News & Media
News and media coverage on Duke Energy and the growing push for change in St. Petersburg. These stories show what residents are dealing with and why public power is on the table.
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Duke Energy boosts capex to $87 billion and sells Florida unit stake to provide funds - Reuters (8/5/2025)
For $1B Clearwater estimate, Duke Energy hired firm favored by utilities - Tampa Bay Times (6/12/25)
Florida bill to slash utility profits dies after Duke Energy, FPL lobbying - Tampa Bay Times (5/5/25)
Florida utilities lobbying hard to kill bill curbing profits, lawmaker says- Tampa Bay Times (3/14/25)
Residents on St. Pete Beach receive energy bills for homes destroyed by storms - ABC Action News (2/5/25)
Duke Energy files to recover $1.1 bln in hurricane costs - Reuters (12/27/24)
‘Nobody came’: Tampa Bay seniors go days without power after Milton - Tampa Bay Times (10/12/24)
'It's very frustrating': Power still out for most of St. Pete Marina - 10 Tampa Bay (10/4/24)
Mayor Welch praises Duke Energy with proclamation. It’s drawing criticism. - Tampa Bay Times (7/11/24)
How close is St. Petersburg to its clean energy promise? It doesn’t know. - Tampa Bay Times (6/11/24)
Fisherman was fatally electrocuted while casting line at Florida pond, lawsuit says- Miami Herald (5/9/24)
Florida doesn’t need New York billionaires messing with its utilities(Opinion) - Tampa Bay Times (6/8/21)
Duke Energy Florida retains its last place lock on customer satisfaction - Tampa Bay Times (1/14/16)
PAC accuses Rick Scott of letting Duke Energy fleece customers - PolitiFact (8/13/14)
Ten years of fast-rising electric rates reveal Duke Energy Florida is not competitive - Tampa Bay Times (1/15/13)
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Duke Energy adopted new billing software in 2022. It made more than 100,000 mistakes - WCPO Cincinnati (2024)
Amid corruption scandal, energy money continues to flow to state lawmakers - Ohio Capital Journal (2021)
HB 6 updates: Emails reveal what Ohio utility execs thought about money-losing coal plants - Ohio Capital Journal (2024)
A North Carolina town is suing utility Duke Energy over climate change - NPR (2024)
Wealthy Carolina Town Worries There’s Danger Lurking Under Its Lawns - Wall Street Journal (2024)
Cancer survivor sues Duke Energy over coal ash handling - WCNC Charlotte (2024)
Utility CEO’s take home giant salaries, even as companies fumble transition to sustainable energy - NC Newsline (2023)
Duke Energy is one of the top leakers of a gas that is 25,000 times more polluting than carbon dioxide, EPA records show - NBC News (2022)
Duke Energy’s Epic Fails: $11.6 Billion in Scrapped Projects Since 2013- EWG (2020)
Analysis of executive compensation and incentives of the largest U.S. investor-owned utilities - Energy & Policy Institute (2020)
The South pays dearly for nuclear industry's failed 'renaissance'- Facing South (2019)
Norway’s Wealth Fund Dumps Duke Energy on Environmental Risk- Bloomberg (2016)
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For $1B Clearwater estimate, Duke Energy hired firm favored by utilities - Tampa Bay Times (6/12/25)
Florida bill to slash utility profits dies after Duke Energy, FPL lobbying - Tampa Bay Times (5/5/25)
Florida utilities lobbying hard to kill bill curbing profits, lawmaker says - Tampa Bay Times (3/14/25)
Residents on St. Pete Beach receive energy bills for homes destroyed by storms - ABC Action News (2/5/25)
Duke Energy files to recover $1.1 bln in hurricane costs - Reuters (12/27/24)
‘Nobody came’: Tampa Bay seniors go days without power after Milton - Tampa Bay Times (10/12/24)
'It's very frustrating': Power still out for most of St. Pete Marina - 10 Tampa Bay (10/4/24)
Mayor Welch praises Duke Energy with proclamation. It’s drawing criticism. - Tampa Bay Times (7/11/24)
How close is St. Petersburg to its clean energy promise? It doesn’t know. - Tampa Bay Times (6/11/24)
Fisherman was fatally electrocuted while casting line at Florida pond, lawsuit says - Miami Herald (5/9/24)
Florida doesn’t need New York billionaires messing with its utilities (Opinion) - Tampa Bay Times (6/8/21)
Duke Energy Florida retains its last place lock on customer satisfaction - Tampa Bay Times (1/14/16)
PAC accuses Rick Scott of letting Duke Energy fleece customers - PolitiFact (8/13/14)
Ten years of fast-rising electric rates reveal Duke Energy Florida is not competitive - Tampa Bay Times (1/15/13)
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Duke Energy adopted new billing software in 2022. It made more than 100,000 mistakes - WCPO Cincinnati (2024)
Amid corruption scandal, energy money continues to flow to state lawmakers - Ohio Capital Journal (2021)
HB 6 updates: Emails reveal what Ohio utility execs thought about money-losing coal plants - Ohio Capital Journal (2024)
A North Carolina town is suing utility Duke Energy over climate change - NPR (2024)
Wealthy Carolina Town Worries There’s Danger Lurking Under Its Lawns - Wall Street Journal (2024)
Cancer survivor sues Duke Energy over coal ash handling - WCNC Charlotte (2024)
Utility CEO’s take home giant salaries, even as companies fumble transition to sustainable energy - NC Newsline (2023)
Duke Energy is one of the top leakers of a gas that is 25,000 times more polluting than carbon dioxide, EPA records show - NBC News (2022)
Duke Energy’s Epic Fails: $11.6 Billion in Scrapped Projects Since 2013- EWG (2020)
Analysis of executive compensation and incentives of the largest U.S. investor-owned utilities - Energy & Policy Institute (2020)
The South pays dearly for nuclear industry's failed 'renaissance'- Facing South (2019)
Norway’s Wealth Fund Dumps Duke Energy on Environmental Risk- Bloomberg (2016)
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‘Dump Duke’ Wants St. Pete To Get A Public Energy Utility Company - San Pedro Gazette (3/26/25)
‘Dump Duke’ town hall for publicly owned power - Bay News 9 (3/29/25)
City Council member considers a public utility for St. Petersburg’s next power contract - WMNF (3/29/25)
St. Petersburg council member, activists push city to leave Duke Energy - Tampa Bay Times (4/1/25)
Can St. Petersburg Take Control of Its Power Grid? - San Pedro Gazette (5/17/25)
The Dump Duke Energy Campaign- The Ruthless Truth (5/21/25)
Has Duke ‘sold a lie’ to St. Petersburg?- St. Pete Catalyst (7/18/25)
City of St. Petersburg takes first step to study dropping Duke Energy - Tampa Bay Times (8/1/25)
St. Petersburg considers dropping Duke Energy amid complaints over high electric bills - 10 Tampa Bay (8/1/25)
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‘Dump Duke’ Wants St. Pete To Get A Public Energy Utility Company - San Pedro Gazette (3/26/25)
‘Dump Duke’ town hall for publicly owned power - Bay News 9 (3/29/25)
City Council member considers a public utility for St. Petersburg’s next power contract - WMNF (3/29/25)
St. Petersburg council member, activists push city to leave Duke Energy - Tampa Bay Times (4/1/25)
Can St. Petersburg Take Control of Its Power Grid? - San Pedro Gazette (5/17/25)
The Dump Duke Energy Campaign - The Ruthless Truth (5/21/25)
Has Duke ‘sold a lie’ to St. Petersburg? - St. Pete Catalyst (7/18/25)
City of St. Petersburg takes first step to study dropping Duke Energy - Tampa Bay Times (8/1/25)
St. Petersburg considers dropping Duke Energy amid complaints over high electric bills - 10 Tampa Bay (8/1/25)
