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Customers sound off on proposed utility rate increases as Florida Public Service Commission holds hearings
INVERNESS, Fla. — Florida's Public Service Commission is hearing from customers this week about proposed rate hikes from Duke Energy and Tampa Electric, or TECO. Inside Wednesday’s PSC meeting in Inverness, it was mostly environmentalists speaking out against a proposed rate increase from Duke Energy that would not include a push toward renewable energy sources.
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