Florida Chamber: Energy Choice Would Cost $1.5 Billion Annually To State, Local Governments
Florida Politics reports on the Florida Chamber of Commerce's latest attack on the proposed electric choice ballot initiative, with the Chamber allegi...
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Publisher Of FL Publication Alleges Electric Choice Sponsor Engaged In "Tour De Force" Of Dishonesty
In a scathing attack on the campaign for Florida electric choice, Brian Burgess, publisher and editor-in-chief of Florida political publication The Ca...
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Florida AG's Activist Approach Opposing Ballot Measures (Including Electric Choice) Criticized
GateHouse Media (via the Ledger) reports that the state's attorney general is drawing criticism for her role in actively opposing two ballot initiativ...
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Critic Says Electric Choice Would Cause "Fire Sale" Of Nuclear Plants (Plus Signature Update)
POLITICO Florida reported that Brewster Bevis, SVP of Associated Industries of Florida, which opposed the electric choice initiative, recently said t...
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Claim: Florida Utilities 'Bought Out' Ballot Petition Companies
In a Tallahassee Democrat story on new barriers facing ballot petitions in Florida, Alex Patton, chairman of the Coalition for Energy Choices, is quo...
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Fla. Muni JEA Formally Launches Open Solicitation For Strategic Alternatives, Possible Privatization
JEA (Jacksonville (FL) Electric Authority), one of the largest municipally-owned electric, water and wastewater utilities in the country and the large...
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FPL CEO Likens Electric Choice Proponents To "Snake Oil Salesman"
The Florida Sun-Sentinel published an opinion column from Eric Silagy, president and CEO of Florida Power & Light Co., in which Silagy opposed ele...
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24 Members From Florida Congressional Delegation Oppose Retail Electric Choice (Bipartisan Group)
Florida Politics reports that a group of 24 members of Florida's U.S. congressional delegation, across both parties, have written the state's attorney...
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Report: Florida Proposal For Electricity Choice Gains Momentum
In a story on the current signatures collected and funds raised for the Florida electric choice ballot initiative, WCJB described the initiative as, "...
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Jacksonville (FL) Utility Board Authorizes CEO To Explore Privatization
The Board of the JEA -- Jacksonville (FL) Electric Authority -- has authorized its CEO to explore a structure under which the utility would not be own...
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Op-Ed Rebutting Opponents Of Florida Electric Choice Published
Alex Patton, Chair of Citizens for Energy Choices, had an op-ed published in Florida Daily rebutting arguments from an op-ed from an opponent of choic...
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Claim: New Non-Energy Ballot Initiative In Florida Meant To "Clog Up" System, Obstruct Energy Choice
The Miami Herald reports that Alex Patton, chair of Citizens for Energy Choices, alleges that a new proposed ballot initiative launched in Florida, wh...
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Florida Electric Choice Initiative Backers Raise $3 Million To Date
Florida Politics reports that the Coalition for Energy Choice, which supports the proposed electric choice ballot initiative, raised
$365,000 in J...
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Op-Ed By Florida Electric Choice Opponents Published By Palm Beach Post
The Palm Beach Post published an op-ed by Joseph Gibbons, a former member of the Florida House of Representatives and board member of Floridians for A...
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NYT: Florida’s Utilities Keep Homeowners From Making the Most of Solar Power
The New York Times reports on distributed solar policy in Florida, noting, among other things, that, "Florida is one of eight states that prohibit the...
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