Jose Javier Rodríguez, a Democratic candidate for Florida attorney general, held a Miami news conference Thursday to protest Florida Power & Light’s proposed rate hike — one of the largest in U.S. history.
“Tallahassee gives FPL whatever they want. FPL gets a blank check whenever they ask, and now they want even higher guaranteed profits and massive cost increases,” said Rodríguez.
Miami residents said skyrocketing utility bills are already putting a major dent in family budgets and are hurting small businesses…