Great Disparity between Residential and Commercial Electric Rates

The City Manager includes this chart in her reports to the Commission. While Lake Worth is still above FPL in residential electric rates, it is below the average of all municipal electric providers. We rank as the 11th least expensive - strange way to look at it - as of July 2009 for residential customers.

By comparison, we are near the top in commercial electric rates - nearly $600 more than FPL and almost $400 over the average provider. There are actually only three providers that provide more expensive electricity to their commercial clients than Lake Worth.

Is this how the City Commission is promoting economic growth? This is, yet again, another negative message for those businesses looking to locate in Lake Worth.
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