Orlando Utilities

The Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC) is a municipally owned public utility providing electric and water service to the citizens of Orlando, Florida and portions of adjacent unincorporated areas of Orange County, as well as St. Cloud, in Osceola County, Florida. OUC currently serves more than 200,000 customers.

Chartered in 1923, OUC is the second largest locally owned electric utility in Florida and the 16th largest in the nation. The company is governed by a five-member commission (including the Mayor of Orlando), which is responsible for all operating policies.

OUC is partial sponsor of the natural gas-fueled, combined-cycle electric-generating unit Stanton Energy Center, has a 6.08% stake in the St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant near Fort Pierce, Florida, and was a former owner of the Indian River Plant north of Cocoa, Florida, now owned by Reliant Energy.

Canceled Stanton Project
In partnership with Southern Company and the U.S. Department of Energy, OUC proposed to build a 285 MW IGCC coal plant at the existing Stanton Energy Center near Orlando, in Orange County, Florida. The project received a Department of Energy pledge of $293 million in long-term loans.

In November, 2007, Southern Company took the unusual step of canceling the project two months after ground had been broken. The company cited concerns that Florida Governor Charlie Crist would press for additional carbon controls.

Nuclear Power
OUC is looking to invest as much as $3.7 million as a deposit to buy up to $800 million worth of Progress Energy's proposed nuclear plant in Levy County, north of Inglis. In August 2009, the Florida Cabinet approved the plant, making it "the first such plant approved in Florida in 33 years."

Contact details
Orlando Utilities Reliable Plaza at 100 West Anderson St. PO Box 3193 Orlando, FL 32802 407.423.9100 Website: http://www.ouc.com/

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