Comments on: Customer Hearings Planned In Gulf Power Rate Increase Case

By: Bo Peep

Bo Peep — Sat, 31 Dec 2016 23:33:16 +0000

1) If you see that white plume coming out of the new stack at the Crist plant, they are burning coal, not natural gas. They probably burn coal about 98% of the time when the plant is running.

2) The Crist plant complies with all current EPA rules. I would guess it will run, >50% on coal, for at least another 10 years.

3) The amount of time from starting the permitting process to generating electricity for a nuclear power plant is probably 10-15 years. I am highly doubtful GPC is going to build a Nuclear Power Plant.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Thu, 29 Dec 2016 21:29:25 +0000

@David Huie Green

“Do you think Gulf Power is raising the rate because they thought they were having to shut the coal plant down in three years? Now they do not?”

No, they say they want it to improve reliability and safety for linemen.

AND
“Do you know the practicality of getting a nuclear power plant going to serve our needs in this area right away?”

Low, too much opposition.
Other than than that, about 5 years actual construction time is common.

David for safe, reliable power

By: Charlie Mike

Charlie Mike — Thu, 29 Dec 2016 03:11:06 +0000

Lear jets are expensive.

By: jeeperman

jeeperman — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 18:23:48 +0000

The local GP power generation plant, (Crist) has been running on natural gas since the price of it went down with the advent of fracking.

By: Bob C.

Bob C. — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 13:25:27 +0000

I have heard that because of regulations on use of coal to produce electricity that the local electric plant for Gulf Power is now run mostly by Natural Gas.

Also heard that there is great interest among the electrical generating crowd to buy up and have control over the Natural Gas companies and fields to assure they have access and can set prices to charge the consumers.

There’s nothing much better in business than being able to produce your own major consumable item (Natural Gas) to convert it to a needed product (Electricity) and pass the cost plus profit along to the consumers (Us and Walmart)..

By: Retired

Retired — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 08:00:20 +0000

@David Huie Green
Love what you had to say
in a way..if we want to argue..too much oxygen can be harmful.. or too much water
I agree
but back to the original article.
Do you think Gulf Power is raising the rate because they thought they were having to shut the coal plant down in three years? Now they do not?
Do you know the practicality of getting a nuclear power plant going to serve our needs in this area right away?

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 04:47:45 +0000

CONSIDERING:
*”I wonder if a reduction in CO2, which by the way is not a pollutant, was impossible in the process of burning coal or natural gas and was causing them to scramble to meet our energy demand.”*

If you didn’t rid yourself of the carbon dioxide you produce, you would die.
If the carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere reached high enough levels, you would die.
Therefor, carbon dioxide is a pollutant.

The question is just one of: How much is too much?

A way to not worry about the answer to that question is to produce vitally needed energy without producing carbon dioxide.

We can replace our fossil fuel burning power plants with nuclear power.
We can replace our fossil fuel burning power plants with geothermal power.
We can replace our fossil fuel burning power plants with wind power.
We can replace our fossil fuel burning power plants with solar power.

Nuclear is the most compact and reliable source, day and night. There are liquid metal pyrometallurgical designs which will “burn” existing fissionable and fissile supplies to meet our current demand more than a thousand years, even without mining another ton of ore. It would leave no long-term nuclear waste and would use up what is currently called waste.

They just need competent people at the controls, in the construction and in the designing. Even failing that, so far the harm has been less than that caused by the use of coal. (And it stands to reason we can improve on 1950s designs using improved knowledge.)

David for safe nuclear

By: Fr÷da

Fr÷da — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 02:36:32 +0000

I can’t wait to see how walmart plays into this.

By: Nod

Nod — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 22:46:40 +0000

Gulf power will use this increase for the good of the community

By: anne 1of2

anne 1of2 — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 21:19:52 +0000

Bob C, you read that Nov 3rd in this very newspaper. Now they want millions more. They will do you a huge favor by coming into your home and telling you to insulate the dog food bowl too! Gulf Power needs to be broken up into smaller sections so they can handle their money in smaller portions by different accountants. Maybe we can keep moving to where the rates are lowest. This means renting instead of owning,lol.