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Obituary


Louis A. "Lou" Lager Jr.
 April 30, 1935 -
 Sept. 6, 2006

 Souis A. "Lou" Lager
 Jr., 71, our beloved
 husband and father
and of Live Oak, Fla., passed
away Wednesday, Sept. 6,
2006 in North Florida Region-
al Medical Center in
Gainesville; after a short ill-
ness. He moved to Live Oak
from Sarasota in 1992, retired
after 33 years with Coca-Cola
Enterprise, Sarasota, graduat-
ed from Seabreeze High
School in Daytona and played
baseball with the Cleveland
Indians. He was of Catholic
faith, attended First Baptist
Church in Live Oak and was a
member of the "Over-the-Hill
Gang" at Suwannee Country
Club in Live Oak. 
 Survivors include his wife
of 53 years, Sue Lager of Live
Oak; four daughters, Laura
(Terry) Kelly and Julie (Jeff)
Hackney, both of Live Oak,
Valerie (Bill) Spitler of Sara-
sota and Angie (Mike) Gior-
dano of Tampa; one son, Kei-
th (Kaien) Lager of Live Oak;
one sister, Margaret Seaborn
of Daytona Beach; twobroth-
ers, Willie Lager of Daytona,
Beach and Tom Lager of Tal-
lahassee; 13 grandchildren;
and 9 great-grandchildren..
 Funeral services were con-,
ducted at 2 p.m., Saturday,,
Sept. 9' in Daniels Memorial
Chapel with the Rev. Fred.
Watson. officiating. Interment
followed in Live OakCeme-4
ter ., .
SDanliels Funeral Homes,
Inc. ofLive Oak was in charge
of all arrangements.


FPL incentives for energy conservation


 In. an effort to help cus-
tomers conserve energy and
control electric bills, Florida
Power & Light Company
(FPL) will soon offer addi-
tional programs and signifi-
cantly increased incentives.
FPL's new plan, recently ap-
proved by the Florida Public
Service Commission (PSC),
demonstrates the company's
commitment to partner with
customers during this time
of rising fuel costs.
 Fuel costs, combined with
increased summer usage,
largely attributed to air con-
ditioning, have caused many,
customers to experience in-
creases in electric bills that
have been especially notice-.
able this season. The compa--
ny plans to begin implement-
ing the new initiatives before
the end of the year.
 "We are' committed to
partner with our. customers
any way we can to help them
control' their electric bills,"
said Marlene Santos, vice
president of customer ser-
vice for FPL. "We :want to'
give customers every tool
possible to make their homes
and businesses more energy
efficient."
 The significant changes
and additional programs are
as follows:
 Residential building en-,
velope-An increase in the
maximum incentive for ceil-
ing insulation will more, than
double from $131 to $352.
An increase in the maximum
incentive for reflective roofs
increases more than 50 per-
cent-from $240 to $367 per
participant. In addition, FPL
added an- incentive for 'light-
colored roof membranes and
reflective roof coatings with
a maximum, of $1,200 per
participant.'
 Residential Low Income
WXeatherization --- There is
an-increase, to hle maximum
incentive for air condition-,
ing maintenance from $35 to


$45 per participant. In addi-.
tion, there is now an increase
in the maximum incentive
for weather stripping and
caulking from $10 to $60.
An additional $25 per partic-
ipant was added for replac-
ing room air conditioners
with higher efficient units,
further increasing incentives
for this program.
 Residential heating venti-
lation and air conditioning
(HVAC)-Earlier this summer
the-PSC approved an in-
crease in the -incentive per
participant for upgrading air
conditioning units to more
energy efficient equipment
that will increase the average
incentive more than 50 per-
cent-from $260 to $400.
This change takes place
Sept. 1.
 Business Building Enve-
lope-The program now of-'
fers window-related tech-
nologies such as energ\-sav-
ihg window tinting as part of
the business envelope: pro-
gram. Increased incentives
for ceiling insulation.
($1lf85/kW max); roof insula-
tion ($219/kW max); reflec-
tive roofs $(579/kW. max);
and window treatments
($429/kW max) add, extra
value for business cus-
tomers
 Business Efficient Light-
 ing-Clhanging to more ener-,
 gy efficient lighting. will
soon pay more. There is an
increase in this business en-
ergy program incentive from'
$101/kW to $132/kW.
 Business Water Heating
 program-This new energy
 conservation program ap-
 plies to the installation of
 qualifying heat recovery,
units 'or heat pump water
heater equipment. The maxi-,
mum incentive is,$881/kW.
 Business Refrigeration-
 Refrigeration can be oneqfp,
 the largest users of electrici-
 ty for a business customer.
 That's why FPL will offer


this new program that pays a
maximum of $80/kW for the
installation of qualifying
controls and equipment that
reduces electric strip heater
usage in refrigeration equip-
ment.
 Business HVAC-Ap-
proved earlier this year, this
program will soon offer up-
dated minimum qualifying
energy efficiency standards
to reflect newer guidelines
used by the US Department
of Energy Standards as well'
as raised and added incen-
fives on qualifying HVAC
systems. Business incentive
programs such as the Direct
Expansion (DX), chillers,
energy recovery ventilators,
thermal' storage and more
will offer large increases in
incentives, that :will as much
as double. The new guide-
lines take effect Sept. 1.
 In addition to these newly-
 added or improved pro-
 grams, FPL continues to of-
 fer residential duct system
 testing and repair, the
BuildSinarti'. program for
new homes- built with energy
efficient features and equip-
ment, and residential energy,
conservation services such
,as on-line home energy sur-
ve\s Business customers are
encouraged to continue to
take advantage. of business
custom incentives. comifier-
cial demand reduction, and
business energy evaluations.
, For the past 25 years, FPL
and its customers have im-
'plemented one of the most
successful conservation and
.energy management pro-
grams in the country. In
2605, the company invested
more than $100 million on
conservation programs and
energy management incen-
tives. According to the latest
US Department of Energy
S(D.OE report on, consep a-
tion programs, FPL was- rat-
ed number one among utili-
ties >nationwide. FPL esti-


mates that the electricity
saved through these pro-
grams that were approved to-
day Would supply 188,000
homes with electricity dur-
ing the summer peak usage
period.
 The rising cost of fuel
used to make electricity' at.
power plants has caused the
fuel portion o'f customers'
electric bills to rise.19 to 28
percent. The cost of fuel is a
pass-through cost on .which
FPL does not make a profit.
The base rate portion of the
electric bill is the non-fuel
cost of producing and deliv-
ering electricity. This .has
been reduced by i5 percent
since 1999.
 Customers are encouraged,
 to learn all they can about
,,conserving energy, installing
energy efficient equipment
in their i homes and business-
es and FPL's incentive pro-
grams by visiting


www.FPL.com.
 Florida Power & Light
Company is the principal
subsidiary of FPL Group,
Inc. (NYSE: FPL), nationally
known as a high quality, effi-
cient and customer-driven
organization focused on en-
ergy-related products and
services. With annual rev-
enues of more than $11 bil-
lion and a growing presence
in 26 states; FPL Group is
widely recognized as one of
-the country's premier power
companies. Florida Power &
Light Company serves 4.4
million custonmer accounts in
Florida. FPL Energy, LLC,
FPL Gr,.,q' competitive en-
ergy subsidiary, is a leader
in producing electricity from
clean and renewable fuels.
Additional information is
available on the Internet at
:w w w F P L com ,
www.FPLGroup.com and
www.FPLEnergy.com.


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