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Newsdata · Miami-Dade·June 17, 2026Miami-Dade County

Florida's GOP AGs used to intervene in utility rate cases, but no longer

As electricity cost increases outpace other measures of inflation, attorneys general around the country have intervened to stop what they consider exorbitant rate hikes: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes stepped in after Arizona Public Services asked to raise rates by more than 14% last fall. In Michigan, Attorney General Dana Nessel filed testimony in March to [...]

As electricity cost increases outpace other measures of inflation, attorneys general around the country have intervened to stop what they consider exorbitant rate hikes:

But after Florida Power & Light hit its 12 million customers with a nearly $7 billion rate hike last year, Florida Attorney General James Uthemier made no such move. Neither had his predecessor, now-U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody, when rates from Florida’s four investor-owned utilities (IOUs) soared during her six years in office.

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