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will progress energy get it;s 16 percent?
Published Jul. 30, 2008For those of you that have Progress Energy as your electric provider, they have asked the Utilities Commission for a 16 percent increase. Looking at my usage from last year that will increase my annual power bill by around 348 dollars or 29 dollars per month. This will also provide a windfall tax haul for the state because they tack on a 3 percent tax to my bill.
I am out of options for conserving, I get a conservation credit on my bill and I have reduced my usage by half of what it used to be when I first moved into this house. Guess I could quit using lights all together and take cold showers.
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Who's going to stop them? They have no competition.
They pushed me to do an 'average monthly fee" so they didn't need to check my meter (even thought they install a digital meter they can read without going to the house). It would work out great for them but I would have to pay a $12 a month service charge to keep them from reading my usage which is very little compared to most people.
There should be an open market for everything...
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