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Florida Power & Light has told state officials that it will put a four-year pause on its construction plans for two proposed nuclear power plants at its troubled Turkey Point site but it wants the state to waive a requirement that it prove the project is still “feasible” in order to charge customers in advance for it.
“The analysis would impose a substantial hardship upon FPL and violate principles of fairness,” FPL wrote in an motion filed April 27 with the Florida Public Service Commission.
This week, the City of Miami, consumer groups, environmental advocates and some of the state’s largest electric power users, urged utility regulators to reject the FPL request for a waiver, saying the company should be required to justify whether it is allowed to continue charging customers for the $20 billion expansion project that may be halted.
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