Comments on: PSC Approves FPL Rate Decrease, But Rates Are Still Up Overall For 2023 http://www.northescambia.com/2023/04/psc-approves-fpl-rate-decrease-but-rates-are-still-up-overall-for-2023 Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:49:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Earl Smith http://www.northescambia.com/2023/04/psc-approves-fpl-rate-decrease-but-rates-are-still-up-overall-for-2023/comment-page-1#comment-513941 Earl Smith Wed, 12 Apr 2023 10:10:07 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=509666#comment-513941 Last year in April I was paying .14 a KWh after taxes and fees. This April the bill was .19 a Kwh. Seems like no big deal until you do the math. Looks like a 26% increase to me. I got a head of this and got solar last July to help lower the bill but wow! When you look at all the increases the consumer had to weather in the last two years it's just crazy. Our economy runs on cheap fuel. When fuel/natural gas goes up everything goes up. Vote better in the next election. Our current leadership is not interested in lowering the cost of fuel or letting us get pump our own. No way around it. Last year in April I was paying .14 a KWh after taxes and fees. This April the bill was .19 a Kwh. Seems like no big deal until you do the math. Looks like a 26% increase to me. I got a head of this and got solar last July to help lower the bill but wow! When you look at all the increases the consumer had to weather in the last two years it’s just crazy. Our economy runs on cheap fuel. When fuel/natural gas goes up everything goes up. Vote better in the next election. Our current leadership is not interested in lowering the cost of fuel or letting us get pump our own. No way around it.

]]> By: Bob http://www.northescambia.com/2023/04/psc-approves-fpl-rate-decrease-but-rates-are-still-up-overall-for-2023/comment-page-1#comment-513620 Bob Thu, 06 Apr 2023 19:17:47 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=509666#comment-513620 @JOHN Prices are going up because of greed, not because our country is moving away from coal. Coal is a horrible power source. It is terrible for the environment, inefficient compared to nuclear, solar, tidal, wind, or hydroelectric. Heck, even petroleum is better. FPL is raising rates because they can. They know that you're going to keep paying no matter what they charge, and all of those inflated profits are going to go straight back to the investors and executives. This isn't new. That's just the way our country works now. @JOHN

Prices are going up because of greed, not because our country is moving away from coal.

Coal is a horrible power source. It is terrible for the environment, inefficient compared to nuclear, solar, tidal, wind, or hydroelectric. Heck, even petroleum is better.

FPL is raising rates because they can. They know that you’re going to keep paying no matter what they charge, and all of those inflated profits are going to go straight back to the investors and executives.

This isn’t new. That’s just the way our country works now.

]]> By: JOHN http://www.northescambia.com/2023/04/psc-approves-fpl-rate-decrease-but-rates-are-still-up-overall-for-2023/comment-page-1#comment-513604 JOHN Thu, 06 Apr 2023 14:00:46 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=509666#comment-513604 Power bills are going to go up. Never ending storms like Ian and Michael which cause the power grid to have to be repaired and rebuilt after each hurricane. Also an administration in DC that is very hostile to natural gas and coal. No excuses, but Money doesn’t grow on trees. It is what it is. Power bills are going to go up. Never ending storms like Ian and Michael which cause the power grid to have to be repaired and rebuilt after each hurricane. Also an administration in DC that is very hostile to natural gas and coal. No excuses, but Money doesn’t grow on trees. It is what it is.

]]> By: P'cola http://www.northescambia.com/2023/04/psc-approves-fpl-rate-decrease-but-rates-are-still-up-overall-for-2023/comment-page-1#comment-513548 P'cola Wed, 05 Apr 2023 15:07:53 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=509666#comment-513548 Rates are down but they are up? What kind of double speak is this? Every time I see FPL bragging about their their "giving back to the community" charities/programs my stomach turns. Rates are down but they are up? What kind of double speak is this? Every time I see FPL bragging about their their “giving back to the community” charities/programs my stomach turns.

]]> By: tg http://www.northescambia.com/2023/04/psc-approves-fpl-rate-decrease-but-rates-are-still-up-overall-for-2023/comment-page-1#comment-513538 tg Wed, 05 Apr 2023 12:37:32 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=509666#comment-513538 They keep moving the cups around with the ball under it more trickery while increasing rates. They keep moving the cups around with the ball under it more trickery while increasing rates.

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