Progress Energy Price and Service FAIL

Ok everyone I just took a peek at the date and I guess today is Monday which means it’s the official kick off of “Hell Week: A Week of Rants” and I just finished catching a news update that has me ready to write my first rant for the week.

My initial rant for today was scheduled to be a rant about a different company that I have been dealing with for the last few years off and on, instead the news update I just watched has me changing this post to my Progress Energy rant. Progress Energy was already scheduled to appear in this week’s Hell Week posts, but it was intended for some time later in the week.

To get everyone caught up to speed real quick before pitching my bitch for the day, Progress Energy and their continued greed get them added into the Monday spot, and by greed I mean “Hey let’s rate hike Florida customers AGAIN this year, maybe 30% sounds about right!”

Now for those of you unlucky Progress Energy customers (all of PE customers are unlucky) that might not live in Florida and feel left out, please have no fear I am almost positive Progress Energy will be in your neighborhood looking for money sometime soon. The greedy bastards always seem to come back for more, just when you least expect it.

Some of you are probably wondering what I am crying about and how long it’s actually going to take me to make my point so you can get out of here, it’s not going to take me long at all. If you are a Florida resident than chances are that you are aware of the fact that another Progress Energy rate increase is on the table for January. Something like another increase of 30%, no biggie at all with the strong job market and record setting pay increases that everyone is grabbing lately…. That smell is sarcasm, oh and the stench of Progress Energy.

Progress Energy Florida had a proposed rate increase in January of something like 25%, I  wrote about that increase and titled it “Progress Energy what a Joke” over 92% of you voted in that poll and felt the rate hike was a joke. The economy continued it’s downward spiral and the announcement was made that Progress Energy would pull back 12% of it’s 25% increase due to the economic downturn. So classy of them, it shows their caring side.

Progress Energy is a life sucking leach to already struggling home owners and small business owners in Florida, and it’s the worst kind of leach at the worst time, it hides in the shadows and strikes when everyone is at their weakest point. PE tries to justify it’s actions with useless nuclear power plants that should be the burden of share holders and investors, not the customers they ram every year for ridiculous rate hikes.

Floridians are tired of their blood sucking tactics as you can see in the comments of this St. Petersburg Times article, people want to move out of Florida, people do not understand why Progress Energy gets to be the bs monopoly they are and the Florida Public Service commission that oversees the entire thing is an even bigger joke.

If you take the time to do a Bing search engine search about how many complaints there are about Progress Energy or specifically a Bing search for Progress Energy Sucks will return over 1 million search engine results, think people hate Progress Energy? It’s nice to know I am not the only one that can’t stand Progress Energy and it makes me even happier that there are other blog owners out there like Fire Progress Energy.com that keep you up to date on all the crappy things Progress Energy tries to do throughout the year.

I remember the things my Father said to me as a kid and I remember them well, one of the things my Father assured me was that when it comes to companies like Progress Energy there really isn’t anything that any one person is going to do to stop their actions. He is right of course, doesn’t mean I can’t bitch about it.

What are your thoughts on Progress Energy and yes another ridiculous Progress Energy rate increase in January 2010? Leave a comment and let those fuckers have it, or you can leave a comment and tell me how out of my mind I am and how bad I suck if it makes you feel better about how much Progress Energy sucks.

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P.s>> Our home electric bill was $940 last month, last year we never saw an electric bill over $750, unless of course you consider the fact that I have 14 other electric meters for our tanning business. Twelve of those meters attributed to a minimum electric bill of $1,000 per meter in 2008, with the handy dandy price increase I challenge you to do the math… 12 meters x $200 minimum increase per meter based on the last price increase = $28,800 yearly increase for electric, that does not include the corporate office btw. Anyone want to sponsor some solar panels and remove somewhere close to $225,000 from Progress Energy’s fat pockets?

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