Comments on: Gulf Power Bills Headed Up

By: Mr. Reality

Mr. Reality — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 09:09:45 +0000

Here’s the big questions. LOOK ON YOUR BILL UNDER THE FUEL SOURCES. Gulp is using 24.6% coal, 22% gas…and are yall ready for this…53% purchased power from other companies…Guess who those companies are…Sister companies under the Southern Company, exp Alabama Power. How is it Alabama Power can make enough power to sell some to Gulp Power but Gulp can’t make enough power to supply 400,000 customers. Heck after all these years of rate increases for infrastructure one would think Gulp would be able to produce enough power to sell some to AP, but then again maybe this is all by design. I wonder what rate GP pays AP for the power GP then turns around and sells us? Hummmmm…That little $10 increase they just passed across an average of 400,000 customers just generated Gulp almost $50,000,000 over the next year (and this is a low number)…In 10 years that will be $500,000,000…I wonder if they will build a plant with that that runs on natural gas since they could just pump it out of the gulf 20 miles down the road. Pretty simple idea but then again it’s easier to just keep the $ and buy power from your sister companies, wink wink…

By: JimmyR

JimmyR — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 08:38:52 +0000

Going green is as practical as people sprouting wings and learning to fly! Coal allows for the electricity in our region to power everything, including the computer to comment on this news article and the “green” hybrid electric car (fyi, it takes more energy to charge a battery-operated car than to operate a traditional gasoline combustible engine the same usage.) And the plastics that are in practically everything these days, including the insulation in “green homes” and the computers/smartphones owned by “green supporters” who use these products to post comments to this news article are derivatives of fossil fuels. The impractical idea of “Green” is like taking a never-ending trip on LSD.

By: Glad to be Green

Glad to be Green — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 06:28:53 +0000

I commend Gulf Power for building a methane capture facility here in Esc. Co. It’s a small part, but we need to find a way to escape the dirty status quo. Burning coal for electricity isn’t sustainable. We’d feel pretty silly complaining about the power bill when the air outside isn’t fit to breathe!

Burning coal releases sulfur dioxide, which causes acid rain and sick wildlife in our lakes and bayous, y’all. It’s a GOOD thing that the EPA taxes coal’s use as a fuel. The tax is a disincentive against unencumbered use of coal as a main power supply.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 20:06:43 +0000

For those who question what Obama has to do with our power rates, do a Google search for “Obama and coal”. He promised when he ran in ‘08 to make coal so expensive that it would bankrupt any company trying to build a coal powered plant. Ever see the coal barges docked at the Crist Steam Plant? Guess what generates the power GP sells you? Now that he is President he has the EPA impose mandates restricting the use of coal and making it more expensive to burn by imposing emission requirements on coal plants.

You don’t see the impact of his policies on the price of gasoline either, but they are there. By preventing drilling on Fed. lands and the frozen Alaskan tundra he reduces the supply of domestic oil and gas. He can’t repeal the law of supply and demand: Supply goes down, then price goes up. The EPA also makes it impossible to build gasoline refineries. None have been built in decades in the U.S. Shut one down for maintenance and the supply of gas goes down and the price goes up. Again, hidden in the price at the pump but it affects the price never the less.

By: jeeperman

jeeperman — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 19:11:20 +0000

State of Florida guaranteed profit monopoly, plain and simple.
Only recourse is to go off-grid.

By: Bill C

Bill C — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 19:04:24 +0000

Umm,my bill already has a fuel surcharge on it,and has for years..Why doesn’t the current gubmint administration embargo foreign oil again as we did in the 70s,and 80s,and watch the oil prices plummet due to lack of overflow oil storage space overseas,loss of quarterly profits,and we start using our own oil instead?? The infrastructure is already there,the refineries are already there,the transporation is already there,the oil supplies here are vast,and plentiful(the entire Gulf of Mexico is one huge oil,and natural gas field,the entire Gulf Coast has oil,and natural gas everywhere,the northern border states are loaded with oil,natural gas as are most of the lower 48 states,and then there is Alaska which is full of oil…Gulf Powers profit margins are huge,they may not be the best as far as uninterrupted power,or surge controls,but they are pretty quick in emergencies(when compared to other municipalities,and other electrical companies/co ops,etc. that I have resided in)…If we all don’t force the gubmint to listen,and act in our behalf now then we will all be to blame later when we cannot afford to drive to work,power our homes,or heat our pre processed foods…

By: Billy D

Billy D — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 16:54:06 +0000

sooooo, I spent the time and money to make my house more efficient so I don’t use as much power AND save a little cash at the end of the month. In response since they aren’t making as much money off of myself and others who have chosen to do the same, Gulf Power increases rates to compensate for the loss of revenue. Great, the circle of greed continues. I bet the rank and file at Southern Company got their big bonuses again this year while the rest of us are “left in the dark”

By: Jeff Rogers

Jeff Rogers — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 14:05:24 +0000

Freaka Candy – please email me at g2gppa@southernco.com so we look at getting that tree trimmed that is affecting your transformer. I’ll ask a rep with our Forestry Services department to come by and take a look.

Jeff
Gulf Power Company

By: MB

MB — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 13:55:38 +0000

Why do they keep raising rates when they can’t even keep their power surges under control?? I have lived in many places and have never seen so many power surges in my house than here.

By: David

David — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 13:38:16 +0000

Bubba ray, it is worse than a thermostat issue. Many elderly don’t have and cant afford the luxury of a unit that runs off a thermostat. They heat their home with bottled gas by lighting a burner on the stove to take the chill out. Yes , many still in this day don’t even have a free standing heater…they are the poor elderly who society don’t really want to see or hear from. But, your comments are right on Bubba.