MiamiHerald.com: Economic Impact http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/economics/index.html MiamiHerald.com: Economic Impact http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/economics/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Economic Impact 60 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:42:12 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com Florida 'smart' power gets a jolt with U.S. funds http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/economics/story/1303484.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/economics/story/1303484.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Florida Power & Light is getting $200 million in federal stimulus money to provide more than half its customers with ``smart meters'' over the next two years to help them lower their electric bills, the Obama administration announced Tuesday. Florida to get $200 million for 'smart' power grid http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/economics/story/1302367.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/economics/story/1302367.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:02 EDT Florida is getting $200 million in stimulus money to create a ''smart grid'' for utility customers that should result in lower electric usage, government officials announced Tuesday morning. FPL Group to switch to hybrid, electric vehicles http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/economics/story/1249403.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/economics/story/1249403.html Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:12 EDT FPL Group and Duke Energy said Thursday they plan to begin switching their company cars and trucks to plug-in hybrid vehicles or all-electric vehicles starting Jan. 1 to help cut greenhouse gas emissions. Previous coverage | Latins get aid in global war on emissions http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/economics/story/854871.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/economics/story/854871.html Sun, 06 Apr 2008 03:01 EDT With little fanfare, hundreds of millions of dollars are flowing annually into Latin America, cleaning up city garbage dumps and country animal manure, financing hydroelectric dams and doing away with coal-burning power plants -- thanks to a foreign-aid program that goes by the name of Kyoto. FPL reactor proposal advances http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/economics/story/492423.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/economics/story/492423.html Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:44 EDT State regulators Tuesday approved Florida Power & Light's request to build two new nuclear reactors and opened the door for the utility to start charging customers for the multibillion-dollar investment as early as next year -- even though the reactors won't be finished for a decade. Utility execs: Global warming fix not that pricey http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/economics/story/492433.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/economics/story/492433.html Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:48 EST In a simmering feud among major players in the power industry, eight utility executives, including Lew Hay of FPL Group, have politely but firmly told their own national trade association to fix exaggerations in a study intended to warn Congress about the cost of fighting global warming.