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Old 08-05-2023, 12:00 PM
 
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Curious, is TECO's budget billing for business customers only, or can residents use it as well? On their website it looked like it may just be for small businesses. Where I live in Ohio you can use a budget plan so the bill is the same each month until they recalculate. Helps mitigate our higher heating bills during the winter. Some here have electric heat, others gas.
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Old 08-05-2023, 12:13 PM
 
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Now with gas going way up it will get worse.
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Old 08-05-2023, 12:21 PM
 
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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!
Another one of your usual threads. Florida bashing with no tangible information.
That prices for everything have gone up 2022-2023 may have slipped by you.
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Old 08-05-2023, 12:38 PM
 
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Have prices gone up in Maui or Paris?
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Old 08-05-2023, 12:50 PM
 
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Can you share the price breakdown ($/kwh, fees, etc)? I'm curious to see how it stacks up with the rest of Florida (and the US).
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Old 08-05-2023, 01:31 PM
 
Location: Flawduh
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Can you share the price breakdown ($/kwh, fees, etc)? I'm curious to see how it stacks up with the rest of Florida (and the US).
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.
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Old 08-05-2023, 02:23 PM
 
Location: SW Florida
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Welp, we just got our new FPL bill. As I suspected it would, the amount went down significantly. As in, $100 less than last month's bill. Still includes some useage from last month when our AC was losing freon and not cooling very effectively, and of course, it IS summer here. The bill is not out of line for what I expect for the summer. And nowhere close to $500.
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Old 08-05-2023, 02:30 PM
 
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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.
Not sure where his other thread is and so I went to the TECO website because I was curious. The rate sheet was 130 pages long and well above my head but according to the sample bill on their website (https://www.tampaelectric.com/49c9d3...esidential.pdf) customers are paying ~$0.10/kWh which seems like a bargain to me.

For comparison purposes, this is what I'm currently paying in Southern California:
"Super Off-Peak" (12a-6a and weekend mornings): $0.145/kWh
"Off-Peak": $0.48/kWh
"On-Peak (4-9pm daily): $0.816/kWh

@sinatras- Hopefully I made your day and you now feel like you're getting a bargain.
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Old 08-05-2023, 02:36 PM
 
Location: SW Florida
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Not sure where his other thread is and so I went to the TECO website because I was curious. The rate sheet was 130 pages long and well above my head but according to the sample bill on their website (https://www.tampaelectric.com/49c9d3...esidential.pdf) customers are paying ~$0.10/kWh which seems like a bargain to me.

For comparison purposes, this is what I'm currently paying in Southern California:
"Super Off-Peak" (12a-6a and weekend mornings): $0.145/kWh
"Off-Peak": $0.48/kWh
"On-Peak (4-9pm daily): $0.816/kWh

@sinatras- Hopefully I made your day and you now feel like you're getting a bargain.


You make his day if you said you were posting from somewhere in the Sunshine State, LOL.
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Old 08-05-2023, 04:18 PM
 
Location: South Tampa, Maui, Paris
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Not sure where his other thread is and so I went to the TECO website because I was curious. The rate sheet was 130 pages long and well above my head but according to the sample bill on their website (https://www.tampaelectric.com/49c9d3...esidential.pdf) customers are paying ~$0.10/kWh which seems like a bargain to me.

For comparison purposes, this is what I'm currently paying in Southern California:
"Super Off-Peak" (12a-6a and weekend mornings): $0.145/kWh
"Off-Peak": $0.48/kWh
"On-Peak (4-9pm daily): $0.816/kWh

@sinatras- Hopefully I made your day and you now feel like you're getting a bargain.


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..........
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