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Utilities regulation: ethical issues create turmoil at the Florida Public Service Commission

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 14 2009

Questions regarding contacts between Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) staff members and representatives of regulated utilities have created a chaotic situation for the regulatory agency

Legislature: October special session unlikely

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 14 2009

Senate President Atwater has announced that a special session of the Legislature to address the new Seminole Tribe gaming compact in October 2009 is "highly unlikely"

Senate President Jeff Atwater orders study of offshore drilling

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 16 2009

Stating that Floridians "deserve a thoughtful and deliberative conversation free of rancor or hyperbole," Senate President Jeff Atwater (R-North Palm Beach) on November 9, 2009 ordered the Senate Environmental Preservation and Conservation Committee to conduct a "detailed and comprehensive review of the implications of offshore drilling."

State leaders question BP Plc's claims process as tar balls reach as far east as Panama City Beach

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 21 2010

Although beaches have not yet been closed to visitors, as of June 20, 2010, observers had found tar balls, presumably from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, along Florida Panhandle beaches from the state line east to Panama City Beach

Gulf of Mexico oil spill may prompt special legislative session, constitutional ban on offshore drilling

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 10 2010

While oil from the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig has yet to reach Florida's shores, the disaster has already caused political leaders to consider a special legislative session

Legislature: legislative leaders express doubts about the July special legislative session on offshore drilling but plan for another special session later in the year

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 19 2010

A special session of the Florida Legislature is scheduled to begin on July 20, 2010

Gov. Crist appoints Rep. Ronald Brisé and Jacksonville council member Arthur Graham to the Public Service Commission

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 19 2010

On July 15, 2010, Gov Crist appointed two African-Americans to fill vacancies on the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC

Utility regulation: Public Service Commission Nominating Council rejects two sitting commissioners

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 6 2010

On June 30, 2010, the Florida Public Service Commission Nominating Council voted to interview 18 applicants for two vacancies on the Public Service Commission (PSC

Oil spill: special legislative session on offshore drilling called for July 20 23, 2010

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 12 2010

On July 8, 2010, Governor Charlie Crist issued a proclamation calling the Florida Legislature into a special session from 12:00 pm on Tuesday, July 20 through 5:00 pm on Friday, July 23

Oil Spill: Legislative opinion divided on Governor Charlie Crist's plans for a special session

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 17 2010

During the May 11, 2010, meeting of the governor and cabinet, Gov Crist announced that he would call the Legislature into a special session, probably during the week of May 24, in response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill