Should Electric Utilities Disclose Salaries?

With Florida's two top electric companies hoping to raise their rates by as much as 31 percent next year, the Public Service Commission is asking them to disclose the salaries of their top executives.

The PSC, in an attempt to determine whether it should allow Florida Power & Light and Progress Energy to raise rates, state that the salary data is essential to "evaluate the appropriateness of the employee compensation to be included in the rate base."

The electric companies disagree.

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Hit & Run Driver in Miami Identified

A hit and run driver who killed Rodolfo Garmendia on the Dolphin Expressway Monday night has been identified. Charles Bible, 69, has not been arrested at this time.

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Virgin & JetBlue Compete for Service to West Coast

Yesterday Virgin America announced plans to offer non stop flights from Fort Lauderdale to San Francisco and Los Angeles for as low as $99 a fare. Today, JetBlue has announced that they, too, will offer non stop service to both locations.

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16 Year Old Struck By SUV Dies

A Delray Beach girl who was struck by an SUV while riding her bike yesterday has died in the hospital. Read More.

Mother and Baby Whale Die on Hollywood Beach

A baby beaked whale was euthanized Monday after its mother beached herself and died on Hollywood Beach.

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South Florida Homeowners Underwater

Almost half of South Florida homeowners owe more than their home is actually worth, according to a second quarter report released today by Zillow.com.

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Former Hobe Sound Mobile Home Parks Still Vacant

Thursday, the developer of Sunset Ridge, will ask the martin County Local Planning Agency for a change in land-use designation to allow for his project to go forward.

The developer wants to turn what was formerly Bloomfield Meadows Mobile Home Park into condominiums.

Between 2005 and 2007 an estimated 1200 Treasure Coast mobile home residents were displaced when their mobile home parks were closed so developers could build condos and other projects. Little progress has been made in the development of those projects.

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