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News Tipoffs - Florida Editors Newsletter for Monday April 15, 2024 ( 3 items )  

EPA IG: 'Half the States Did Not Include Climate Adaptation or Related Resilience Efforts in Their Clean Water State Revolving Fund Intended Use Plans'
WASHINGTON, April 14 (TNSrep) -- The Environmental Protection Agency Inspector General issued the following xx-page report (No. 24-P-0031) on April 8, 2024, entitled "Half the States Did Not Include Climate Adaptation or Related Resilience Efforts in Their Clean Water State Revolving Fund Intended Use Plans." Here are excerpts: * * * At A Glance Why We Did This Audit The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General conducted this audit to determine to what extent (1) the  more

Fla. PSC Issues Order Establishing Procedure Involving Duke Energy Florida
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 11 -- The Florida Public Service Commission issued the following order establishing procedure (Docket No. 20240025-EI; Order No. PSC-2024-0092-PCO-EI): * * * In re: Petition for rate increase by Duke Energy Florida, LLC. ORDER ESTABLISHING PROCEDURE I. Case Background Duke Energy Florida, LLC (Duke or Utility) provides electric service to approximately 2 million customers across the state. Duke filed its Petition for Rate Increase (Rate Case Petition), minimum f  more

SBA IG: 'Hurricanes Fiona & Ian - Initial Disaster Assistance & Recovery Response'
WASHINGTON, April 14 (TNSrep) -- The Small Business Administration Inspector General issued the following report (No. 24-13) on April 9, 2024, entitled "Hurricanes Fiona and Ian - Initial Disaster Assistance and Recovery Response." Here are excerpts: * * * EXECUTIVE SUMMARY What OIG Reviewed This report presents the results of our inspection of the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) disaster assistance response to Hurricanes Fiona and Ian. In September 2022, both hurricanes made lan  more