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Environmentalists are urging Governor Ron DeSantis to veto a bill they say would impact local plans to transition fully to renewable energy.
Environmentalists are hoping Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoes a proposal that would stop local governments from banning or restricting what fuels utilities can use. They fear it could threaten local clean energy plans.
Zac Cosner, with the environmentalist group, Florida Conservation Voters, says the measure has some problematic language. It bans local governments from taking any action that restricts or has the effect of restricting the fuels utilities can use. Instead, the state would preempt that power Cosner questions what the effect of restricting means.
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Environmentalists are urging Governor Ron DeSantis to veto a bill they say would impact local plans to transition fully to renewable energy.
Environmentalists are hoping Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoes a proposal that would stop local governments from banning or restricting what fuels utilities can use. They fear it could threaten local clean energy plans.
Zac Cosner, with the environmentalist group, Florida Conservation Voters, says the measure has some problematic language. It bans local governments from taking any action that restricts or has the effect of restricting the fuels utilities can use. Instead, the state would preempt that power Cosner questions what the effect of restricting means.
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Coalition renews call for utility moratorium as disconnects begin in Florida This is a major brewing crisis, nonprofit member says Thousands of Floridians are in the dark this holiday season⦠as more and more utility companies resume cutoffs.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. â A coalition of Florida nonprofits is renewing pleas for a statewide moratorium on utility disconnects. It comes as providers resume normal operations leaving thousands in the dark.
The Connected in Crisis coalition has sent letters to incoming state House and Senate budget leaders. They re pushing for the moratorium, as well as debt relief and fee waivers.