While utilities commonly use 1,000 kilowatt hours as a benchmark, actual electricity consumption varies widely.Jason Mott won the fiction prize for his novel “Hell of a Book” at the 2021 virtual National Book Awards Wednesday night, hosted inside the offices of Penguin Random House. It was not immediately clear Monday when the Public Service Commission will consider the proposals. “Approval of this request will best serve the interests of administrative efficiency and rate stability and will be in the best interests of customers by reducing the duration of the storm surcharge to two months,” Gulf said in the filing. The utility would charge $9.34 a month for residential customers who use 1,000 kilowatt hours. 31, 2024, after the Hurricane Sally charges end. But in a filing Friday, it proposed collecting the $10.1 million over a two-month period from Nov.
Hurricane Zeta, which made landfall in October 2020 in Louisiana, caused the least damage in Gulf’s service area. “Accordingly, Gulf submits that its proposed increase will strike an appropriate balance between ensuring timely cost recovery and mitigating customer bill impacts,” one of the filings said. Panama City News Herald to close printing plant The idea is to more quickly recoup the Hurricane Sally costs, which otherwise could take as long as six years to collect. For the following year, Gulf would collect $10 a month from residential customers who use 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity. That $3 for Hurricane Sally is in addition to the $8 a month charge from Michael.īut in the new filings, Gulf is asking to increase the Hurricane Sally charges in November 2023, after the Michael charges end. The March approval allowed the utility to collect $3 a month from residential customers who use 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity - a common benchmark in the industry. Gulf, which merged with Florida Power & Light this year, said in Friday filings that its final Sally-related restoration costs were $146.3 million. The Public Service Commission in March approved a proposal by Gulf to begin recouping money for costs related to Hurricane Sally, which made landfall in September 2020 in Alabama but caused heavy damage in the Pensacola area. Marianna woman dies after passenger bus crash Those charges are expected to continue until October 2023, according to the new filings. To cover its Michael-related costs, it has been collecting amounts from customers that, for example, translate to $8 a month for residential customers who use 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity a month.
Gulf sustained massive damage from the Category 5 Hurricane Michael, which made landfall in 2018 east of Panama City. But utilities need approval from the Public Service Commission to collect the money and have to show that the expenses are justified. Utilities typically are allowed to pass along costs to consumers for restoring power after major storms, and the issue was included in a 2017 Gulf rate settlement. The bottom line is that many homeowners would pay roughly $10 or $11 a month to cover storm costs through 2024. The proposals dovetail with costs the utility is recovering for Hurricane Michael, which devastated parts of Northwest Florida in 2018. BCSO answers questions surrounding recent arrest based on Florida statute
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