Florida utility to refund $5M to customers over nuclear plant outages

(The Center Square) — The Florida Public Service Commission approved a settlement Tuesday that will allow Florida Power & Light to provide its customers with a reimbursement.

FPL will reimburse its customers $5 million after they were charged "replacement" power costs when the Turkey Point and St. Lucie nuclear plants experienced outages between 2020 and 2022.

Permit spawning season closure inside the Special Permit Zone starts April 1

The spawning season closure for permit inside the Special Permit Zone in south Florida starts April 1. This closure includes all state and federal waters south of Cape Sable on the Gulf coast, and south of Cape Florida on the Atlantic coast including all of the Florida Keys and Biscayne Bay south of Rickenbacker Causeway. 

Permit will reopen inside the Special Permit Zone on Aug. 1. 

Moody demands answers on criminal Venezuelans in U.S.

(The Center Square) – Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is demanding answers from the Biden administration about how many criminal Venezuelans are being released into the U.S. and how many are being detained and deported.

Moody sent a Freedom of Information request to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security demanding answers after she said crimes are increasingly being committed against Americans by violent Venezuelan Tren de Aragua prison gang members reportedly being released into the U.S. by the Biden administration.