The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
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July 15, 2009
PSC to hold hearing in Inverness
Community Events & Meetings
July 17 on Progress Energy rate hike
Citrus County Art Center Audtions
Auditions for the Art Center Theater's production of Deathtrap will be held Tues-
day, July 7 and Wednesday, July 8 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Art Center AE building.
The Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) will hold a customer service hear-
This thriller with a dash of comedy runs weekends September 18-October 4. The cast calls
ing on Friday, July 17, in Inverness on Progress Energy's rate hike request. The public
for three men and two women, ages may vary. For additional information contact director
hearing, which will be held at the county auditorium, is one of a series being held around
Peter Abrams at 746-1123.
the state on the rate case. There are two parts to the proposed increase: the first is an interim
Art Center Tickets on Sale Now
increase that was already approved in May for the second half of this year.
Art Center Theatre season ticket packages of five plays for $70 per seat are avail-
It added $4.52 to the bill for the average 1,000 residential kilowatt hours. The other
able to the public through October 4th. The season offers the thriller Deathtrap, September
part, which would begin in January, if granted as requested, would add another $9.31. The
18 through October 4 and a farce, Take A Number, Darling, November 6 through November
PSC, based in Tallahassee, oversees rate increases for the utility's 1.6 million customers
22 this fall. In 2010 there will be a comedy-drama, The Champagne Charlie Stakes, January
in the region, and it will be considering the request to increase the company's base rate by
15 through Jan 31; a romantic comedy, Mixed Emotions, March 26 through April 11 and a
almost $500 million to cover investments to meet customer demands and employ cleaner
mystery, Murder by Misadventure, May 7 through May 23. To purchase, call the Box Office
technologies.
at 352-746-7606. The Art Center is on the corner of Annapolis Ave and Hwy (CR486).
The company plans two nuclear reactors in southwest Levy County in the next
Free program `fits seniors to their vehicles
decade or so, and it is also upgrading transmission and distribution systems to increase reli-
People who drive cars but who may feel a little unsure of themselves because of
ability for customers, as well as meet federal mandates, and harden the system against storm
their age and/or their physical condition have a free program to help them to be safer driv-
damage. Local governments, citizens and businesses can present their comments on rate
ers.
cases, but the decision rests with the PSC members, who are appointed by the governor.
The CarFit program will be held at the Citrus County Resource Center on Friday,
Former state senator and Dunnellon resident Nancy Argenziano is cur-
September 4, from 9 a.m. to noon. Anyone interested in attending should pre-register by
rently serving a term on the PSC. Progress Energy's current base rate agreement will expire
calling the Nature Coast Volunteer Center at 527-5955. There is no charge for the pro-
at the end of the year. The company said the first part of the rate case, the $76 million that
gram.
was temporarily granted in May, was to recover the company's investment to increase the
Household hazardous waste drop off July 25
efficiency and change the fuel source at its Bartow plant from oil to clean-burning natural
The Citrus County Landfill will be conducting a drop-off program for residents for
gas. That portion of the rate increase request is being applied starting this month and in-
household hazardous wastes on Saturday, July 25 from 8:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m.
creases a residential bill based on 1,000 kilowatt per about 4 percent.
The county has expanded its free Household Hazardous Waste drop-off program
The PSC is expected to decide on the other larger portion of the increase in the
for residents to coincide with the paint disposal program days on Tuesdays, Thursdays and
rate case by October. The total increase would then be $13.83 for 1,000 residential kilowatt
Fridays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
hours, if the PSC granted the interim and the proposed increase for 2010. Citrus taxpayers,
The July 25 drop-off day is in addition to that schedule to help people who work to
however, will be getting something back for some of the company's investment in improve-
bring the wastes to the landfill for proper handling.
ments.
Hazardous household waste includes substances such as pesticides, herbicides, oil
As the county's largest taxpayer and contributing 18 percent of the tax local base,
base paints and stains, paint remover and paint thinner, solvents and degreasers, stale gaso-
Progress Energy will be paying as much as $8 million more a year in taxes when the current
line, automobile fluids, household cleaners and pool chemicals. Materials will be accepted
$1.3 billion state-of-the-art air emission control project now under construction at its Crystal
only in original containers, and only up to 60 pounds total per visit will be accepted per
River Units 4 and 5 is completed. The equipment is designed to reduce sulfur dioxide and
household.
nitrogen oxides emissions by 90 percent and mercury emissions by 80 percent. The hearing
Additional information about what constitutes hazardous waste is posted on the
begins at 9 a.m. The county auditorium is located on U.S. 41, just south of Inverness, adja-
county's web site at: www.bocc.citrus.fl.us/pubworks/swm. Information is also posted on
cent the Inverness Airport.
the landfill sign on State Road 44. Residents can also all Solid Waste Management at 527-
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