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Energy |
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ELECTRICITY |
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Major Supplier:
FPL |
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Among the largest and
fastest growing utilities in the U.S. |
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In 2005, the company’s
average number of customer accounts grew by more than 97,000, or 2.3 percent,
to more than 4.3 million.
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Commercial Rate
Information & Other Information |
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FPL Rates, Rules &
Regulations |
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Power
Monitoring |
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Lighting Incentives |
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Energy
Advisor |
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Other supplier: |
Peace River
Electric Cooperative |
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PRECO is a
not-for-profit distribution cooperative headquartered in south central
Florida in the town of Wauchula. The
Cooperative provides retail electric service to residential, businesses and
small industries in portions of 10 Florida counties: Brevard, Desoto, Hardee, Highlands,
Hillsborough, Indian River, Manatee, Osceola, Polk and Sarasota. PRECO district offices are located at Bradenton
in Manatee County and Indian Lake Estates in Polk County to provide service
to consumers in outlying areas. |
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Source: Preco.org, May 2006 |
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NATURAL GAS |
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Major Supplier: People's Gas System, Inc. |
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People's Gas System,
Inc. is the state's largest gas supplier and offers a number of energy
conservation programs. |
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Energy Conservation Rebates |
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Peoples Gas provides
cash allowances to help defray some of the costs associated with replacing
electric appliances with natural gas appliances. Also to commercial customers who install
natural gas-fired space conditioning equipment. |
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Source: www.peoplesgas.com, Jume 2006 |
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Other supplier: |
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FPL provides gas commodity commercial gas sales to
commercial customers. |
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Source: www.fpl.com, June 2006 |
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Water/Waste |
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WATER SERVICES |
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Service Provider |
Maximum Capacity |
Peak Daily Use |
System Utilization |
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Manatee County
Public Works |
84.0 mgd |
61.81 mgd |
74% |
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Bradenton
Public Works |
12.0 mgd |
6.5 mgd |
54% |
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Palmetto Public
Works |
2.4 mgd |
1.265 mgd |
53% |
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WATER RATES |
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Service Provider |
Base Charge |
Price per 1000 gals. |
Method of Acq. Water |
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Manatee County Public Works |
by Meter Size |
$1.32 (1st 6,000 gallons) |
metered; next 9,000 gl. Rate is
1.64/thousand; next 5,000 gal rate is $4.64/thousand, over 20,000 gal rate is
$6.95/thousand (residential only) |
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Bradenton
Public Works |
8.44 (3/4" meter) varies by meter size |
$1.60 |
metered/after 3,000 gal. rate is
2.57/1000 |
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Palmetto Public
Works |
*$14.47 |
$3.07 |
*base charge includes 3,000 gal.
of water & sanitary sewer usage |
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WASTE WATER SERVICE |
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Service Provider |
Max. Capacity |
System Utiliz. |
Average cost/1000 gals. |
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Manatee County Public
Works |
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Southwest Plant |
22.0 mgd |
68% |
$3.31 for 85% of water usage |
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Southeast Plant |
11.0 mgd |
37% |
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North Plant |
7.5 mgd |
51% |
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Bradenton
Public Works |
7.5 mgd |
75% |
$1.38 1st 3,000 |
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$3.05 after 3,000 plus base charge of $13.40/ mo. For
3/4" meter |
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Palmetto Public
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2.4 mgd |
50% |
$1.30 |
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SOLID WASTE |
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Major Supplier |
Manatee County Sanitary Landfill |
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Tipping Fee |
$23 per ton |
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Site Life |
25 years at current tonnage rate of 1,760 tons
per day. |
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Public Works Departments of Manatee County, City of Bradenton, City of
Palmetto, Sept. 2003 |
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Telecommunications |
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Leading-Edge
Telecommunications Technology is Available Throughout the Tampa Bay
Area. Capabilities include: |
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Business Class Fast Ethernet Access |
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Bandwidth can be delivered in 2 Mbps increments,
from 2 Mbps to multi Gigabit |
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Business Class Virtual Private Network |
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Fully-managed Layer 3/IP Router Services |
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VPN Encryption or Multi-Point VPN |
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VPN Monitoring |
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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Setup and
Maintenance |
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Network Address Translation (NAT) Setup and
Maintenance |
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Pro Active Network Monitoring |
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Redundant Fiber/Geo-Diverse Path Capacity |
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Managed Network Security Services |
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Redundant ATM/Ethernet Interface Available |
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Wireless Access Solutions |
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WiFi Hotspot |
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Source: Bright House Networks, September 2005 |
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