Responding to advocacy by the City Council and community groups, the City of St. Petersburg released a request for proposal (RFP) Friday for a feasibility study on the creation of a municipal utility to replace Duke Energy.
“The City of St. Petersburg, Florida (“City”) is seeking the services of qualified experienced consulting firms (“Consultant”) to determine if it is in the City’s best interests to establish a City-owned Municipal Electric Utility (“MEU”) to replace Duke Energy Florida (“Duke Energy”),” according to the RFP.
“Duke Energy is headquartered in St. Petersburg and is the only provider of electricity within City limits. In recent years, electric utility customers in St. Petersburg have expressed concerns about the utility’s affordability, reliability, and transparency and have petitioned the City to perform a feasibility study to examine the viability of forming an MEU.”…