The many benefits of having natural gas service in this little City of Lake Worth.

Thinking about converting to clean and “Green” natural gas in your home for hot water, cooking and outdoor grilling?

Plus just another one of the very big benefits of natural gas (NG) is during long electric outages or following a hurricane you can still cook and boil water.

Learn more below how to switch over to NG. Gas is “cheap, clean, affordable, and plentiful”.

Briefly, ‘back in the day’ when the Lake Worth Electric Utility rates were sky high prior to 2012 some electeds continued to hint they wanted the City’s already too-high electric rates to go even higher. That set off a panic in this City for both City residents and business community as well because as other neighboring cities and towns were recovering from the Great Recession (2007–2009) this City continued to lag further and further behind.

Then even more public angst and confusion was created in 2015 when once again two commissioners suggested spiking up rates to fund their ‘wish list’ (see Herald headline below). Both of those electeds are no longer on the City Commission.

Before 2012, residents who lived in areas with NG service lines who were able to afford the initial investment, began switching over or “hooking up” new or pre-owned appliances to NG provided by Florida Public Utilities, e.g., stoves, cloth dryers, and water heaters.

“Leading the Fight to Lower Electric Bills”?

After Cara Jennings got re-elected in 2008 electric rates continued to spike. Remember, political speech is Free Speech, one can claim almost anything
on a political mailer.

Homeowners previously on full-electric in their homes in NG service areas, who later converted over to gas, saw their electric bill drop significantly. But others in areas without NG were out of luck. It came as a surprise to many when they found out their neighborhood didn’t have gas lines but other areas in the City did.

Prior to 2012, City administrations used the Electric Utility to fund their wish lists, ergo the term “cash cow” that our City’s Electric Utility used to be called. Then in September 2015, well, all hell broke loose again when this news hit:

After all the work to lower electric rates since 2012, two commissioners wanted to spike up rates again in 2015.

Of course, this “push” came as the Summer heat was winding down. Later, then-District 2 commissioner, Chris McVoy, PhD, lost his bid for re-election and then-District 4 Commissioner Ryan Maier
opted not to run again.

Anyway. Enough of the history how we got here. Interested in finding out more about NG?

Call 888-765-4601 to contact Florida Public Utilities or use this link and “Ask4Gas”.

Ask4Gas! “Better meals. Longer baths.
Softer laundry.”

Here are more benefits:

• NG is cheap, clean, affordable, and plentiful.
• NG is extremely safe. Remember to “Call 811 Before You Dig!” or use this link.
• Nine out of 10 professional chefs prefer cooking with NG.
• NG is the “Green” choice.

In the video below, a Florida Public Utility expert explains the benefits of switching over to a NG range/oven: