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St. Petersburg council votes 5-3 to seek feasibility study on municipal electric utility
Summary
City council authorized administration to issue an RFP for a municipal electric-utility feasibility study after weeks of public comment and a divided committee debate. The motion passed 5–3 amid public calls to explore a public option from constituents affected by rising power costs and repeated outages.
City Council on Wednesday approved a resolution asking the city administration to issue a request for proposals for a feasibility study on creating a municipal electric utility. The motion, introduced by Councilmember Corey Givens Jr. Floyd and seconded by another councilmember, passed 5–3.
Supporters of the study — including multiple residents who described frequent outages, steep bills and difficulty getting accountability from Duke Energy — urged the council to explore options, saying a local public utility could give the city more control over rates and reliability. Opponents and some council members cautioned that creating or…
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