Large new customers

Before a utility promises service to a data center, factory or port expansion, someone should know whether the pipes and wires can carry it, what upgrades cost, and who is left paying if the customer leaves early. Fill in what you have been told; blanks stay unknown.

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Can the utilities serve it, and who carries the risk?

Enter the requested demand for at least one service, the contract length and how long the equipment lasts.

Step 1

What the customer is asking for

Service	Requested	Spare capacity the utility has stated	Status
Electricity (peak)	Electricity (peak) requested (MW) MW	Electricity (peak) spare capacity (MW) MW	Electricity (peak) status
Water	Water requested (MGD) MGD	Water spare capacity (MGD) MGD	Water status
Wastewater	Wastewater requested (MGD) MGD	Wastewater spare capacity (MGD) MGD	Wastewater status
Fiber	Fiber requested (paths) paths	Fiber spare capacity (paths) paths	Fiber status

Contract length (years)

Equipment life (years)

Step 2

What it costs to connect

Enter a requested amount in step 1 to add its costs.

Property tax from a large customer is smaller than it looksInside a redevelopment area most of the county and city share goes to the redevelopment agency, and the state-required school levy mainly reduces state school aid. Equipment loses taxable value as it ages, and one customer can leave. See who keeps each tax dollar.

Local context, October 2026No proposed large customer in Escambia or Santa Rosa County has published a demand figure. On 13 August 2026 Pensacola City Council adopted a one-year moratorium on data centers and other customers expecting a peak load of 50 MW or more (Ordinance No. 11-26, adopted 7–0; council minutes on the city’s CivicClerk portal). WUWF Public Media reported on 24 July 2026 that, the day before, Escambia County commissioners unanimously adopted a resolution stating that data centers are not permitted under the county’s land development code, and Santa Rosa County commissioners voted to bar data centers for 12 months (WUWF). We have not read the county records themselves.

Where to get these numbers

Requested demandThe developer’s service request or site application to the utility or county.
Spare capacity and upgrade costsThe utility’s written capacity letter or interconnection study. A verbal “we can serve it” is not a study.
Contract length and exit termsThe electric service agreement, or a large-load tariff approved by the Florida Public Service Commission for investor-owned utilities.
MarginThe tariff rate less the utility’s cost to serve, from its rate filing.