October 3, 2023

Duke Energy dispute goes to Florida Supreme Court

A dispute about whether Duke Energy Florida customers should be required to pay $7.2 million related to an outage at a power plant has gone to the state Supreme Court.

The Office of Public Counsel, a state agency that represents consumers in utility issues, filed a notice Friday that it is a first step in challenging a decision by the Florida Public Service Commission in the dispute.

As is common, the notice did not detail arguments that the Office of Public Counsel will make at the Supreme Court.

The case involves an outage last year at Duke’s Crystal River Unit 4, a coal-fired plant in Citrus County, according to an order issued last month by the Public Service Commission.

Duke sought to collect $14.4 million from customers in what are known as “replacement power” costs.

But the Office of Public Counsel and representatives of business customers objected, arguing that Duke had mishandled the situation.

The Public Service Commission decided that Duke should be responsible for half of the costs, with the other half paid by customers.

Tags: News Service of Florida

Florida Business News

Florida News Releases

Florida Trend Video Pick

Looking for weekend plans? St. Pete Pier Fall Festival to bring games, food vendors and more
Looking for weekend plans? St. Pete Pier Fall Festival to bring games, food vendors and more

If you're a fan of fall, there's an event coming to St. Pete Pier this weekend that you'll want to check out – the St. Pete Pier Fall Festival.

Video Picks | Viewpoints@FloridaTrend

Ballot Box

Do you believe that home values in Florida have finally peaked?

  • Absolutely!
  • No way!
  • The jury's still out...
  • Other (Let us know in the comment section below)

See Results

Florida Trend Media Company
490 1st Ave S
St Petersburg, FL 33701
727.821.5800

© Copyright 2023 Trend Magazines Inc. All rights reserved.