Damn, this hoax is going to get expensive, but profitable for the hoaxers. FPL wants to boost rates 30% — Boston.com reports: Florida Power & Light cuts rate-increase request
The utility’s concessions will cut its requested $1.3 billion per year rate increase by $52 million. The proposal still would boost base rates by about 30 percent.
And in Minnesota the power company only wants to boost rates 20% — The new “greener” energy program in Minnesota means residents will see an almost 20% rate increase on their electricity bill. The Duluth News Tribune reported:
Minnesota Power is seeking an almost 20 percent increase in rates for its residential customers to cover investments made in cleaner, greener energy.
For the average residential customer, that amounts to $13 per month.
“We know this is unwelcome news at an unwelcome time,” said Pat Mullen, the company’s vice president of marketing and public affairs. “These are improvements that need to be made. It is creating an environment that we all value.”
News of the sought rate hike caused some shoppers at Miller Hill Mall on Monday to lament they’ve been hit by one increase and fee after another in a bad economy, from real estate taxes to new fees for street lighting and sewers.
“The average citizen in Duluth is not going to be able to afford an increase like that,” said Sue Siverson of Duluth. “To me it’s bad news. People can absorb a 2 or 3 percent increase, but 20 percent is substantial.”
In related news… Al Gore is poised to become the world’s first “carbon billionaire,” profiteering from government green energy policies he supports. Doesn’t this make you feel, sort of, you know, dirty, Mr Gore? Al Gore is going greed! And The New York Times couldn’t care less. Al Gore’s prophecies of planetary doom, are nothing more than a sales schtick to line his wallet.
And let’s not forget the plaintive cry for energy independence, did you know : The United States has largest energy reserves on Earth, according to a report from the Congressional Research Service. Sort of makes the Democrats cry for energy independence silly doesn’t it.
