Then and Now: Mayor Hudson on FPUA
It's all about cold hard cash. Politicians can't resist it as Mayor Hudson has been dragged down by it for almost a decade. In June of 2011 Linda Hudson talked of A New Beginning in Fort Pierce. Ms. Hudson pledged that if elected, she would forego any salary, car...
FPUA Pushes Base Rate Hike While Natural Gas Prices Soar
Recently FPUA is trying to blame all of its troubles on the rising prices of liquid natural gas. FPUA continues to treat it's customers as little children. The timeline of the gas price increases and what FPUA has done to raise customer rates should be criminal. In...
Will Linda Hudson Stand in Way of Fort Pierce?
Many people wonder will FPL really buy FPUA? TCPalm reports that FPL made an offer in 2012. The reports quotes the Fort Pierce Mayor Linda Huson. The last time an FPUA sale even was discussed was 2012, when FPL gave a presentation to the FPUA board of directors, but...
FPL Offered to Buy FPUA in 2012
Back in 2012 there was movement on the Treasure Coast for city-owned utilities to be sold off to FPL. It took a few years of work for Vero Beach to be sold off to FPL so customers can enjoy cheaper rates. Many Vero Beach customers were overpaying for rates and...
Fort Pierce Utilities Authority customers see power bills double from rate hike
Residents of Fort Pierce who have the Fort Pierce Utilities Authority as their utility company likely noticed an increase in their power bill this month. A rate hike has led some people to protest outside FPUA, while others showed up to an FPUA board meeting to...
FPUA Continues to Ripoff Fort Pierce
You know how screwed up FPUA is and it's power over the people forced to buy from them when the City Commission of Fort Pierce votes 3-2 NOT to raise rates but rates are raised anyways. FPUA customers will see a 3% increase in their water and sewer bills. FPUA does...
Vero Beach Closes Power Plant and Gets Slightly Better Contract
Vero Beach, like Fort Pierce, has closed it's last power plant. TCPalm reports: The necessary process could take as much as seven months to complete, including switching off generators, gutting the building and laying off as many as 20 city employees. Last week, City...
Vero Beach Delays Action on Utilities
Vero Beach and much of Indian River County is suffering from a tumor that is the Vero Beach municipal electric utility. Yet Vero city officials want to put a band-aid on the growing cancer. With the new contract, the average customer will save about $2.50 monthly but...
Vegas Casinos Fight to Buy Their Own Electricity. Why Can’t You?
There's a storm brewing in the desert. The big casinos on the Vegas Strip are fighting to buy their own power. Hoteliers including Wynn Resorts Ltd., MGM Resorts International and Las Vegas Sands Corp., which operate more than a dozen massive gambling palaces in...
Vero Beach Electric Rates to go Down but Not by Much
After decades of ripping off electric customers in Indian River County the Vero Beach power provider is celebrating itself for lowering rates. It comes not out of desire to provide customers lower rates but because the customers forced to patronize them have revolted...