Florida Statute 366.03 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 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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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 366.03

Level: Degree
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Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 366.03.

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Cases Citing Statute 366.03

Total Results: 19

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

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2023-09-28

Snippet: 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.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-05-19

Citation: 191 So. 3d 897

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

Riechmann v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2007-09-20

Citation: 966 So. 2d 298, 2007 WL 1074938

Snippet: proceeding before a new trial judge and jury. Id. at 366.[3] This Court also denied Riechmann's petition for

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2005-03-03

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

Roberts v. Gator Freightways, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1989-01-20

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

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

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

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1988-09-13

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

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

Arenado v. Florida Power & Light Co.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1988-03-02

Citation: 523 So. 2d 628, 1988 WL 15438

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

Lee County Elec. Co-Op. v. Marks

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1987-01-22

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

Snippet: 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

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1987-01-05

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

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

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

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1983-02-17

Citation: 427 So. 2d 716, 1983 WL 813604

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

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

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1980-06-17

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

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

Richter v. Florida Power Corp.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1979-01-23

Citation: 366 So. 2d 798, 1979 WL 396265

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

INTERN. MINERALS & CHEM. CORP. v. Mayo

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1976-06-04

Citation: 336 So. 2d 548

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

Florida Power and Light Company v. Brown

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1973-03-13

Citation: 274 So. 2d 558

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

Storey v. Mayo

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1968-11-06

Citation: 217 So. 2d 304

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

Peoples Gas System, Inc. v. Mason

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1966-06-01

Citation: 187 So. 2d 335

Snippet: we relied heavily upon the fact that in Sections 366.03, 366.04, 366.05, 366.06(2) and 366.07, the legislature

City Gas Company v. Peoples Gas System, Inc.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1965-07-14

Citation: 182 So. 2d 429

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

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

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1959-09-30

Citation: 115 So. 2d 9

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

Andrews v. Goetz

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1958-07-31

Citation: 104 So. 2d 653

Snippet: v. Tip Top Grocery Co., 151 Fla. 247, 9 So.2d 366. [3] See: Bowles v. Elkes Pontiac Co., Fla. 1952,