Which One? "Tampa Electric"? or "Florida Power & Light"?

[Dax13]

Originally Posted by MortonR

Exactly. I worked with power distribution utilities all over the US and Canada for 20+ years, and I never saw a location that was served by two utilities at the same time.

I checked both utility's web sites for coverage maps, but they don't have them. From their service area descriptions, it sounds like both of them serve areas of NPR, but don't overlap.

If you call one of them with the service address they'll be able to tell who who services it, even if it's not theirs.

RM

While I respect your experience, Morton, I must disagree. Texas has deregulated electric and you actually do have a choice of service providers. Check out the Dallas CD forums for a few discussions.

Dax

[MortonR]

Originally Posted by Dax13

While I respect your experience, Morton, I must disagree. Texas has deregulated electric and you actually do have a choice of service providers. Check out the Dallas CD forums for a few discussions.

Dax

Well, I will say that I never did any work in Dallas, only Houston, and it was over 20 years ago. I don't recall there being deregulated electricity at that time.

That's interesting to know. I would be curious to know who is responsible for the infrastructure, or if the utilities share the costs? Something for another thread, of course...

RM

[CubsFan20]

You DO NOT have choice. TECO serves some addresses, Duke (progress energy) Serves others, Withlacooche serves others.

Again, you DO NOT have a choice...

[marc3565]

Originally Posted by MortonR

Exactly. I worked with power distribution utilities all over the US and Canada for 20+ years, and I never saw a location that was served by two utilities at the same time.

I checked both utility's web sites for coverage maps, but they don't have them. From their service area descriptions, it sounds like both of them serve areas of NPR, but don't overlap.

If you call one of them with the service address they'll be able to tell who who services it, even if it's not theirs.

RM

In NY State you pick a supplier. There is one utility that provides the infratstructure and handles delivery. Energy Choices - The Facts from the PSC
so there are places where you choose..I'll defer to the others locally who say that system isn't in place here in FLA though

[bentlebee]

I know the same system exist in places in Europe as one of my family members just switched power companis to save money but over here I haven't heard of it with any of the rentals we manage nor sales we were involved in.

[smarino]

As mentioned, we lived in Galveston, Tx once and had about 9 electric service providers to choose from. It was a bit of a nightmare, as some used the others' lines, others had only service trucks, etc. You could go online and ck out the rates of each. Wish we had done that when we first moved in, because our electric bill at that time was extremely high. Once I understood that we could switch, I did, and the bill went down to about half of what it was. Same w/ home insurance. Shop around! We had a $4,000 a year policy (hurricanes) that got cut down to $1600 simply by rate shopping. They both offered essentially the same coverage and deductibles. And both probably would have denied a claim due to specious and deceptive policy wording.

[CubsFan20]

Well, people, it does not matter what Texas is doing, we don't have that here...