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Florida Power and Light customers will see their bills increase by about 71 cents per month for the next year. The company got the go ahead from a unanimous Public Service Commission today to purchase power from an expanded Waste to Energy plant in Palm Beach County. The Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County will construct and operate the waste-to-energy (WTE) facility that will add electrical generating capacity to power about 21,000 homes through the combustion of municipal solid waste.  No one appeared to oppose the plant and FP&L declined comment after the vote, but PSC Commissioners praised the deal.

“This project will increase, by 38%, FPL’s renewable portfolio and provide, what’s listed in the information, about 575 thousand megawatt hours or renewable energy” says PSC Commissioner Eduardo Balbis.

FP&L customers will see the first renewable energy from the plant in 2015.