
BREAKING: Florida Supreme Court: Nuclear Taxes on Utility Bill Are Constitutional
Submitted by Kevin Derby on May 2, 2013 - 11:41am
In a unanimous, unsigned opinion published Thursday, the Florida Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of a controversial Florida law that grants thestate Public Service Commission (PSC) the power to authorize energy companies to "recover" the costs of their nuclear power plant construction through utility bill tax hikes.
The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) had argued the law was an unconstitutional delegation by the Legislature of its powers to an administrative body.
More to come . . .
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