How FPL’s rate hike impacts fixed-income earners in South Florida

As a retiree on a fixed income living in Sunrise, Marcia Ellis thinks in dollars and cents and kilowatt hours.

“I watch how I cook. I’ve gotten an air fryer, which uses less heat. I don’t use my oven as much. I’m not cooking one potato in an oven,” Ellis said.

And she said she will have to adjust her electricity usage again when Florida Power & Light’s latest rate hike takes effect next year…

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