How Monopoly Stiffles Innovation in Electricity
Economics professor Peter Klein discusses how government regulations and monopoly privileges stifle innovation in electricity. https://youtu.be/QNKCvB5DYAE?t=1631 Source: Lions of Liberty Podcast Ep. 108: Peter Klein – How the Government Influences Science &...
How Fort Pierce Taxes Non-Residents
You may not live in the city limits of Fort Pierce but you could be paying Fort Pierce taxes. Under the FPUA's 2015 budget FPUA will direct over $5,500,000 dollars to the Fort Pierce general fund. Fort Pierce is using FPUA as a means to tax people outside the city...
FPUA & The Natural-Monopoly Myth of Electric Utilities
A South Florida resident and professor has written on an issue that applies to FPUA and is used to continue to force area residents to pay more to keep their lights on. by Tom DiLorenzo: According to natural-monopoly theory, competition cannot persist in the...
FMPA Rips Off FPUA Customers and Vero Beach Customers
From January 2014: The Florida Municipal Power Agency is a fascist entity run by government bureaucracy competing with private business and due to monopoly rights they have been ripping off customers in Fort Pierce, Vero Beach and across Florida. The method in which...
Letter: Let’s Repeal Monopoly of Fort Pierce Utilities Authority
This letter to the editor originally appeared in TCPalm: There is a recurring problem with the Fort Piece Utilities Authority, and it’s hurting customers. Nobel Prize-winning economist Friedrich A. Hayek would have pointed out it is an inevitable consequence of...
Welcome to No FPUA
Thanks for supporting No FPUA. There's no corporate money behind this outfit. We are just customers who are tired of paying too much and have decided to do something about it.. Please help fight ridiculously high electric bills from FPUA by signing the petition or...
Indian River Shores Sues Vero over High Rates
People have woken up in Indian River County. In the latest saga of the overthrow of overpriced electric rates by resdients the town of Indian River Shores has refiled a lawsuit against Vero Beach. The issue with Vero Beach is just like what FPUA customers struggle...
Open Letter to Ft. Pierce Commissioners on the Dangers of Monopoly Franchises
Dear Commissioners, Last week, a colleague and myself spoke to the Fort Pierce Utilities Authority (FPUA) Board about their recent proposed rate adjustments. I was informed of the proposed rate adjustment a mere days before the FPUA’s vote by a notice mailed of the...