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Originally Posted by HJBeck
How many electric utility poles do you see in TV? Not many! Pole attach.ent fees are only a couple of $ per year. If you see a couple of $ per year increase in your rates I would be very surprised. Don't sweat about it.
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Please read some of the provided links.
The increase is not for utility poles. The increase is not for rent of space on the poles. The increase is not for your lamp post in your shrub bed.
The increase is for the CDD to rent the aluminum street-light poles.
The increase will be in the neighborhood of 600% (something like $63K/year -> $420K/year). Looking at one set of numbers provided in the linked articles, the increase will amount to about 10% of your yearly maintenance fee (depends on which CDD you are in). Either SECO lowers the rates, the CDD cuts something from the budget, or I will see my maintenance fee increase by about $60.
I like the idea of removing the poles and not having as much street lighting to save money and reduce light pollution. However, the County or State might require the lighting and I just read an article about a neighborhood arguing for more lights so it looks like removal is not an option.