Gulf Power Company

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.

Gulf Power
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryUtilities
Founded1925
Defunct2022
FateAbsorbed into Florida Power & Light
HeadquartersPensacola, Florida, USA
Key people
Marlene Santos (President)
Number of employees
1,270
ParentNextEra Energy
Websitewww.fpl.com

GPC was founded in 1925, and was acquired by Juno Beach-based NextEra Energy (the parent company of Florida Power & Light) in 2019. 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. In early 2022 it was absorbed into FPL as its Northwest Florida division.

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