Just like keeping your house cool in the summer can cost you more, staying warm by turning on the heat can cause your electric bill to rise too.

Most electric company customers in Central Florida are serviced by Florida Power and Light, OUC or Duke Energy.

A Melbourne family has been stuck with a $12,000 electric bill after their power company discovered someone had tampered with their meter limiting how much usage was being reported.

The nation’s largest public utility is moving ahead with a plan for a new natural gas plant in Tennessee despite warnings that its environmental review of the project doesn’t comply with federal law.

What are the chances the next time we have a storm your power will stay on?

Florida Power and Light is calling for a 10% rate hike for Florida customers to help offset costs from two hurricanes and increased natural gas prices.

Florida Power and Light crews and trucks were pre-deployed this week, many of them staging at the Daytona International Speedway.

A controversial bill that would let utility companies limit how much solar customers could sell their excess energy back for has been vetoed.

Some Duke Energy customers said they got a big shock when they opened their most recent electric bill – a new charge that requires them to spend a specific amount of money with the utility company per month.

Manatees are starving and dying in record numbers in Florida, particular in the Indian River Lagoon where there is a massive loss of seagrass.

More than 30,000 Floridians sought emergency medical care during the past five years for heat-related illnesses, according to the CDC.

With natural gas costing more than expected, Florida Power & Light customers will see increases in their monthly bills starting in May.

One death in Florida was linked to the storm, along with some scattered flooding and forecasters said the tropical storm was on a path offshore of South Carolina that would eventually take it further out to sea. That came amid a combination of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico being carried up by a cold front that had pushed Eta across Florida earlier. Earlier Thursday, Eta was in the Gulf of Mexico when it slogged ashore near Cedar Key, Florida. Before that first brush with Florida, Eta first hit Nicaragua as a Category 4 hurricane and killed at least 120 people in Central America and Mexico, with scores more missing. A 29th named system, Tropical Storm Theta, was centered late Thursday about 440 miles (705 kilometers) south of the Azores and moving east.

WINTER GARDEN, Fla. – For the fourth time this year, Duke Energy sent crews to the Gulf Coast this time to help residents during Hurricane Delta. Robert Thompson is one of the linemen with Duke Energy and left Friday morning. He had just gotten back from the panhandle a couple of weeks ago after Hurricane Sally left thousands without power. Spokesperson with Duke Energy said the company is actually sending 165 crews from all over the state to Louisiana. Florida Power and Light also sent dozens of crews to the Gulf Coast on Thursday.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. As Hurricane Isaias approaches the Florida coast, hundreds of power crews are already in position and ready to respond in case of power outages. [RELATED: LIVE TRACK: Forecast cone, computer models, updates as Hurricane Isaias approaches Florida]Our restoration work force is 10,000 men and women who are working on this restoration effort, said Marie Bertot, of Florida Power and Light. Crews gathered Saturday morning at the Daytona International Speedway, linemen and women came from states like Kentucky and Texas to help Floridians. And because of the pandemic, Berto says crews are prepared with supplies to keep them safe from COVID-19. To keep up with the latest news on the pandemic, subscribe to News 6s coronavirus newsletter and go to ClickOrlando.com/coronavirus.