Public Energized For, Against Proposed Energy Rate Increase

Testimony on FPL’s request to raise rates seemed like a Goldilocks fairy tale where some felt the rates increase were too cold, others too hot and some just right.
And some point it wasn’t hard to imagine a representative from The Rent Is Too Damn High Party to appear, too, during the Public Service Commission hearing on Florida Power and Light’s rate increase request Thursday at Sarasota’s City Hall.
University Park resident David Rosen said despite all the arguments “none of us wants actually to pay higher electric rates” and hopes he gets what he pays for, but FPL needs enough profit so the system won’t degrade and cause folks to pay more for faulty equipment.
The Public Service Commission will rule whether to increase, partially increase, maintain or decrease FPL’s rates in August. If fully approved, rates could

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