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Century To Again Consider Electric Franchise Fee Increase
April 24, 2021
The Century Town Council will try again next month to vote on raising the franchise fee they charge Gulf Power.
On April 19, the council was set to hold a required public hearing on the ordinance, but they did not have a required quorum after three members missed the meeting. Council members James Smith, Jr. Leonard White and Sandra McMurray-Jackson were not present.
The public hearing will now be held during the 7 p.m. May 3 council meeting to raise the Gulf Power franchise fee, an an increase for Escambia River Electric is also under consideration.
In 1994, the franchise fees for both utilities were increased from 3% to 5%, and now the council is raising the fee to 6%.
While the franchise fee is technically charged to the utility, both Gulf Power and EREC tell NorthEscambia.com that they pass the full cost of the fee on to their customers.
The town council has held a first reading of a new agreement with Gulf Power that will become official after one more meeting. They are also setting their sights on an increased fee for EREC.
Gulf Power customers with an average 1,000 kwh monthly usage pay about $140 a month, according to Florida Public Service Commission documents. The franchise fee increase will cost customers in the Century town limits about $1.40 per month.
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5 Responses to “Century To Again Consider Electric Franchise Fee Increase”
Don’t do it.
From reading these articles, it appears the residents of Century and the politicians they elect don’t really care much about what happens. Have a vote to revoke the city charter and go back to being part of the County. I can only imagine things couldn’t get worse and most likely, would get better.
This is how taxes on the wealthy are passed onto low income people. You can claim no new taxes for people making less than $400,000.00 but what really happens it is passed on to us. The only way to honestly say only the wealthy will be hit with higher taxes is to make it a federal crime to pass the increase taxes down to the consumer. We all know that ain”t gonna happen.
and the good news just keeps on coming.
vote NO on the increase.