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...
SLC Water Bills Going Up
TCPalm reports that water bills will be going up in Saint Lucie County Residential customers with both water and sewer will see an average monthly bill of $96.82 increase to $98.56, records show. Residential water customers bill will increase 76 cents, while...
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 lawsuit seeks damages and a jury trial over high electric rates....
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...