. And one of the best places for sea cow viewing is Manatee Park, east of Fort Myers.

Further north, Florida Power & Light was working to restore power to 601 customers in Nassau County, or less than 2% of its customers in Nassau. While snow bypassed most of Northeast Florida ...

FOX 13's Ariel Plasencia reports on leaders in Manatee and Pinellas County's ongoing plans to meet with community members to discuss whether to remove fluoride from their drinking water supplies. This stems from a November guideline released by Florida Surgeon General Dr.

Dauer Manufacturing — a U.S.-based manufacturer of LED landscape lighting fixtures, lamps and transformers — has named Florida Landscape Lighting as its representative across Dauer’s core LED landscape lighting line and upcoming commercial lighting and permanent architectural lighting divisions.

While Duke and Tampa Electric would start collecting the money in March, they would ultimately have to justify all of the storm-related expenses and refund any excess amounts of money they collect.

Embraer Executive Jets in Melbourne, Florida, is working with Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) to expand its use of renewable energy at its U.S. facilities with an onsite solar installation at the campus. Embraer says the initiative is its first and largest onsite solar energy generation project...

The storm-related costs would add $31.18 to the monthly bills of such Duke customers — though Duke said last month it expects the customers would see an actual increase of about $21 a month because of decreases in other costs.

Staff members of the Florida Public Service Commission recommended proposals that would add about $21 a month for Duke customers and $30 for TECO customers starting in March.