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Interview with Mike Antheil, director of the Florida Alliance for Renewable Energy

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Tags: solar energy, biogas, utilities, Florida Alliance for Renewable Energy, energy

The Florida Alliance for Renewable Energy (FARE) will hold a Renewable Energy Tour this month with a weekend stop in Tampa. This tour will travel through 10 cities across the state, reaching an audience of over 2000 individuals and businesses. The tour will feature discussion of renewable energy legislation to be introduced in the 2011 Legislative Session. The tour will also feature industry & policy experts and state & local elected officials. Each individual event will be in Town Hall forma...

PSC nominating committee rejects two sitting commissioners listen

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Tags: PSC, utility rate increase, utilities, Nancy Argenziano, Charlie Crist, Arthenia Joyner, Mike Fasano

Wednesday in Tampa, the Public Service Commission nominating council reviewed dozens of applications for two seats on the state board that regulates utilities. Among the rejected were two current Commissioners.

Since Gov. Charlie Crist nominated Chair Nancy Argenziano and Nathan Skop to the PSC in 2007, they were some of the panel’s strongest consumer advocates. Both were on the board when it unanimously shot down the two biggest utility rate increases in state history. State Senator Mike ...

FPL proposes thermal solar array at Manatee power plant listen

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Tags: Solar power, utilities, Forida Power and Light

The state’s largest energy producer, Florida Power & Light, may build a solar thermal array at their Parrish power plant.

Doing this would destroy wetlands; for that, FPL must first receive a zoning change from the Manatee County Commission.

FPL currently has a power plant in Parrish that generates electricity using oil and natural gas. On Tuesday, the company presented to the Manatee County Commission its idea of a solar thermal arr...

Sustainable business awards include controversial picks listen

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Tags: Earth Charter, TECO, utilities, sustainable resources, environment

The annual Global Earth Charter Community Summit and Earth Scouts Festival will be held tomorrow at the University of Tampa. As a prelude, today the university hosted the First Annual Earth Charter Sustainable Business Awards Ceremony to recognize local businesses committed to social, economic and environmental responsibility.

The Earth Charter Summit is based on a document that, according to its website, promotes a sustainable world through “Human Rights, Elimination of Poverty, Promotio...