Fyi -
"...while the details are unclear, what is clear in the proposed legislation is that municipal utilities would lose their existing independent authority to set their own utility rates, terms and conditions of service that each municipal utility's locally-elected officials deem appropriate to meet their local needs."
https://eyeonmycity.com/jacksonville/is-jea-a-target-again-pay-attention-or-your-rates-will-go-up/
And more. As always, devil is in the details:
https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/columns/nate-monroe/2023/03/17/nate-monroe-legislature-could-nuke-jacksonville-city-halls-budget/70016379007/
Perhaps Curry sees that Donna and some Democratic Council candidates could win, and he wants to knee-cap them from the outset.