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Sierra Club of Florida applauds FPL plan to buy coal-fired plant

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It’s a little like dogs and cats living together – Florida’s largest electric utility and environmentalists on the same side of an issue. But here it is. Sierra Club of Florida is applauding a move by Florida Power and Light asking the state for permission to buy a Jacksonville coal-fired power plant with the intent of shutting it down. On Friday, FPL petitioned the Florida Public Service Commission for state approval to acquire the Cedar Bay Generating Plant, where utility…

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FPL files to purchase Jax power plant, could save customers $70M

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Florida’s largest electric utility is asking the state for permission to buy a coal-fired power plant that it had been purchasing electricity from for 17 years. Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) petitioned the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) today for approval to acquire the power plant that since 1988 has contracted with to purchase power. Cedar Bay Generating Plant is a 250-megawatt coal-fired facility located in Jacksonville. If approved, FPL will end the contract, reducing the plant’s operations by 90…

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