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Duke Energy faces strong public dissatisfaction in St. Petersburg over rate increase requests, prompting organizers to launch a petition drive to replace the utility with a municipal-run electric grid.

Source

RedditAug 27, 2026By u/TampaBayTimes

r/StPetersburgFL

Dump Duke on the ballot? Organizers launch petition push in St. Petersburg

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61
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After lots of back-and-forth at city hall, voters in St. Petersburg may be the ones who get the final say on whether the city ditches Duke Energy in favor of a municipal-run electric grid. On Thursday, organizers with the grassroots campaign Dump Duke filed early paperwork with the city in its first steps to start gathering petitions. They’re aiming to put a question directly on the ballot, likely in 2028. The organizers plan to officially announce the petition-gathering effort next week, but confirmed their plans to a Times reporter at City Hall. The ballot question will propose changing the city charter, which is like a constitution for a municipality. Read the story: [https://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/2026/08/27/duke-energy-florida-st-petersburg-dump-electric-bill-ballot/](https://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/2026/08/27/duke-energy-florida-st-petersburg-dump-electric-bill-ballot/)

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  • [comment u/WishIWasThatClever] This is wonderful news. Because I was horrified at the audacity of Duke for putting half of their catering bill as an excuse for a request to our rubber-stamp PSC for a rate increase. Completely ridiculous.

reddit.com/r/StPetersburgFL/comments/1w0281n/dump_duke_on_the_ballot_...Read the full source

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4 of 14 comments
  • “Will the city perform better than Duke? How has the city performed with water and sewer?”

    u/Al-Knigge9 points · Aug 27, 2026View

  • “This is wonderful news. Because I was horrified at the audacity of Duke for putting half of their catering bill as an excuse for a request to our rubber-stamp PSC for a rate increase. Completely ridiculous.”

    u/WishIWasThatClever7 points · Aug 27, 2026View

  • “Seeing as how Charlie Crist will be the next mayor, it might be a good opportunity for him to show how great he is at dealing with infrastructure issues with a new electricity provider selected by the citizens of St. Pete.”

    u/doublewidechurch-2 points · Aug 28, 2026View

  • “No matter who services it... it will still be shit”

    u/Relating-6 points · Aug 27, 2026View

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Signal
Customer feedback

What this signalsUser posts often show product pain before it reaches reviews or churn.

Subreddit
r/StPetersburgFL
Stage
Considering
Event date
Aug 2026

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Mentions
1

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Timing
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Category
Pricing
Virality
High
Post kind
Self
Prominence
Core
Company's role
Vendor

Topics and mentions

Topics

  • utilities
  • electric grid
  • municipalization
  • rates

Flair

  • Local News :cat suit:

Products named

  • electric service

Extraction

Sentiment
Negative
Detected
Aug 27, 2026
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