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Gulf Power Company
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Gulf Power Company (GPC) was a U.S. electric utility founded in 1925 and headquartered in Pensacola, Florida. It had over 450,000 customers in 10 counties and 71 towns in northwest Florida, and a generating capacity of 2.278 GW.[2]
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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Utilities |
Founded | 1925 |
Defunct | 2022 |
Fate | Absorbed into Florida Power & Light |
Headquarters | Pensacola, Florida, USA |
Key people | Marlene Santos (President) [1] |
Number of employees | 1,270 |
Parent | NextEra Energy |
Website | www |
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GPC was founded in 1925, and was acquired by Juno Beach-based NextEra Energy (the parent company of Florida Power & Light) in 2019.[3] In 2021 GPC was legally merged into Florida Power & Light. NextEra has stated it will operate GPC as a separate company within FPL through 2021.[4] In early 2022 it was absorbed into FPL as its Northwest Florida division.[5]