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Posted: 7:54 a.m. Monday, Nov. 12, 2012

New courthouse draws huge utility bills

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New Duval County Courthouse
Stephanie Brown
New Duval County Courthouse

By Andrew Greenstein

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. —

The cost of cooling and heating the new Duval County Courthouse could get taxpayers heated up.

The Times-Union reports utility bills in the new courthouse are four times as high as those in the old courthouse.

That's not exactly unexpected, though -- the new courthouse is two-and-a-half times the size of its predecessor.

In September, JEA billed the courthouse over $358,000.

That compares to just under $89,000 for the old courthouse in September of 2011.

Based on its September bill, the new courthouse is on pace to cost taxpayers $4.3-million in utility bills over the course of a year.

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