Although FPL has known for decades that the plant’s canals were leaking saltwater into the Biscayne Aquifer, Miami’s largest source of drinking water, the company just won the right to charge customers to “recover” costs associated with cleaning up the plume. CLICK ON THE HEADLINE FOR MORE

The 4-1 decision by the Florida PSC came after months of hearings in which FPL urged regulators to let them charge customers for costs of the postponed project to build two new nuclear reactors at their Turkey Point facility in south Miami-Dade County. CLICK ON THE HEADLINE FOR MORE