[LKJ1988]

Originally Posted by sinatras

Southern California you say? Where millions of residents don't even have AC in their homes? Because the climate is usually dang near perfect? What's the high temp in San Diego today, 70? What's the high in Santa Barbara today? Oh 74! Laguna Beach? 75!

Yeah, I wouldn't mind paying more per kwh there. Since I wouldn't be trying to cool my house from 110+ degree indices and oppressive dewpoints from May to October there..........

Our mind blowing dew points would make most of Cali blush. My A/C makes 15 gals of water a day with a west flow.

[sinatras]

Originally Posted by SanyBelle

Have prices gone up in Maui or Paris?

In Maui my electric bill has not doubled, nope.

And in Paris, the electric bill is pennies, as are most utilities there; not even worth discussing.

[TrophyRanger]

Originally Posted by sinatras

Southern California you say? Where millions of residents don't even have AC in their homes? Because the climate is usually dang near perfect? What's the high temp in San Diego today, 70? What's the high in Santa Barbara today? Oh 74! Laguna Beach? 75!

Yeah, I wouldn't mind paying more per kwh there. Since I wouldn't be trying to cool my house from 110+ degree indices and oppressive dewpoints from May to October there..........

I just checked local temps- while you are correct the beach towns are typically milder (high's in the low 80's today which is fairly typical this time of year) if you go inland a few miles the temperatures jump 10-20 degrees and while most who live on the beach (Laguna, Santa Barbara, San Diego, etc) can likely afford $0.80/kWh, many living inland cannot. That's 6-8x of rates in Florida, it's not trivial.

[double6's]

our electric bill went up over $100 last month with nothing different from the month before..$344 for the month..1800 sq ft house air cond set on 78..same as always..we kept getting notices and newspaper articles saying the price was going up..boy they weren't kidding..

[beach43ofus]

Originally Posted by sinatras

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.

Where did I say TECO only serves Tampa residents?

answer: I didn't

I said, your post should be in the Tampa forum, which serves the Tampa Bay metro area....and not in the Florida forum.

Property insurance is off-topic.

FLA ranks near the U.S. mid-point for overall cost-of-living. Some cost areas are higher, some cost areas are lower.

Millions are flocking to FLA from elsewhere, so they don't seem to care too much about the Tampa Bay area's electric bills. Tampa Bay's growth is the envy of most Northern metro's.

If a Tampa Bay resident's electric bill is too high, they can move into a more energy efficient tiny house, or move away from the area TECO serves entirely...this is the free state of Florida.

[beach43ofus]

Originally Posted by Arcenal813

Find his other recent thread. He posted pictures of his bills. Usage is extremely high. $/kwh is lower than what Duke charges for the same area.

Some people waste enormous amounts of energy, then complain about high bills, & carbon footprints.

[sinatras]

Originally Posted by double6's

our electric bill went up over $100 last month with nothing different from the month before..$344 for the month..1800 sq ft house air cond set on 78..same as always..we kept getting notices and newspaper articles saying the price was going up..boy they weren't kidding..

Yep not surprised. And you aren’t even in Tampa oh boy!

[beach43ofus]

Sine this is the Florida forum, let's focus upon electric bills statewide...


...the link below says Florida's electric bills rank aong the nation's lowest:

https://www.thecentersquare.com/flor...bb518f5e2.html

[Grlzrl]

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!

Wow, that seems kind of hateful.

[SanyBelle]

Non-fuel: (First 1000 kWh at $0.094630)
(Over 1000 kWh at $0.104550)

Fuel: (First 1000 kWh at $0.028390)
(Over 1000 kWh at $0.038390


This is from my July 11th FPL bill. How do these kWh prices compare to TECO? I'm in Miami.