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The City Council is reconsidering the cuts it will make in city services as it waits to see whether it will be able to complete the sale of its electric utility to Florida Power & Light Co.

Florida Power & Light said a small number of customers were without power after a transformer exploded and sparked a dumpster fire.

Unlike the Hatfields and McCoys, South Daytona and Florida Power & Light are moving closer to possibly ending their long war.

Seminole Tribe Wins Court Appeal - Stalling Power Plant CLEWISTON, FL. -- In an effort to stop the construction of a Florida Power And Light generating plant in Hendry county, Florida, the Seminole Tribe of Florida Wednesday won a reversal opinion in an appellate court this week.

As part of its commitment to changing Florida's energy future, Florida Power & Light Company announced that the four red-and-white-striped, 350-foot-tall stacks and 7,500-ton boilers at its 1960s-era Port Everglades Power Plant in Hollywood, Fla., will be demolished on July 16, 2013 , to make way for a new, high-efficiency, clean power plant.

Inc's 5 7/8% Preferred Trust Securities were yielding above the 6% mark based on its quarterly dividend , with shares changing hands as low as $24.21 on the day.

The four 350-foot-tall candy cane-striped smokestacks that have towered over Port Everglades and spewed pollution over Fort Lauderdale for a half century will come down on July 16. Florida Power & Light, which closed the oil-burning plant earlier this year to make way for a cleaner one using mostly natural gas, set the date for the demolition of ... (more)

About a month ago, Florida's Save the Manatee Club - which former Florida Governor and U.S. Senator Bob Graham and singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett established in 1981 - offered environmentalists and animal lovers alike the opportunity to "adopt" 20 manatees, those cuddly, cow-like marine mammals that were being endangered by an earlier-than-normal ... (more)

Competitive energy provider NextEra Energy Services New Hampshire, introduced its electricity products to residential customers in New Hampshire.

Did Jeffrey Bartel's vicious public beef with his former employer, Florida Power & Light, cost him a seat on the host committee for the 14th Annual Mayor's Ball this Saturday? Sources tell Banana Republican Bartel was thrown off the illustrious gala's board about a week ago when FPL representatives voiced their displeasure to real estate developer ... (more)

Miami Dade College inducted 19 of its alumni into the school's Alumni Hall of Fame in a ceremony at the JW Marriot Marquis in downtown Miami Thursday night.

A spokeswoman for the mall said an electrical problem caused the power outage and that Florida Power & Light was working to repair it.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.-According to power companies in Northern Florida, areas affected by Tropical Storm Andrea are beginning to lose power.

Manoochehr K. Nazar has listed for sale a four-bedroom, 5.5-bath home at 809 Floret Drive in Palm Beach Gardens for $1.35 million.

Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'A-' rating to NextEra Energy Capital Holdings' $250 million 3.625% senior unsecured debentures due June 15, 2023.

About 75 residents attended an informational meeting Monday night to discuss different proposals to erect Florida Power & Light transmission lines from the utility's Turkey Point plant northward through the county.

Health insurer WellPoint Inc. has named power company executive Lewis Hay III to its board of directors after announcing earlier this month that three members had resigned for personal reasons.

The United States has made a big push toward renewable energy in the past 15 years.

Health insurer WellPoint Inc. has named power company executive Lewis Hay III to its board of directors after announcing earlier this month that three members had resigned for personal reasons.

FPL is a wholly owned subsidiary of NextEra Energy, Inc. The company is engaged in the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electric energy.