Progress Energy FL looks to lower rates

Progress Energy Florida plans to file a proposal to reduce rates by $15.08 per month per 1000 killowat hour for residential customers starting with the April 2009 billing cycle. The change includes a deferral of the pre-construction charges for the Levy county nuclear plant. Stay tuned for more details...

http://www.chronicleonline.com/cgi-bin/c2.cgi?071+article+News+20090212141240071321

Progress Energy Plans To Buy Power From Waste

Florida state regulators cleared the way for Progress Energy to buy 60 megawatts of power from a power plant that burns burning rubber tires, plastics, papers and other household waste. The waste is converted into a clean-burning gas, which is used to generate the power.

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/feb/11/progress-energy-plans-buy-power-waste-burner/