Duke Energy responds to Clearwater study on dropping them for city-owned electric utilities

CLEARWATER, Fla. (WFLA) — The city of Clearwater is set to discuss a feasibility study on Monday that showed that city residents could save millions of dollars if the city offers its own electricity services and drops Duke Energy.

The study claims that a city-owned electric utility company could save the average Clearwater resident $17 a month in its first year.

To get its own utilities, Clearwater would have to buy Duke Energy’s system, which is estimated to be worth $1.1 billion…

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