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Pinellas County official outlines solid-waste rate plan after energy contract ends
Summary
Pinellas County solid-waste director told St. Pete Beach commissioners the county expects revenue loss after a long-standing power purchase agreement expired in 2024 and has proposed multi-year rate increases (an 8% proposal this year) to stabilize the enterprise fund.
Paul Sacko, director of solid waste for Pinellas County, briefed the St. Pete Beach commission on the county’s annual rate recommendation study and the drivers behind proposed increases to tipping fees.
Sacko said the county’s waste‑to‑energy facility previously received capacity payments through a 30‑year power purchase agreement with Duke Energy that expired at the end of 2024. He told the commission that contract had become a major revenue source and that, by the time it ended, capacity payments represented about 55% of the solid‑waste fund’s revenue.
With that revenue source gone, Sacko…
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