Lipa

[Samrai309]

My wife and I are recently married and until my work contract expires and I come back to Long Island, I am living in Florida while she is living in NY. I have always wondered why electricity is so much more expensive than for my house in Florida. I am not home all day and neither is she. The bills are not comparable at all. Is it just the density of people that makes usage cost so much more overall on Long Island? My entire house in Florida uses electricity. My FPL (Florida Power and light) bill is nothing when compared to the Con Ed bill at the house in Floral Park. Even when I had LIPA, it was expensive compared to FPL. FPL has a big territory going from Northeast Florida all the way into Orlando and south. I have always been curious. Its almost as if the electricity is more efficient. I have always wondered though.

[Kbinspections]

Originally Posted by Samrai309

My wife and I are recently married and until my work contract expires and I come back to Long Island, I am living in Florida while she is living in NY. I have always wondered why electricity is so much more expensive than for my house in Florida. I am not home all day and neither is she. The bills are not comparable at all. Is it just the density of people that makes usage cost so much more overall on Long Island? My entire house in Florida uses electricity. My FPL (Florida Power and light) bill is nothing when compared to the Con Ed bill at the house in Floral Park. Even when I had LIPA, it was expensive compared to FPL. FPL has a big territory going from Northeast Florida all the way into Orlando and south. I have always been curious. Its almost as if the electricity is more efficient. I have always wondered though.

FPL generate 20% of its power from nuclear energy while on LI we are still paying off Shorham........

[Kbinspections]

Originally Posted by I_Love_LI_but

Kb, these were the same geniuses that didn't realize that a workable emergency exit plan for Long Islanders was impossible until AFTER spending all the money on creating Shoreham and billing it to the rate payers and tax payers!

Too bad that the powers that be ruined Nikola Tesla once they found out about his invention that could gather electricity for FREE for each household ...

Yeah, but Indian Point is 32 miles from the Nassau Suffolk border, no one is getting off LI except by boat.

[Samrai309]

Originally Posted by Kbinspections

FPL generate 20% of its power from nuclear energy while on LI we are still paying off Shorham........

Thanks for the reply KB.

[I_Love_LI_but]

Originally Posted by Kbinspections

Yeah, but Indian Point is 32 miles from the Nassau Suffolk border, no one is getting off LI except by boat.

Boggles the mind, doesn't it?

[diegolpe]

Lipa made a millionare mistake years ago and that's what we are paying today.

[rh71]

Isn't it more costly to lower your temps way down to like 50F-60F then turn it back up to 70F later? As opposed to just dropping it 65F then turning it back to 70F when you're home? It has to work a lot harder if there's a big difference, using more oil / electricity. What do you guys think?

[Gpsma]

It will work just as hard maintaining 65 throughout the day then returning the temp to 70 from 50-60. Cut your temp down and you will save money.