Data centers could spur a utility spending spree. Here's the impact.
A majority of investor-owned utilities surveyed by PowerLines said data centers are a top driver of capital spending.
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A majority of investor-owned utilities surveyed by PowerLines said data centers are a top driver of capital spending.
Over 50 million Americans will face higher utility costs as a result of rate hikes approved in 2025, according to PowerLines.
Hialeah residents face water bills up to 30% higher than the rest of Miami-Dade, prompting the new mayor to launch an urgent review and promise solutions within 120 days.
From immigration detention and gun laws to book bans, marijuana and social media, a wide range of legal battles in Florida remain unsettled as the state heads into 2026.
Past-due balances are becoming a reality for many U.S. households as they struggle to keep up with costlier utility bills.
The North Miami Beach Water Relief Act remains on pause, and it's unclear when residents might finally see lower bills.
President Trump's budget proposal for the 2026 fiscal year would eliminate the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which serves more than six million Americans.
The developments late Friday afternoon added uncertainty to a closely watched case that has involved FPL seeking rate increases that would lead to customers paying billions of dollars in the coming years.
Florida Power & Light is proposing a nearly $10 billion rate hike for electricity over the next four years.
Experts share tips on how to reduce your electricity bill.
One resident was shocked when she opened her latest bill: more than $1,000.
Many South Floridians are discovering that adding attic insulation can lower their electric bills.
U.S. energy infrastructure has proven to be problematic as-is, and threats to its reliability are growing. Experts say there's a solution.
There are ways to save on your electric bill during the hot summer months.
There are ways to save on your electric bill during the hot summer months and Florida Power & Light has a program to help you do that.
An appeals court backed Florida Power & Light's arguments that the state Public Service Commission has authority to determine whether the utility met obligations to help prevent power outages during Hurricane Irma.
Top Florida utility officials said Tuesday increased intensity and unpredictability of hurricanes is making storm preparation more difficult - and expensive.
Broward has to replace two water treatment plants that serve about 250,000 customers and that could mean higher water bills for customers.
Pointing to a "strong interest in obtaining finality," Florida Power & Light on Monday asked the state Supreme Court to speed up consideration of a renewed fight about a 2021 settlement that increased the utility's base electric rates.
The law builds on changes made in the public-school system after the 2018 mass shooting at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
The action reportedly stems from the shootdown of two airplanes belonging to the group Brothers to the Rescue 30 years ago over international waters.
The boat, a 39-foot Sea Ray Cabin motorboat, was anchored at the Haulover sandbar with 13 passengers on board, according to a new report from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).
There were 17 gravesites damaged, headstones knocked over and the names "Trump" and "DeSantis" spray-painted in red
In an interview with "Face the Nation," Gates said another mass exodus from Cuba is the "biggest risk."
The law builds on changes made in the public-school system after the 2018 mass shooting at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
The action reportedly stems from the shootdown of two airplanes belonging to the group Brothers to the Rescue 30 years ago over international waters.
The boat, a 39-foot Sea Ray Cabin motorboat, was anchored at the Haulover sandbar with 13 passengers on board, according to a new report from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).
There were 17 gravesites damaged, headstones knocked over and the names "Trump" and "DeSantis" spray-painted in red
In an interview with "Face the Nation," Gates said another mass exodus from Cuba is the "biggest risk."
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
In an interview with "Face the Nation," Gates said another mass exodus from Cuba is the "biggest risk."
In a move aimed at curbing the growing problem of "teen takeovers," D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro is threatening to bring charges against parents if their teens violate the local curfew.
Sens. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin say their concern is there may be more emergency exit doors than flight attendants in the event of an evacuation.
As Powell steps down after more than eight years leading the Federal Reserve, economists say he helped steer the U.S. through historic shocks but misread inflation.
ICE has released the wife of an active-duty U.S. soldier after a month in detention, her husband told CBS News.
CBS News Miami has confirmed from multiple sources that the Miami Dade State Attorney's office is investigating A3.
State Senator Rosalind Osgood is urging Wasserman Schultz not to run in Florida's 22nd Congressional district.
In an interview on Facing South Florida, Wasserman Schultz said the Governor's efforts to redraw the maps will almost certainly violate the Fair Districts constitutional amendment voters in Florida passed in 2010.
Several commissioners have raised questions about how the center would be funded in future years.
The center – which was promised to voters back in 2004 – would take mentally ill individuals out of the jail and move them into a place where they can receive comprehensive treatment and support.
A New York native is among 16 American passengers who are quarantining in Nebraska after being on the cruise ship that is at the center of the deadly hantavirus outbreak.
The head of the World Health Organization says "our work is not over" to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness.
An American on the repatriation flight began showing symptoms of hantavirus and another "tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus," the Department of Health and Human Services says.
More than 100 people from a cruise ship dealing with an outbreak of the rare and deadly hantavirus are set to be disembarked.
In 2002, Zermeño found out he contracted hantavirus after cleaning the family house following the death of his mother and sister. He had been exposed to rodent droppings and became infected.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
The Library of Congress revealed this year's list of 25 recordings to be preserved for future generations on the National Recording Registry.
"The Devil Wears Prada 2" edges out "Mortal Kombat II" at the North American box office this weekend.
A trial in the lawsuit between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni was set to begin later in May.
The performance followed similar shows by Madonna in 2024 and Lady Gaga last year on one of the world's most iconic waterfronts.
Attending this year's Kentucky Derby meant more for thoroughbred expert Mark Toothaker, who suffered a seizure from laughing at a whiffed NFL field goal attempt that led to a lifesaving diagnosis.