Florida Statute 366.03 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXVII
RAILROADS AND OTHER REGULATED UTILITIES

Chapter 366
PUBLIC UTILITIES

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F.S. 366.03

366.03 General duties of public utility.—Each public utility shall furnish to each person applying therefor reasonably sufficient, adequate, and efficient service upon terms as required by the commission. No public utility shall be required to furnish electricity or gas for resale except that a public utility may be required to furnish gas for containerized resale. All rates and charges made, demanded, or received by any public utility for any service rendered, or to be rendered by it, and each rule and regulation of such public utility, shall be fair and reasonable. No public utility shall make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any person or locality, or subject the same to any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage in any respect.

History.—s. 3, ch. 26545, 1951; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 16, ch. 80-35; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 1, 15, ch. 82-25; ss. 20, 22, ch. 89-292; s. 4, ch. 91-429.

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Cases Citing Statute 366.03

Total Results: 19

Pan Am. World Airways, Inc. v. FLA. PUB. SERV. COM'N

427 So. 2d 716, 1983 WL 813604

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Feb 17, 1983 | Docket: 1478076

Cited 33 times | Published

, 243 So.2d 195 (Fla. 4th DCA 1971). See also § 366.03, Fla. Stat. (1981). Pan Am argued that FPL discriminatorily

Storey v. Mayo

217 So. 2d 304

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Nov 6, 1968 | Docket: 1662050

Cited 27 times | Published

necessarily broad and comprehensive. Fla. Stat. § 366.03 (1967), F.S.A.; Florida Power & Light Co. v. City

Roberts v. Gator Freightways, Inc.

538 So. 2d 55, 14 Fla. L. Weekly 240, 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 249, 1989 WL 3890

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 20, 1989 | Docket: 472354

Cited 20 times | Published

contract with the mall owner, but rather from Section 366.03, Florida Statutes, which imposed a duty on

City Gas Company v. Peoples Gas System, Inc.

182 So. 2d 429

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 14, 1965 | Docket: 1365676

Cited 18 times | Published

agreement having the effect forbidden by Ch. 542. Section 366.03 requires each public utility (i.e., in general

Consolidated Gas Company of Florida, Inc. v. City Gas Company of Florida, a Florida Corporation

912 F.2d 1262, 118 P.U.R.4th 287, 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 16430, 1990 WL 125506

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Sep 19, 1990 | Docket: 998055

Cited 14 times | Published

regulate public utilities. Fla.Stat. § 366.01. Section 366.03 addresses the general duties of public utilities:

Richter v. Florida Power Corp.

366 So. 2d 798, 1979 WL 396265

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 23, 1979 | Docket: 1655562

Cited 9 times | Published

excessive fuel adjustment charges[1] in violation of § 366.03, Fla. Stat. (1977). The complaint sought refunds

Florida Power and Light Company v. Brown

274 So. 2d 558

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 13, 1973 | Docket: 1676272

Cited 9 times | Published

statute rather than a contract. Florida Statutes, § 366.03, F.S.A., provides, inter alia: "Each public utility

Arenado v. Florida Power & Light Co.

523 So. 2d 628, 1988 WL 15438

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 2, 1988 | Docket: 473144

Cited 8 times | Published

The statutory duty is claimed to be found in section 366.03, Florida Statutes (1981), which requires each

Consol. Gas Co. of Fla. v. City Gas Co. of Fla.

665 F. Supp. 1493, 1987 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6926

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Jul 24, 1987 | Docket: 1256628

Cited 6 times | Published

for its approval. Moreover, because Fla.Stat. § 366.03 (1985) states that natural gas utilities shall

INTERN. MINERALS & CHEM. CORP. v. Mayo

336 So. 2d 548

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jun 4, 1976 | Docket: 1721035

Cited 6 times | Published

rates must be "fair and reasonable," Fla. Stat. § 366.03, and, when rate adjustments are necessary because

Lee County Elec. Co-Op. v. Marks

501 So. 2d 585, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 75

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jan 22, 1987 | Docket: 538278

Cited 4 times | Published

to serve a customer in FMM's position under section 366.03, Florida Statutes (1983). Both FPL and intervenor

City Gas Co. v. Florida Public Service Commission

501 So. 2d 580, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 27, 1987 Fla. LEXIS 1389

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jan 5, 1987 | Docket: 64624641

Cited 1 times | Published

reasonable and must not be unduly discriminatory. Id. § 366.03. *584City Gas argues that there was no evidence

Corp. De Gestion Ste-Foy v. Fla. Power & Light

385 So. 2d 124, 1980 Fla. App. LEXIS 17034

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 17, 1980 | Docket: 1337470

Cited 1 times | Published

law of the state, however, as expressed in Section 366.03, Florida Statutes (1977) is that "[N]o public

Florida Rising, Inc. v. Florida Public Service Commission

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 17, 2025 | Docket: 70826025

Published

expansion of the SolarTogether program 2 satisfies section 366.03, Florida Statutes classes; (11) FPL system

Floridians Against Increased Rates, Inc. v. Gary F. Clark, etc.

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Sep 28, 2023 | Docket: 67836463

Published

preference or advantage” to any customer, section 366.03, Florida Statutes (2021). We have repeatedly

Citizens of the State of Florida v. Art Graham, etc.

191 So. 3d 897

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: May 19, 2016 | Docket: 3065480

Published

any public utility for its service.”); see also § 366.03, Fla. Stat. (2014) (“All rates and charges made

Ago

Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Mar 3, 2005 | Docket: 3258109

Published

to the impact of PEF's obligation to serve section 366.03, Florida Statutes. The statute requires a public

Jacksonville Electric Authority v. Draper's Egg & Poultry Co.

531 So. 2d 373, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 2140, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 4030, 1988 WL 93289

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 13, 1988 | Docket: 64637134

Published

interests: The public policy embodied in this [e.g., Section 366.03, Florida Statutes (1977)] and similar statutory

Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Tampa Electric Co.

115 So. 2d 9

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 30, 1959 | Docket: 60193755

Published

terms as required by the commission, * * F.S.A. § 366.03. The Withl'a-coochee River Electric Cooperative