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Friday, August 8, 2008

Skyrocketing utility costs hit public universities, Tallahassee Democrat

By Angeline J. Taylor
August 6, 2008

Florida’s public universities have another financial hurdle to scale for the 2008-2009 school year -- skyrocketing utility costs.

Costs have escalated as much as 20-percent for the 2008-2009 fiscal year creating utility bills of $13.2 million for Florida A&M University, $51 million for Florida State University and a staggering $62.8 million for the University of Florida.

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