Indian River Shores Trying to Escape Vero Beach Electric Racket
This is a classic example of the mafia selling protection to people who do not want their protection. They are forced to take it and pay for it. That is just what is happening in Indian River. The town of Indian River Shores wants to create their own municipal...
FPL reducing rates again as FPUA customers continue to get hosed
What is good news for FPL customers means little to FPUA customers. FPL customers will see reductions in their electric rates while FPUA customers will still pay extra to help fund the wasteful City Hall. FPL filed a request with the Florida Public Service Commission...
Vero Beach Utilities Holds Shores Customers Hostage
The insanity of local monopolies on electricity continues to force high rates on all Indian River residents while holding a portion of them hostage. Vero Beach Utilities is negotiating a rate reduction with the Orlando Utility Commission - but that rate cut will still...
Fort Pierce UA and Vero Beach Utilities Pull Same Rip Off
Economist Dom Armentano suggests that Vero Beach consider bankruptcy in order to lower electricity rates in the Vero Beach area. Armentano points out that Vero Beach Utilities charges exorbitantly high electricity rates in order to avoid raising taxes. It’s no secret...
The Psuedo-Tax of FPUA
by D. Bradley Nelson Introduction Every American business and household is directly and indirectly impacted by the seemingly never-ending rise in public utility prices (including airports, electricity, gas, post, public transport, rail, seaports, telecommunications,...
Monopolized Mess of Electric Utility Hurting Indian River Residents
When busybodies try to plan what other people should buy messes arise and Indian River County is a cluster of messes. First Indian River Shores is suing Vero Beach to choose their own electric grid when their contract with Vero Beach expires. Vero Beach, of course,...
FPUA Cuts Electric Rates by Only $3 per Month
FPUA has thrown the Fort Pierce customers a small bone and is reducing rates by $3/month. Despite laundering millions into the Fort Pierce general fund FPUA spokesperson pretended they give everything back to the customer. “Energy costs are passed onto the customer —...
Vero Beach Poised to Benefit from Market NOT FMPA Rates
Vero Beach residents may soon benefit from competition for electricity. It's no guarantee and likely may not be as good as the sale to FPL but it is very likely to be better than overpaying for the current FMPA rates that Vero Beach and Fort Pierce are stuck with. The...
Vero Beach to Bid Out for Electric Suppliers
Vero Beach is proving that a FPUA monopoly is not needed. First they voted out their over-priced city utility so that it may be sold. Unfortunately the same cartel charging Vero customers over-priced electric rates is the same cartel that FPUA is in cahoots with. Now...
Indian River Shores Suing Vero Beach Over FPUA-like Scheme
Residents in Indian River have had enough of paying extra for electricity to Vero Beach utilities. Neighboring Indian River Shores is suing to get freak of being ripped off. They refiled their complaint to give them the right to chose their power provider. Vero Beach...