Comments on: FPL’s solar project taking shape near Indiantown

By: Punkindrublic

Punkindrublic — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:25:07 +0000

Consumergal, “taking our foot off the gas” merely means that on a typically sunny day in Florida, the power plant would be able to generate the same amount of steam from the mirror system (once the sun comes up) to generate the same amount of electricity (using the same turb0-generators, but drastically reduce fuel consumption during daylight hours.

By: Consumergal

Consumergal — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:51:08 +0000

1,000 jobs???? What happened to the 5,000 jobs??? Does it not bother anyone else that “taking our foot off the gas” means that this $500 million dollars of our money isn’t actually adding any incremental power?

By: theloneconsumer

theloneconsumer — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:31:53 +0000

Add Florida Power and Light would not be building all these power projects if they did not have friends in two Governors: Jeb and Charlie.
Because Jeb Bush with DEP Director Castille pushed the Energy Bill that let Florida power companies CHARGE for power plants (nuclear) before the plants provided electricity.
And then Charlie Crist’s GOP State Congress passed the alternative power bill that lets plants like these in Indiantown get money from consumers first. And charge more money from consumers for the costs.

As Charlie Crist was Atty General during the Energy Bill getting passed in 2006, I did not hear him defend consumers. He “tried and died” with the 2003 Phone Bill that sneaked by him as Atty General.

So who should we congradulate, now that we will probably have more POWER PLANTS that people in Florida? “All dressed up and no one to charge.” That should be FP&L’s motto.