Florida Supreme Court To Weigh FPL Rates

Arguments today at the State Supreme Court in Tallahassee in challenges to a settlement increasing base electric rates for Florida Power & Light. The Florida Public Service Commission approved the settlement in 2021, which includes a complicated mix of issues like FPL profit levels and expansion of solar energy, but two separate challenges contend the 4-year deal is not in the best public interest and was improperly approved. If it stands-challengers say it will result in customers paying hundreds of millions of dollars per year in what they call a gross miscarriage of justice. But FPL says there's compelling evidence the settlement is just and will allow customers to continue receiving fair bills.


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