Comments on: Ouch! Shocking Gulf Power Bills Arriving After Latest Rate Increase http://www.northescambia.com/2008/10/ouch-shocking-gulf-power-bills-arriving-after-latest-rate-increase Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:49:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jeremy http://www.northescambia.com/2008/10/ouch-shocking-gulf-power-bills-arriving-after-latest-rate-increase/comment-page-1#comment-454384 Jeremy Mon, 07 Jun 2021 15:42:42 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=4430#comment-454384 So I received a bill of $2200.00 and of course had to pay it , which they had kept the power on . Well a few months go by and I get my power shut off over a past due bill of $300 in which I was not notified that my paper bill was switched to electronic to an email I don't even know and in which the person I spoke with would not tell me . So gulf power can suck it in my book for letting my power bill get up to over $2000 without shutting my power off but a minor ,petty bill of $300 was just too outrageous . A southern company- = A southern monopoly is more like it . So I received a bill of $2200.00 and of course had to pay it , which they had kept the power on . Well a few months go by and I get my power shut off over a past due bill of $300 in which I was not notified that my paper bill was switched to electronic to an email I don’t even know and in which the person I spoke with would not tell me . So gulf power can suck it in my book for letting my power bill get up to over $2000 without shutting my power off but a minor ,petty bill of $300 was just too outrageous . A southern company- = A southern monopoly is more like it .

]]> By: matt http://www.northescambia.com/2008/10/ouch-shocking-gulf-power-bills-arriving-after-latest-rate-increase/comment-page-1#comment-29654 matt Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:11:18 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=4430#comment-29654 <p>I live in a one bedroom apartment. Just opened my bill in the mail and my bill doubled from the previous month. I could have spit fire. I talked to other tenants and the few I spoke to told me that their bills have doubled, some tripled when compared with last month. This is what happens when corporations get so big that they get a god complex. Way too many of these out there. It's ruthless and entirely wrong but when monopolies take over and all of these crooked politicians in government...can anyone expect better? I'm so sick of working and putting my life on hold so that these people can rape the average american of their hard earned money.</p> I live in a one bedroom apartment. Just opened my bill in the mail and my bill doubled from the previous month. I could have spit fire. I talked to other tenants and the few I spoke to told me that their bills have doubled, some tripled when compared with last month. This is what happens when corporations get so big that they get a god complex. Way too many of these out there. It’s ruthless and entirely wrong but when monopolies take over and all of these crooked politicians in government…can anyone expect better? I’m so sick of working and putting my life on hold so that these people can rape the average american of their hard earned money.

]]> By: jason myers http://www.northescambia.com/2008/10/ouch-shocking-gulf-power-bills-arriving-after-latest-rate-increase/comment-page-1#comment-4744 jason myers Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:18:16 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=4430#comment-4744 these kind of companies are why the economy is messed up, ive never seen my power bill this high in ten years these kind of companies are why the economy is messed up, ive never seen my power bill this high in ten years

]]> By: Dave H. http://www.northescambia.com/2008/10/ouch-shocking-gulf-power-bills-arriving-after-latest-rate-increase/comment-page-1#comment-2945 Dave H. Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:22:11 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=4430#comment-2945 I agree Glen! Last month my wife found an agency that would give us $200 to go towards our bill otherwise we couldn't pay it. We have E.R.E.C. and I swear those folks just stick it to you. I work at UWF, have a disabled wife and two kids. I never thought in my 56 years that power was going to be such a rip-off. If I had the money I would construct solar panels, get a pallet of industrial batteries and sell the excess back to them. My wife had the agency send them a voucher way before the bill would have been late. I saw that it had not been applied so I had her call them and she was told, "We received it but we just haven't entered it yet so we're going to have to charge you an $8 late fee." My wife got a bit upset and we are not going to be charged the fee but can you imagine the gall? Just going deeper and deeper in the hole in Allentown....... I agree Glen! Last month my wife found an agency that would give us $200 to go towards our bill otherwise we couldn’t pay it. We have E.R.E.C. and I swear those folks just stick it to you. I work at UWF, have a disabled wife and two kids. I never thought in my 56 years that power was going to be such a rip-off. If I had the money I would construct solar panels, get a pallet of industrial batteries and sell the excess back to them.
My wife had the agency send them a voucher way before the bill would have been late. I saw that it had not been applied so I had her call them and she was told, “We received it but we just haven’t entered it yet so we’re going to have to charge you an $8 late fee.” My wife got a bit upset and we are not going to be charged the fee but can you imagine the gall?
Just going deeper and deeper in the hole in Allentown…….

]]> By: Glenn Pierce http://www.northescambia.com/2008/10/ouch-shocking-gulf-power-bills-arriving-after-latest-rate-increase/comment-page-1#comment-2802 Glenn Pierce Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:23:28 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=4430#comment-2802 Rip-off is an understatement; drug dealers conduct their business with far more integrity and openness than the executives of Gulf Power and their minions on the Florida Public Service Commission. January 2008, 10% rate increase for consumers in Northwest Florida, September 2008 11.3% rate increase and now after the election Gulf Power will be requesting an additional 9% increase for January 2009. The increase’s are entirely contributed to rising fuel cost which have declined 48.2% during the same period. The Florida Public Service Commission bought it, hook line and sinker! Gulf Power did report 2nd quarter 2008 loss's but according to Marketwatch.com the loss's are primarily contributed to bad investments, more politely referred to as LEVERAGED INVESTMENTS. I include this excerpt from Gulf Power's publicly disclosed records posted on marketwatch.com to support my charge. "Southern Company's second quarter 2008 earnings were $416.4 million ($0.54 per share) compared to $429.2 million ($0.57 per share) for the second quarter 2007. The decrease in the second quarter 2008 when compared to the same period in 2007 was primarily the result of a significant charge related to leveraged lease investments, higher other operations and maintenance expenses, and higher depreciation and amortization. The second quarter 2008 decrease was partially offset by an increase in contributions from market-response rates to large commercial and industrial customers and retail base rate increases at Alabama Power and Georgia Power". I am a redneck in Milton Florida that did not finish high school. I came home from work opened a beer set down on the computer and in 15 minutes figured this out. Rip-off is an understatement; drug dealers conduct their business with far more integrity and openness than the executives of Gulf Power and their minions on the Florida Public Service Commission. January 2008, 10% rate increase for consumers in Northwest Florida, September 2008 11.3% rate increase and now after the election Gulf Power will be requesting an additional 9% increase for January 2009. The increase’s are entirely contributed to rising fuel cost which have declined 48.2% during the same period. The Florida Public Service Commission bought it, hook line and sinker! Gulf Power did report 2nd quarter 2008 loss’s but according to Marketwatch.com the loss’s are primarily contributed to bad investments, more politely referred to as LEVERAGED INVESTMENTS.

I include this excerpt from Gulf Power’s publicly disclosed records posted on marketwatch.com to support my charge.
“Southern Company’s second quarter 2008 earnings were $416.4 million ($0.54 per share) compared to $429.2 million ($0.57 per share) for the second quarter 2007. The decrease in the second quarter 2008 when compared to the same period in 2007 was primarily the result of a significant charge related to leveraged lease investments, higher other operations and maintenance expenses, and higher depreciation and amortization. The second quarter 2008 decrease was partially offset by an increase in contributions from market-response rates to large commercial and industrial customers and retail base rate increases at Alabama Power and Georgia Power”.
I am a redneck in Milton Florida that did not finish high school. I came home from work opened a beer set down on the computer and in 15 minutes figured this out.

]]> By: J Carson http://www.northescambia.com/2008/10/ouch-shocking-gulf-power-bills-arriving-after-latest-rate-increase/comment-page-1#comment-2595 J Carson Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:24:13 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=4430#comment-2595 What a ripoff! How is that going to help the economy you greedy people. Fuel costs have gone down so fix your cost. What a ripoff! How is that going to help the economy you greedy people. Fuel costs have gone down so fix your cost.

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