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Hundreds of thousands of Central Floridians remain without power in the wake of Hurricane Ian. The area’s largest power companies report they are continuing to work to restore service, but exact restoration times seem difficult to predict because of Ian’s lingering effects.

OUC customers will be paying more for electricity beginning next month. The municipal utility approved a rate increase that for most customers will amount to about $5 to $15 more a month. It’s the third increase this year and the company is possibly eyeing another come January.

OUC customers will soon be paying more, after a rate increase was approved by commissioners Tuesday.

Advocacy groups are calling on Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer to support new steps by the Biden administration to address the toxic legacy of coal ash.

OUC leaders are meeting Tuesday to discuss a potential rate increase.

Tucked among scattered pine and cypress trees near Orlando, Florida, a 175-foot-tall mountain of coal ash looms as a stark representation of this booming region's reliance on fossil fuels.

The Orlando Utilities Commission is calling for partners in its goal to power all customer homes and businesses with 100% clean energy by midcentury.

The Orlando Utilities Commission says it’s OK for customers to resume normal water use.

The Orlando Utilities Commission is reminding customers to conserve water as an unprecedented surge in the coronavirus causes a shortage of liquid oxygen.

Orlando leaders say the coronavirus surge is causing a shortage of liquid oxygen.