Out-of-state bucket trucks and pickups lined Cambridge Avenue on Monday afternoon as workers continued restoring power to Lakeland Electric customers. “We’ve fixed broken poles, reinstalled poles, picked up wire,” said Daniel Landrie, a lineman with LineTec Services of Lafayette, La. “Made people happy, made some people mad because we’re blocking their streets, but that’s the […]
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Construction Starting on Lakeland Electric’s ‘Next Generation’ Power Plant
Heavy rains around Lake Parker broke long enough Monday afternoon to let a line of officials shovel soil at a ceremony marking the beginning of construction of Lakeland Electric’s $145 million “next generation” power plant.
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City Sets Record Fuel Rate for Lakeland Electric Starting Sept. 1
Driven by an imperfect storm of hot weather, rising natural gas prices and transportation bottlenecks, Lakeland city commissioners today adopted a record fuel adjustment rate for Lakeland Electric customers of $75 per 1,000 kWh. The new rate, which was passed unanimously, takes effect Sept. 1.
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Lakeland Electric Seeks 50% Increase in Fuel Rate
Typical Lakeland Electric customers are likely to see their monthly bills rise by $20 starting next month, The Ledger reports. The city’s Utility Committee on Friday voted to increase the fuel rate from $40 to $60 per 1,000 kilowatt hours, the highest rate since January 2009. City commissioners are expected to approve the rate on […]
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Contractor Demolishing Power Plants Will Pay City $1.2 Million for Scrap Metal
In a case of good timing, the city of Lakeland needs somebody to demolish three shuttered power plants at a time when prices for recycled scrap metal have been rising. As a result, the city will net $1.2 million under a pending contract to raze and remove three shuttered Lakeland Electric plants on Lake Parker.
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Lakeland Electric Looking to ‘Exit the Pipeline Ownership Business’
A long-sought project to widen State Road 33 and rebuild its obsolete 60-year-old interchange with I-4 has had a side effect of convincing Lakeland Electric it’s time to get out of the pipeline ownership business.
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Lakeland Electric Chief Joel Ivy Is Leaving to Lead a Texas Utility
Joel Ivy, who has been Lakeland Electric’s top administrator for nine years, is leaving Lakeland in April for a job in his home state of Texas, the city of Lakeland announced today.
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26 Layoffs Expected As Lakeland Electric Completes Plant Shutdown
At the end of the five-month transition period after Lakeland Electric’s coal-driven McIntosh 3 power plant was taken offline, 26 employees are slated to be laid off Sept. 4, The Ledger reports. Initially, 60 were told they would be laid off when the utility announced it would shut the plant earlier than the previous 2024 […]
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LAKELAND ELECTRIC: Your power bill’s fuel cost has been reduced to a historic low, but officials warn the new rate can’t last long | It may soon be possible to buy blocks of solar power from the city utility. RECYCLING: Bins were placed at Joker Marchant soon after a newspaper letter writer recommended them. Source: The […]
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Federal Bill Boosts Chances for Lakeland’s Fifth Solar Power Farm
Source: The Ledger