Byron Donalds’ plan to lower electric bills could raise them instead, experts say

"What makes electric bills go up is building expensive new power plants and costly capital expenditures such as transmission lines and undergrounding," said Susan Glickman, a longtime Florida clean energy advocate and vice president of policy and partnership at The CLEO Institute, a nonprofit focused on climate change. When it comes to nuclear, "it's a big red flag when Donalds pushes for the most expensive form of power," she added.

By |2026-10-16T10:02:32-04:0016 October, 2026|2026, CLEO News|0 Comments

How the Florida Public Service Commission affects what you pay for electricity

Florida is one of only four states where the law expressly prohibits you from buying energy from anyone other than your government-assigned monopoly utility.

By |2026-09-28T12:37:01-04:0028 September, 2026|2026, CLEO News|0 Comments

Fossil fuels vs. solar: Which should power Florida to lower energy bills?

"Solar is cheaper, and you're taking out the fuel cost,” Glickman said. “We could be doing so much better if there was a push to take advantage of the sunshine."

By |2026-09-28T12:26:26-04:0028 September, 2026|2026, CLEO News|0 Comments

St. Petersburg coalition launches push for city-owned electric utility on 2028 ballot

“Duke Energy gets 90% of its electricity from burning gas or coal,” Maguire said. “They are an extremely dirty and polluting utility, and they essentially get to do that polluting for free because it’s the young people today that are going to deal with a warmer environment and stronger storms and more flooding in the decades to come.” 

By |2026-09-25T11:19:04-04:0025 September, 2026|2026, CLEO News|0 Comments

How a proposal to ditch Duke Energy could get on St. Petersburg ballots

"It was really important to us for this to not feel like it could be an entity influenced by outside forces and it would really be a voter-led utility," said Raymer Maguire, who works on campaigns at The CLEO Institute, a Florida climate change advocacy group.

By |2026-09-02T13:43:48-04:002 September, 2026|2026, CLEO News|0 Comments

Chemical Spill at Duke Energy Plant in Florida Highlights Risks of Fossil Fuel Infrastructure

With 90% of Duke Energy Florida’s generation mix coming from these polluting sources, it’s yet another proof point that we must transition to cheaper, cleaner energy solutions to both protect our pocketbooks and our health.

By |2026-08-27T09:56:11-04:0027 August, 2026|2026, CLEO News|0 Comments

While other states fought rate hikes, Florida’s AG stayed out as power bills rose 45%, 49%, and 86%

"Florida is in the midst of an affordability crisis, and that includes housing and insurance and people's utility bills. And we've watched the utility bills for Florida rate payers go up and up and up."

By |2026-06-29T10:04:22-04:0029 June, 2026|2026, CLEO News|0 Comments

Florida’s GOP AGs used to intervene in utility rate cases, but no longer

“Florida is in the midst of an affordability crisis, and that includes housing and insurance and people’s utility bills. And we’ve watched the utility bills for Florida rate payers go up and up and up”

By |2026-06-17T09:41:17-04:0017 June, 2026|2026, CLEO News|0 Comments

St. Pete Council OKs study to review costs, benefits of owning its own utilities

“If St. Pete were to municipalize, the profit motive goes away. And this could allow the city to pursue lower-cost ways to meet the community’s energy needs.”

By |2026-06-16T10:17:01-04:008 June, 2026|2026, CLEO News|0 Comments
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