The thoughts of the chairman - FloridaBrit's Blog!

Did you also notice your electric bill lately? I've cut WAY back on my energy consumption yet my bill has taken a strong increase. I would like a nice thank you letter and a tax break from anyone Progress Energy is making a donation to with my money.

I'll just wait right here until I get it.

But Jim that is the problem , all of us have cut back so the power company MUST raise rates or they could lose some money. On my bill I notice that I am now paying as much for “fuel charge” as I am paying for the power I use , this makes me very agree because our power company sells power out of state but we pay all the fuel cost for that power...and if you try to look into this you will find that our “Florida Power Commission” does not have access to those figures.
I notice the Orlando Slantinal tried to make this an anti Republican piece , if they had looks (or wanted to be fair in reporting) you will find that FPL donated twice as much to Democrats as they did to Republicans.

It took you this long to figure that out?

FPL and Progress Energy are both part of an organized crime syndicate. This has been common knowledge for many years. Of course they grease the palms of both political parties, so that the bureaucrats who are appointed are in the know and grant permission to raise energy prices. It's the same with DTE Energy and PG&E. In July, my electric went up by .2 cents per kilowatt hour, and there is another increase due in November. So while my energy usage has gone down, my bill has still gone up. Our electric company is a co-op, so we supposedly get some of it back, but with these prices, it won't be enough to make a difference.

Don't be so quick to dismiss the idea that organized crime is part of our electric companies. It's not only part of that, but has infiltrated every public service that we have.