Pretty sure the house was built terrible. Already having issues with settling. I told her to sell it while she’s still ahead and buy something else.
I installed a $6k ac unit thinking it would be efficient but the bill is still the same but the house cools down so much faster. I got Duke Energy one of Florida finest 
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What a lot of people seem to forget are all the snowbirds that visit FL. So in your calculation figure a LARGE population of people’s homes using only minimal energy half the year. It is without a doubt a scam what FPL say about avg consumption, if it goes up they loose money.
Also a little unknow fact, Florida is one of only two states that did NOT register with the Fed to get free funds for residential solar rebate programs. FL actively fights to keep residential solar out which comes from FPL influence.
Does anyone have this I’m looking into this. Its basically a monitor to see which breaker uses the most electricity.
https://a.co/d/2JM61ol
I owned a home in Florida while living up north. Still have to keep the ac on 80 to keep mold out as I said in another comment.
Also now many people Airbnb their homes when they’re not here, which will use even more power. So I don’t think that the snowbird arguement is keeping averages down that much really.
Florida has also had a huge population boom the last few years with new full time residents. Me being one of them. The only thing I could see skewing the data is there are a lot of studio and 1br condos here that likely pay under $100/mo. Averages should be based and adjusted for square footage. That’s how you would get an accurate measurement. I can’t even imagine what some of these 40k sq ft houses pay monthly.
View of star island from my balcony, should be called hedge fund island now, most “stars” can’t even affford it. Some of the most expensive real estate in the world.
Last time I looked about 1/3 of FL population are snowbirds and something like 80% of that are Canadians.
In South FL there is a clear visible distinction with traffic between the summer and winter months becauseof the massive influx.
~2,000 sqft ranch.
AC may be on the fritz (recharged it at beginning of summer), set to 75 but thermostat doesn’t seem to go below ~78.
Also regularly charge 3 BEV’s and have a pump and DE filter setup w water feature running 24/7 to keep water temps down.
i hate when that happens - maybe tinting the windows for summer? Don’t electric plans in Texas have some kind of rebates for EV charging? i know TXU in dfw had something similar when i was shopping
We looked into it. I think daytime/peak rates shot up to like 30-40c/kWh outside the narrow offpeak window and then there was one where you get free days that you select with a similar up charge on off promo use.
Pass.
We have been using a service that finds the best rate plans for the longest term lock, hasn’t steered us wrong yet. As for tinting the windows, I wasn’t aware you can do that with dual panes.
That’s cheap! $250 for 920 kWh this month in SoCal! I’m on the lowest pricing, TOU-EV, and my thermostat is set for 79 and 81 from 4-9 pm.
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Its about 5% now or 1 million. Maybe 20 years ago it was closer to 20% but not anymore, those boomers that bought a seasonal house then are now retired and living here full time. And I guarantee they leave their ac on in the winter and/or rent out their place.
Traffic gets worse from them and tourists in the winter as neither are typically working while here so they’re on the roads all day.
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The FL turnpike is always full now with a bunch of slow people that can’t drive. You got people in the right lane passing people in the left lane.
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the reason its high is that the utilities commission approved a 20% rate hike last year and another 10% this year. look at your bills from two years ago and you should see them about 30% higher across the board now all things being equal. we went up from $150 a month to $200 a month with FPL budget billing.
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If it makes you feel any better, my neighbor used 4,400 kWh 2 months ago due to the Northern California summer and he charges his Chevy Volt. $1,247 due to the penalties he got dinged for being an over-consumer.
The guy has now installed solar and converted his AC outdoor condensing units into a variable speed heat pump / exchanger. Probably going to cut his annual energy (electricity + natural gas) bills by like 80%.
Why people still debate the benefits of solar + heat pumps in California is greatly confusing to me.
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I’m looking into it more seriously for this coming year as well as a significant battery backup array (maybe a Tesla battery conversion?).
We have the perfect sun coverage for solar as our home faces direct south. I wouldn’t mind being able to use some of that solar for pool heating as well in collar months.
Utilities and other energy stocks should always be part of everyone’s portfolio to offset these inevitable increases…it’s all so disgustingly corrupt but might as well play the game with them instead of subsidizing their greed. This chart has nothing to do with free market capitalism and everytbing with govt corruption and cronyism.
I was saying the same here when oil went to almost zero. Lock in the rest of your lives oil bills now. Again the poor suffer most as they don’t have the disposable income to hedge this type of thing.
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I don’t understand why people defend free market capitalism. It’s what leads to govt corruption and I’m not saying the alternative doesn’t, but to act like free market capitalism doesn’t contribute to it, is stupid.
I don’t think anyone debates the benefits of solar. It’s just that putting in solar when you’re not going to live in your own home for more than the breakeven period doesn’t make sense. Sometimes home value increases accordingly and other times it doesn’t. I would personally do it, just to avoid PG&E. Heck, look at Palo Alto rates. I don’t understand why everyone doesn’t do that.
5% population change is the entire state, you dont see that many snowbirds in bum water hicksville in the middle of state where “Florida Man” lives.
But I will say my info is not that current with the recent population explosion.
Another fun fact, the recent Fed infrastructure bill which grants states money for the expanding the EV network went entirely to FPL. They have a great plan, at businesses they’ll install fastchargers for free as long as you meet some access requirements but only they can collect fees on them. So has anyone seen a FPL fastcharging stations anywhere near any highway?
Because when you have a functioning ethical govt with actual checks and balances free market capitalism is the best system there is. When you have govt official bouncing back and forth from private to public that’s the problem.
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