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Relay For Life is a life-changing event
that helps communities across the globe celebrate the lives
of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost,
and fight back against the disease.
Electricity
remains a great value
Despite the rising price of gasoline, food, and health care, one
thing remains constant: The outstanding value of electricity. We use
electricity to charge cell phones, tablets, and computers.
Electricity keeps people warm in the winter and cool on a hot summer
day. It powers our TVs, appliances, lights, and DVRs. It keeps
schools, hospitals, and industry open for business. Electricity
powers our lives. With the quick flip of a switch, electricity turns
the darkness to light.
Despite the ever-growing demand for power, electric rates have
increased slower than the price of other products, making
electricity a remarkable bargain. This has happened through
technology advancements and by diversifying electric generating
resources in order to take advantage of differing fuels that have
lower costs.
From 2009 to 2011, the price of electricity has actually declined by
four percent, according to the Florida Electric Cooperatives
Association.
Compare this to other commodities such orange juice, up 4.6 percent
a year the past 10 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics. A pound of ground roast coffee climbed 8.7 percent
annually the past decade. A dozen eggs jumped an average of 9.8
percent per year.
Each year, the cost of gasoline in Florida has increased. In the
past six years, the price of gasoline per gallon climbed an average
of 10 percent a year, from $2.35 in 2006 to $3.92 as of March 30,
2012, according to FloridaStateGasPrices.com.
Seventy-five years ago, nearly 90 percent
of our rural ancestors were living in the dark—forced to rely on
iceboxes to cool food, kerosene lamps for lighting, wood stoves for
cooking, and fetching water from wells. Thanks to electric cooperatives, the face of rural America changed.
Electric cooperatives strive to provide
affordable, safe, and reliable electricity.
Approximately 42 million people in 47 states are members of
electric cooperatives. In addition, since electric cooperatives are
not-for-profit and serve their members directly, cooperative members
often get money back in the form of capital credits or patronage
refunds. Since 1988, more than $9.5 billion has been returned to
members by electric cooperatives. Although we all
may wish our electric bills were a little lower, the value of
electricity remains high, and just as important, it is there when we
need it.
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Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc. 11340 100th Street ~32060 PO Box 160 ~ 32064 Tel. 386-362-2226 Fax 386-364-5008
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