Comments on: Gulf Power Rates Go Up, Alabama Power Down

By: Cindy Rigg

Cindy Rigg — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 22:28:00 +0000

All of this venting is great, but what can we actually do to stop the Gulf Power Monopoly? This company will keep wielding it’s “power” until they get some competition. They have absolutely no reason to give us reasonable prices nor decent customer service. I am sure they are using a sizable amount of their profits to lobby to keep competition out. This company and the politicians who support it are unamerican, and consumers are powerless to do anything about it.

By: Know a little about it

Know a little about it — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 18:15:47 +0000

Well, you can MOSTLY thank Charlie Crist and the Florida PSC for their complicity with the EPA nut-jobs. That $650 million scrubber is way beyond what the people of northwest Florida could afford. The poorer among us could barely afford the power bill before the increases and now we ALL can’t afford it! If you haven’t noticed, it’s gone from 7 cents a KWH in 2007 to 10 cents a KWH in 2010. That’s more like a 30 percent increase in just the last 3 years. Gee, I wish my paycheck rose that much! Charlie should be run out on a rail. He’s shown his commitment to NW Florida and the rest of the state. Don’t vote for that turncoat in ANY race! We can’t afford him!

By: John Holyfield JR.

John Holyfield JR. — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:57:48 +0000

gulf power is a rip off what are we to do? hope for some compettion, or the state to help.power sucks, so does greedy

By: Feeling Powerless

Feeling Powerless — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:58:25 +0000

My husband and I live in Birmingham, AL. Our rates have also more than doubled from month to month from November to February. This “4% decrease” is an absolute joke!! We are all monopolized by the southern company (AL power, GA power, MS power, Gulf power, etc) Yet, I thought monopolies were ILLEGAL in the U.S. The southern company has ABSOLUTELY NO competition in the southeast! Until it has some sense of true competition they will continue to rob from the poor to give bonuses to the rich! If anyone knows of another alternative to Alabama power, I am ALL EARS!!

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:40:50 +0000

My Mother’s has home in Mary Esther, FL. She elderly and lives alone. Her thinking is from the old school. She rarely ever uses the heater, water heater, lights, etc. So much that I complain every time I visit her house that she does not need to live like that.

Well, thanks to Gulf Power she has to now. Her past 3 monthly bills:

Nov: $95 (actual) / $44 (fuel charge)
Dec: $159 (actual) / $77 (fuel charge)
Jan: $289 (actual) / $127 (fuel charge)

None of this makes any sense Gulf Power. This is a single elderly person, the most energy efficient person I know. Who does not turn anything on unless it is absolutely needed. There is no way to justify this to me. How can you double, much less triple someone’s bill (in the past three months) in this manner?

Gulf Power = JOKE, SCAM, RIPOFF

By: Chad

Chad — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:29:23 +0000

My power bill averaged around 170. Then the December bill jumped to right around 400. Just got the January bill and it was 638! I’m in Birmingham, AL in approx. 2100 sf house. We have an all electric heat pump and when temperatures drop below freezing they really don’t work and start relying on back up heating strips that essentially makes it one big space heater. That is why in the Norh you rarely see heat pumps because they don’t work well enough in freezing weather. Now I believe the best route to go is turn off the heat in the rest of the house except the room you’re sleeping in at night. Just get a little space heater. That’s what I’m gonna try. Wish me luck!

By: Meg

Meg — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:30:02 +0000

This is outrageous! Our bill went from $166 for November to $454 for December! This is way more than 1.5% increase! Try 250%!!! The citizens of Pensacola have to get together and stand against this exploitation. My parents live in Cleveland, OH–and have all their lives–and they have never had an electric bill anywhere close to $454–so it isn’t the cold temperatures that is causing this financial blow. Something has to be done. If everyone refused to pay their bill for 1 month, Gulf Power would go bankrupt.

By: niteshift group

niteshift group — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:18:35 +0000

my co-workers & i was talking about the increase. i had told them a week ago my bill jumped from $60 to $174 & i thought i had missed my pymt. then i was ask from a co-worker about my bill & the conversation took off to every employer work about how their bill jumped. 1.5 is not showing on our bills…is that a typo?? the reason we think this is a typo is evry1 bill doubled! we work for a compnay that deals w nothing but numbers (#’s) & i think we all know how to calculate. Gup Power is the only company in SW Florida so they can do whatever they please 7 we can’t do anything about it! TIMES ARE HARD AS IT IS LIVING PAY CHECK TO PAY CHECK FOR THE ONES OF US WHO ARE EMPLOYED!

By: century

century — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:11:05 +0000

My bill went from 285.00 one month then 400.00 plus and this last bill was
507.65 that is a lot money too keep warn so we will put on extra clothes turn the
the heat OFF and go to bed earlier with god help may be it will go down yes with gods help ( MAN ONLY HELPS HIMSELF)

By: C.

C. — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:55:23 +0000

They want to be POWER HOGS!!! The Bible talks about being GREEDY!!!!! My bill went up too and I was floored!!! I guess I will to take up another job or sell a kidney, arm or leg!!!!! I just know that Feburary is going to very dark at my house!