[hawk55732]

Originally Posted by sinatras

Clearly there's a problem with power infrastructure in Florida, as I have been saying.

Or, there is a power infrastructure in certain areas of FL.

[FL_Expert]

Originally Posted by djsuperfly

No, because sewer services are typically owned by the city or county. Power is typically a private monopoly. They'll find a way to raise your rates, though.

Originally Posted by kyle19125

No, it's equipment owned by the power company which has no overlap with property taxes as a for-profit company. Sewer services are a municipal function so as such costs are recovered through municipal bonds, property taxes and water rates.

Thanks!

[FL_Expert]

For what it’s worth, when I lived in South Tampa I do recall the power going out a few times per year. It’s not as bad as what the OP has experienced, but worse than where I’m at now. I have TECO now, with buried lines, and I’ve lost power once in 4 years and didn’t lose it with Hurricane Ian.

The problem is the above ground lines in older neighborhoods like South Tampa. And it’s a relatively insignificant problem. If the power goes out briefly 3x per year, that’s not a significant enough problem to where it should be a determining factor in where you live.

[sinatras]

Originally Posted by FL_Expert

For what it’s worth, when I lived in South Tampa I do recall the power going out a few times per year. It’s not as bad as what the OP has experienced, but worse than where I’m at now. I have TECO now, with buried lines, and I’ve lost power once in 4 years and didn’t lose it with Hurricane Ian.

The problem is the above ground lines in older neighborhoods like South Tampa. And it’s a relatively insignificant problem. If the power goes out briefly 3x per year, that’s not a significant enough problem to where it should be a determining factor in where you live.

It's only a "relatively insignificant problem" if it doesn't affect YOU. There are gazillions of people with above ground lines across the country (the majority of America); yet Florida leads the nation in outages.

When you lose power 6-8 times a year, each time for 4 to 10 hours, that's actually a significant problem.

Shall I even mention how long I was without power during Irma and Ian, which in South Tampa were not even hurricane-strength? The winds were less than 70mph.

8 days of no power after Irma
6 days of no power after Ian

Gotta love all the people spending $2 million to $10 million on new build homes in the City of Tampa, only to have power outages every two months, as if they lived in a third world country. But to their credit, the builders, who know how frequently the power infrastructure fails in Tampa, are adding generators left and right. Permanent generators used to be rare. Now in Tampa they are ubiquitous.

I will not be spending thousands of dollars on a generator to generate reliable electricity, something that I already pay TECO to do.

[sinatras]

Originally Posted by hawk55732

Or, there is a power infrastructure in certain areas of FL.

Same thing............

To all the would-be Floridians who have sent messages of gratitude for this info, you are welcome! I wish I would have known about the decrepit power infrastructure in Tampa; I would have bought property elsewhere!

[OptimusPrime69]

I've lived in Miami-dade, Broward, Palm Beach, and Pinellas county and have never had an issue with frequent power outages. Lived in FL for over 20 years.... only during hurricanes has the power gone out for me. The OP acts like his individual experience in one small part of Tampa defines the entire state. It doesn't.

[sinatras]

Originally Posted by OptimusPrime69

I've lived in Miami-dade, Broward, Palm Beach, and Pinellas county and have never had an issue with frequent power outages. Lived in FL for over 20 years.... only during hurricanes has the power gone out for me. The OP acts like his individual experience in one small part of Tampa defines the entire state. It doesn't.

Actually it does, since according to the DOE, Florida leads the nation in power outages.

As I already said, I own a house in Miami-Dade and my power never goes out there (last time was for Irma).

Yet for others who have posted in this thread, they live in Miami and have frequent outages too.

[hawk55732]

Originally Posted by sinatras

Same thing............

To all the would-be Floridians who have sent messages of gratitude for this info, you are welcome! I wish I would have known about the decrepit power infrastructure in Tampa; I would have bought property elsewhere!

Then every state has a power infrastructure issue as every state will have a place that loses power at some point. Why single out FL then?

[sinatras]

Originally Posted by hawk55732

Then every state has a power infrastructure issue as every state will have a place that loses power at some point. Why single out FL then?

I invite you to come and live in Tampa and lose power 6-8 times a year for 10 hours each time. Come on over!!!!!!!! Not to mention all the times the power goes off and on momentarily, the lights flicker, etc.

Come on over! Help me clean the melted freezer!

[hawk55732]

Originally Posted by sinatras

I invite you to come and live in Tampa and lose power 6-8 times a year for 10 hours each time. Come on over!!!!!!!! Not to mention all the times the power goes off and on momentarily, the lights flicker, etc.

Come on over! Help me clean the melted freezer!

I live just north of you in fl. I am not saying that you dont lose power. However, you are trying to claim that all of Fl has an issue. It doesnt. It sucks it happens in Tampa but dont try to make it sound like its the whole state when it isnt.