[Trekker99]

Florida residents: "Wow, my electric bills are SO high!"

California residents: "Hold my beer while I open this month's bill!"

[Travelassie]

I didn't have a $500 bill.

Perhaps those so "stunned" by their electric bill ( including the chronic complainers bio****ing about their higher summer bills) ought to look at their usage.

[SanyBelle]

Why didn't you just add on to your existing thread about your electric bill instead of starting a new thread?

[LKJ1988]

Originally Posted by Corrie22

...is that because of your new car...the vette?

Don't see how. All of my Vettes were cheaper than the Stangs and other fast cars i had. I gotta figure how to shop for something else. It never went up much when i got it in 2017 and then started going way up the last 2 years. I had esurance years back that started out cheap and then they really jacked it up, I think all comps do that crap chap.

[carnivalday]

Originally Posted by sinatras

So Tampa residents are not Floridians? Let me fix that for you. They are. And there's nothing wrong with my headline.

Floridians are not exclusively Tampa residents, and you know that. You just have to twist everything around to make things sound worse than they are. My electric bill this month was $20 higher than this same time last year. Yes I live in Florida. No I dont live in Tampa. The population of Florida is 22 million. The population of Tampa is 400,000. So no, a Tampa resident can not speak for Floridians.

[Arcenal813]

Originally Posted by sinatras

The fun in "paradise" never ends!

https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/r...e-higher-bills

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mark...r-verthp-feeds

So TECO recommends setting your thermostat at 78. In Tampa, if I set my thermostat at 78, the AC never kicks on (I have a lot of insulation and the shade from a giant oak tree covering my house; yet my bill is still $300+). Which means if my AC nevers cools or turns on, my house turns into a moldy sweat box. In other words, might as well just turn the AC off.

So the solution to avoid $400 electric bills in Florida is to go without AC? Take heed future-looking-to-move-here Floridians!!!!!! Hope you enjoy sweat and mold!

Thanks TECO!

So your AC never turns on, yet your usage is through the roof, as you showed us in your other thread… So what is sucking up THAT MUCH juice then? Again, as many have told you before, those usage numbers are not normal at all for a home your size, especially if you have the place at 78, and even more so if (as you say) it never cools or turns on.

[sinatras]

Originally Posted by Arcenal813

So your AC never turns on, yet your usage is through the roof, as you showed us in your other thread… So what is sucking up THAT MUCH juice then? Again, as many have told you before, those usage numbers are not normal at all for a home your size, especially if you have the place at 78, and even more so if (as you say) it never cools or turns on.

The bills I posted were NOT MY BILLS. They were my tenants bills.

I do not keep my thermostat at 78.

[b29510]

im up around pensacola and mine runs $105

[beach43ofus]

Originally Posted by sinatras

So Tampa residents are not Floridians? Let me fix that for you. They are. And there's nothing wrong with my headline.

In the Florida forum, topics should pertain to the entire state, not just 1 city. I agree with the others that your post belongs in the Tampa forum.

But, until a mod moves it...

...TECO's playing Robin Hood by overcharging those who are paying their bills, & using the cash to pay for those who are not paying their bills.

How is TECO verifying the financial ability of those who are not paying? What if those peeps are using their money to buy drugs, alcohol, cigs, cable tv, eating out, & lotto tickets?

Who made a utility company the judge of such things, & the enabled them to redistribute wealth? Are they overstepping their charter?

I'd be all over my Reps, & utility oversight commission at the State level, if I lived in Tampa.

Our power bills in Sarasota County are very affordable....no complaints...never exceeds $200 for a 3,000sq ft home w/ 2 occupants.

[sinatras]

Originally Posted by beach43ofus

In the Florida forum, topics should pertain to the entire state, not just 1 city. I agree with the others that your post belongs in the Tampa forum.

But, until a mod moves it...

...TECO's playing Robin Hood by overcharging those who are paying their bills, & using the cash to pay for those who are not paying their bills.

How is TECO verifying the financial ability of those who are not paying? What if those peeps are using their money to buy drugs, alcohol, cigs, cable tv, eating out, & lotto tickets?

Who made a utility company the judge of such things, & the enabled them to redistribute wealth? Are they overstepping their charter?

I'd be all over my Reps, & utility oversight commission at the State level, if I lived in Tampa.

Our power bills in Sarasota County are very affordable....no complaints...never exceeds $200 for a 3,000sq ft home w/ 2 occupants.

It is not accurate that only Tampa residents are seeing outrageous electric bills. Just like it’s not accurate that only Tampa residents are seeing outrageous auto and property insurance bills.