Florida Power & Light customers to see price hikes in 2023

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) – Switching from Gulf Energy to Florida Energy & Gentle was a heated matter earlier this 12 months, because it modified greater than only a emblem. Many residents say they noticed a steep hike in costs. Now trying into the brand new 12 months, there’s one other factor coming that nobody desires to listen to. All FPL prospects’ energy payments can be going up.

“The payments are anticipated to go up primarily resulting from elevated gas prices, as we’ve seen in so many issues on the fuel pump, and even in meals costs, prices are rising. And we’re not proof against that both, sadly,” Sarah Gatewood, a spokesperson for Florida Energy & Gentle, stated. “And so the price of pure fuel that’s used to generate energy in all of our energy vegetation and for an enormous portion of the vitality that we produce, these prices have skyrocketed within the final 12 months resulting from various issues.”

FPL prospects throughout Northwest Florida will see value hikes beginning in February.

“Needless to say prospects use completely different quantities of vitality. so that can look completely different relying upon how a lot vitality you utilize. after which additionally for our prospects in Northwest Florida, we do have a tiered fee construction now the place you pay the next quantity for all of the vitality that you just use over 1,000 kilowatts hours,” Gatewood stated.

Those that use 1,000 kilowatts or much less per thirty days will see a $5 enhance.

“There’s that change and there are different adjustments coming as properly and so the largest factor that prospects can do is have a look at your vitality utilization now, how and the place you’re utilizing vitality, discover a few of these methods you could both make adjustments in habits or adjustments in your house to change into extra vitality environment friendly,” Gatewood stated.

The following fee change can be simply two months later, offsetting gas prices FPL spent to run its energy vegetation this 12 months.

“The charges that prospects had been paying for 2022 gas truly ended up being loads lower than what gas truly prices,” Gatewood stated. “In April is once we anticipate to presumably start recovering these different gas prices and different issues, however we don’t know what that impacts the invoice seems like but.”

NewsChannel reached out to Florida’s Public Service Fee to see what that quantity might appear to be. A spokesperson stated they are saying they received’t know till after Tuesday’s assembly, the place the PSC will vote on FPL’s gas price adjustments. It seems at how a lot the precise gas price was in 2022 in comparison with what they initially anticipated. That distinction is made up on prospects’ payments.

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