| Energy |
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| Electricity |
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Supplier: FPL |
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Among the largest
and fastest growing electric utilities in the U.S. |
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In 2007, FPL’s
average number of customer accounts grew by 87,000, to more than 4.5
million.
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FPL Rates, Rules
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Power Monitoring |
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Lighting Incentives |
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Energy Advisor |
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Source: www.fpl.com, January 2009 |
| Other Supplier:
Peace River Electric Cooperative |
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River Electric Cooperative, Inc., also referred to as PRECO, is a fast
growing electric distribution cooperative providing service in ten Florida
counties: Brevard, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Indian River,
Manatee, Osceola, Polk and Sarasota. |
| PRECO provides electric service to residential, business and
light industrial and has a broad service area from residences within 30 miles
of the Atlantic Ocean, to homes on the Gulf of Mexico. PRECO's headquarters
are in south central Florida in the town of Wauchula and district offices are
located at Bradenton in Manatee County and Indian Lake Estates in Polk
County. |
| Source:
Preco.org, January 2009 |
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| Natural Gas |
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| Major Supplier:
People's Gas System, Inc. |
| People's Gas System, Inc. is the state's largest gas supplier
and offers a number of energy conservation programs. |
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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, January 2009 |
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| Other supplier |
| FPL provides
gas commodity commercial gas sales to commercial customers. |
| Source:
www.fpl.com, January 2009 |
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| Water/Waste |
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| Water Services |
| Service Provider |
Maximum
Capacity |
Peak Daily
Use |
System
Utilization |
| Manatee County
Public Works |
84.0 mgd |
61.81 mgd |
74% |
| Bradenton Public
Works |
12.0 mgd |
6.5 mgd |
54% |
| Palmetto Public
Works |
2.4 mgd |
1.265 mgd |
53% |
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Rates |
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Provider |
Base Charge |
Price per
1000 gals. |
Method of
Acq. Water |
| Manatee County Public Works |
by Meter Size |
$1.69 (1st
6,000 gallons) |
metered;
next 9,000 gl. Rate is $2.11/thousand; next 5,000 gal rate is $5.02/thousand,
over 20,000 gal rate is $7.53/thousand (residential only) |
| Bradenton
Public Works |
8.44 (3/4" meter)
varies by meter size |
$1.60
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metered/after 3,000 gal. rate is 2.57/1000 |
| Palmetto Public
Works |
*$14.47 |
$3.07
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*base charge includes 3,000 gal. of water & sanitary sewer
usage |
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Service |
| Service Provider |
Max. Capacity |
System
Utiliz. |
Average
cost/1000 gals. |
| Manatee County
Public Works |
| Southwest Plant |
22.0 mgd |
51% |
$4.08 for 85% of water usage |
| Southeast Plant |
11.0 mgd |
44% |
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| North Plant |
7.5 mgd |
63% |
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| Bradenton
Public Works |
7.5 mgd |
75% |
$1.38 1st 3,000 |
| $3.05 after 3,000 plus
base charge of $13.40/ mo. For 3/4" meter |
| Palmetto Public
Works |
2.4 mgd |
50% |
$1.30
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| Solid Waste |
| Major Supplier |
Manatee County Landfill |
| Acres |
330 |
| Dollars per ton |
$23 per
ton |
| Tons remaining capacity |
7,979,678 |
| Waste type accepted |
Asphalt, Concrete, or Cement, C&D, Cont Soil, MSW,
Non-Friable Asbestos, Scrap Metals, Sludge, Tires (Auto), Waste Carpet
Material, White Goods & Bulky Wastes, Yard Waste |
| Source: Public Works Departments of Manatee County,
City of Bradenton, City of Palmetto, Jan. 2009 |
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| Manatee County Public Works Department |
City of Palmetto Public Works
Department |
| City of Bradenton
Public Works Department |
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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 options from 2Mbps to 1Gbps ethernet |
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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, January 2009 |
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