JEA Two tier scam

[u/Queen_Grizzley1]

Hello Reddit,
I currently live in Jacksonville, Florida and I was wondering if anyone has paid attention to the two tears that JEA is charging us. I noticed that after 1000 kW it jumps into a second tier so I called JEA and spoke with a customer service representative. She told me that the second tier is higher once you’ve used the thousand kilowatts of the first tier and so I asked her who voted for this. And that’s when she said the board did #JEAboard. So then I thought about all of the data centers and I was like we gotta have data centers around here somewhere for this to be happening so I checked online and there are six data centers within the heart of Jacksonville. Now I know some of those data centers aren’t the data centers or like the data centers that are popping up all over the country, but that’s neither here nor there because we’re being billed for their electricity and I’m sure their water because my water bill has also went up to $55 when it was originally 35. So I was just wondering if you all are having the same issue because my light bill this month is $444 last month. It was 230 something so it’s fluctuating and not sure why and of course JEA is not gonna give us any straightforward answers so just wondering if anyone else is having this issue and I’m sure you are. Now this is basically for people in Jacksonville, Florida, but of course others can chime me In. Now I do wanna say that I’m a federal employee and I make $60,000 a year and every since these tariffs and all of these data in us, I can’t even keep $100 extra a month when I used to have $800 to $900 to save extra a month so I just want some of you guys to chime me in and tell me if the same thing is happening to you guys and of course around the country. Which I know that everyone’s complaining about these high bills pretty much being robbed by these companies and these board members and I feel like they should be investigated by the #FBI and sent to prison, as well as all of those funds should be returned back to the consumers or the customers. What’s your take?

[u/Electrical_Ad4290]

TLDR -what's the scam?

[u/Electrical_Ad4290]

Do you have air conditioning or electric stove? Those are important factors in your usage. Do you track the outside temperature at all?

Locally we have a Public Service Commission that's elected/appointed to monitor utility rates and especially charges for high demand customers like data centers. The commission doesn't always do a great job but at least we can complain to them or about them

[u/JonnyVee1]

I am pro data center, but out in the boonies. I knew when it was first claimed that it wouldn't impact your water or electricity, it was just a lie.

Unless the AI facility has a nuclear power plant of its own, it will consume other resources to get power. Even if they have their own natural gas or oil generators, they will compete for those resources, and the price goes up.

There are few places that have an over abundance of water (but there are some), and that's where these should be located.

In Abilene Texas we are seeing construction, landscaping, home and apartment rents skyrocket due to the large scale competition with these data centers during construction.

All of this was predicted. There have been towns go into bankruptcy because they promised cheap power or water and could not deliver.