Comments on: Gulf Power Asks For Delay For Customer Storm Restoration Charge

By: Carl

Carl — Sun, 24 Mar 2019 03:08:41 +0000

That is why I am going solar! Protect myself from those increases…

By: MR REALITY

MR REALITY — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 13:32:15 +0000

I love when I tell Gulp Power employees that we the customer own the lines since we paid for them….the FIRST thing they say is “we didnt pay for them, Gulp did”…then I remind them of stuff like this….LOL!!!

By: freddykila-watt

freddykila-watt — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 10:46:37 +0000

GP makes money selling electricity.

If they want to sell electricity, they should be they should bear the brunt of the cost to deliver the product to the customer.

Maybe the money spent on advertising could be spent on repairs instead.

GP wont be spending money moving employees from state to state anymore, and buying their houses, so that money should be available as well.

Are we the customers going to have to pay for the multiple trailer loads of parts that were grossly over-bought for the restoration effort?

By: MR REALITY

MR REALITY — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 19:52:03 +0000

Gulp power should be required to put money in a reserve or have insurance LIKE WE ALL ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE. Gulp is a JOKE. If we pay for the lines then we own them and we DEMAND some other companies come in and use OUR LINES THAT WE PAID FOR AND LOWER THE DAMN RATES!!!!

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 19:57:59 +0000

I think everyone who qualifies has an opportunity to own there power by going solar which helps with any rate increases. Gulf power got bought out by NextEra energy an Gulf power was already in debt. So there is no profits at the moment! They gotta do what they have to in order to keep the lights on!

By: nod

nod — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 19:07:23 +0000

I told everyone back in January to watch out. every time we get q decrease an increase is coming and here is the start of it. moneys should come from their profits not fixed income customers that have no choice where their power comes from. so watch out, every time we have a hurricane you the consumer must pay for it. I heard in a story yesterday that this fee would be in place 5 years. I think it will be permanent with more to follow. thank you golf power.

By: Kane

Kane — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 19:05:34 +0000

Mat frist off were not talking about losing “1 or 2″ power poles here were talking hundreds of man hours, fuel costs to get them there and probably hundreds of power poles and miles of lines that needed to be fixed/replaces the cost im sure was not small.

You are off your rocker if you think losing an enter store let alone two wouldn’t raise prices at the check out.

By: dishearted

dishearted — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 18:38:58 +0000

its just a matter of time before they use the word ( capital improvement ) like other companys are using, instead of fees and other ways to get more money. but government isn’t doing anything about it…enough is enough

By: mat

mat — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 18:22:32 +0000

Kane-
As of last count Walmart had 11,695 stores worldwide.
Home Depot 2200+ store in North America and
Lowes, 2390 stores (as of Feb 2018).

Losing 1 or 2 stores for any of these companies
would not make them raise their prices.

By: Maureen McGuire

Maureen McGuire — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 18:12:43 +0000

Kane on March 19th, 2019 12:25 pm: Thank you. Even the power company employees have to pay their bills, no discounts allowed. And depending on where you live on the Gulf Coast, you may be served by an Electric Co-op, not Gulf Power.