Table 24. Utility and electrical sales in 1979 to several types of customers 

 in Northwest Florida by class of service in megawatt hours (MWh) in 1979 

 (Florida Public Service Commission 1981). 



Customers 



Utility Residential Commercial Industrial Other Total 



Florida Power 



Corporation 6,927,339 3,646,279 



Gulf Power 



Corporation 2,225,026 1,269,357 



Escambia River 



Corporation 58,969 



Gulf Coast 



Cooperative 57,470 



Talquin 



Cooperative 223,051 



densely populated area around Tallahassee (which is not in Northwest Florida) 

 provides the greatest percentage of service among the cooperatives to indus- 

 trial customers. Although the Gulf Power Corporation has a larger percentage 

 of industrial customers (30%) than does the Florida Power Corporation (22.1%), 

 most of the percentages of electricity sales to ultimate customers by class of 

 service are similar. The Florida Power Corporation provides over twice the 

 number of megawatt hours (MWh) to industries because of its greater overall 

 sales volume. Among the cooperatives, Talquin Electric has the greatest 

 volume of sales. 



The 1980 Ten-Year Plan for Florida states that 22 new major generating 

 units are planned to begin commercial operation in 1980-89. Of these, two are 

 oil-fired, one nuclear, and 19 are coal-fired; four of these are located out- 

 of-state (Florida Electric Power Coordinating Group 1980). None of these 

 units is specifically designated for location in Northwest Florida, but since 

 a number of these units are to be operated by the Florida Power Corporation, 

 which is the major provider of electrical power to Northwest Florida, ample 

 electric power should be available to most of the region. The history and 

 forecast of net energy in terms of megawatt hours (one MWh = one million kWh) 

 for the Florida Power Corporation and the Gulf Power Corporation is given in 

 Table 25. 



Despite expectations that coal-fueled energy in Florida will increase 

 from 19.3% in to 1980 to 46.7% by 1989 (Table 26), residual oil will remain an 

 important source of energy generation. Although its overall percentage of 

 input to net system generation will drop from 49.9% to 35.3%, the quantity of 



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