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(Florida) Senate panel advances bill to put brakes on nuclear fees
Senate panel advances bill to put brakes on nuclear fees
Mary Ellen Klas, Times/Herald
TALLAHASSEE — For the first time in seven years, a Senate committee has stood up to the state's utility companies and unanimously passed a bill that would weaken a law that has allowed the companies to charge customers for nuclear projects before the projects are built.
The Senate Communications, Energy and Public Utilities Committee voted unanimously Monday for SB 1472, which would impose strict new requirements on utility companies by demanding that they obtain a license to build a power plant before they can continue to charge customers.
The bill is opposed by the state's largest utility companies, which for years have persuaded legislators not to change the 2006 law known as the Nuclear Cost Recovery Clause, even though costs of the plants have quadrupled and their construction plans were postponed.
Mary Ellen Klas, Times/Herald
TALLAHASSEE — For the first time in seven years, a Senate committee has stood up to the state's utility companies and unanimously passed a bill that would weaken a law that has allowed the companies to charge customers for nuclear projects before the projects are built.
The Senate Communications, Energy and Public Utilities Committee voted unanimously Monday for SB 1472, which would impose strict new requirements on utility companies by demanding that they obtain a license to build a power plant before they can continue to charge customers.
The bill is opposed by the state's largest utility companies, which for years have persuaded legislators not to change the 2006 law known as the Nuclear Cost Recovery Clause, even though costs of the plants have quadrupled and their construction plans were postponed.
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