Florida Supreme Court rules against competitive electricity market ballot initiative

Renewable Energy World: This week the Florida Supreme Court ruled that ballot initiative language that would allow electricity consumers to choose their energy and service providers was misleading. The decision means that Florida voters will not have an opportunity in November to vote for a competitive energy market.

The group behind the initiative, Citizens for Energy Choice, has been working for two years to bring retail energy choice to Florida consumers but has faced opposition from incumbent utilities NextEra and Duke Energy Corp.

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