Duke just shafted me again last week. My bill says $178 but I continually get text messages and emails stating my rates have increased. Now it's up to $244 a month which is nearly a car payment. By next summer I'm going to be sitting here in my house sweating my @$$ off! I called to complain and all I got was, "my rates went up too" - I don't know about everyone else but I really don't care about what our customer service reps pay, I care about the shady behavior of my ONLY electric company. Why are they allowed to be monopolies? There's no competition so they just do what they want and gouge the crap out of consumers. We are paying for all of this data center/AI technology these tech giants are shoving down our throats - whether we want to or not.
We have got to get rid of deathsantis and the Republicans in Florida and in the country. There’s no telling how much they took in bribes to let this through.
There was a day when Florida had a true public service commission that protected the people of Florida. Then we’ve had a series of Republican governors who have screwed us in the ass over and over while telling us that we were being kissed.
If you expect any of this to stop, we have to get rid of Republicans and get Progressive in office.
If our blood-red conservative politicians don't do anything more to protect their citizens from these price increases, there may be many, including myself, who will consider leaving the Sunshine State. Also, expect to see fewer votes in the upcoming elections.
So sad, our Government should be ashamed, not only is the president a convicted criminal but the congress is so useless and couldn’t care less about the people who pay their salaries. Unless you’re white and rich you don’t stand a change.
Marxists are quite clear that all natural monopolies should be owned by the people and the State has to stand for them. One of many reasons that China regularly eats American industry for lunch is that the PRC owns all the natural monopolies such as electricity, transportation, communication & telecommunication, and education et al. Most crucially, the State owns the central banks, so China eats financial capitalism for breakfast.
Comment, or perhaps a question. So, any indication this will provide cover for public (or semi-public) utilities like LCEC to tuck into FPL’s wind stream and raise their rates too?
In a state where residential comfort has been facilitated and monetized by air conditioning, this electric rate business amplifies the growing real estate and sales tax burden, and of course property insurance rates & availability.
As I am new to FL, I don't understand why we can't choose our Supplier as I have done in NY and MA. It is a way to save some of the costs. Is it a matter of FPL having total control???
The Office of Public Counsel thinks that and the companion article by Jason Garcia to which I linked explores that in detail. A 10 percent rate of return certainly raises eyebrows for a regulated monopoly. Which, in turn, does elevate the question others have raised regarding the wisdom of Florida's overall strategy of utility management by allowing these monopolies.
Inflation hasn’t gone up that much. Why don’t you do the research? You’ll find that death Santa and the rest of the goddamn Republicans in Florida just fucked you. They didn’t even kiss you first.
Pure greed!! And cronyism! We need to have a people’s voice in the state government..Time to turn off FPL’s monopoly and represent THE PEOPLE
Duke just shafted me again last week. My bill says $178 but I continually get text messages and emails stating my rates have increased. Now it's up to $244 a month which is nearly a car payment. By next summer I'm going to be sitting here in my house sweating my @$$ off! I called to complain and all I got was, "my rates went up too" - I don't know about everyone else but I really don't care about what our customer service reps pay, I care about the shady behavior of my ONLY electric company. Why are they allowed to be monopolies? There's no competition so they just do what they want and gouge the crap out of consumers. We are paying for all of this data center/AI technology these tech giants are shoving down our throats - whether we want to or not.
We have got to get rid of deathsantis and the Republicans in Florida and in the country. There’s no telling how much they took in bribes to let this through.
There was a day when Florida had a true public service commission that protected the people of Florida. Then we’ve had a series of Republican governors who have screwed us in the ass over and over while telling us that we were being kissed.
If you expect any of this to stop, we have to get rid of Republicans and get Progressive in office.
You would think the state owns a piece of FPL, given how generous they are with our money and all. It's terrible that FPL gets away with more greed.
If our blood-red conservative politicians don't do anything more to protect their citizens from these price increases, there may be many, including myself, who will consider leaving the Sunshine State. Also, expect to see fewer votes in the upcoming elections.
So sad, our Government should be ashamed, not only is the president a convicted criminal but the congress is so useless and couldn’t care less about the people who pay their salaries. Unless you’re white and rich you don’t stand a change.
...and DeSatan will probably campaign for the presidency? Not on your life Ronny!
Don't even get me started on his mobster wife thinking about the governorship.
Marxists are quite clear that all natural monopolies should be owned by the people and the State has to stand for them. One of many reasons that China regularly eats American industry for lunch is that the PRC owns all the natural monopolies such as electricity, transportation, communication & telecommunication, and education et al. Most crucially, the State owns the central banks, so China eats financial capitalism for breakfast.
Comment, or perhaps a question. So, any indication this will provide cover for public (or semi-public) utilities like LCEC to tuck into FPL’s wind stream and raise their rates too?
In a state where residential comfort has been facilitated and monetized by air conditioning, this electric rate business amplifies the growing real estate and sales tax burden, and of course property insurance rates & availability.
As I am new to FL, I don't understand why we can't choose our Supplier as I have done in NY and MA. It is a way to save some of the costs. Is it a matter of FPL having total control???
You provided zero facts of the material provided the state regulators. Let alone inflation that has occurred since the last rate case.
For more details--a thorough examination of the facts-- please check out Jason Garcia's accompanying article that I linked to.
And so you thought the merits and the basis for the case were inaccurate? Why?
The Office of Public Counsel thinks that and the companion article by Jason Garcia to which I linked explores that in detail. A 10 percent rate of return certainly raises eyebrows for a regulated monopoly. Which, in turn, does elevate the question others have raised regarding the wisdom of Florida's overall strategy of utility management by allowing these monopolies.
Inflation hasn’t gone up that much. Why don’t you do the research? You’ll find that death Santa and the rest of the goddamn Republicans in Florida just fucked you. They didn’t even kiss you first.