Florida Power & Light (LLCS-1 Large-Load Contract Service)
Large-load tariff for data centers: what is on file, the terms the filings state, and where each fact comes from. Terms a filing does not state are marked, never guessed.
StatusApproved Last reviewed 2026-01-01
Applies atNew or incremental load of 50 MW or more at a single location, with a projected load factor of 85% or more
What the filing saysAvailable only in designated zones near Sunbreak (St. Lucie), Tesoro (Martin), and Sugar (Palm Beach). Total class load capped at 3 GW. Minimum term of 20 years from in-service, including load ramp. Minimum bill of at least 70% of load-ramp demand. Customer pays system studies and CIAC before the service agreement. STATUTORY BACKGROUND: Gov. DeSantis signed SB 484 (effective July 1, 2026; local-authority provisions effective immediately on signing) requiring every Florida public electric utility, not just FPL, to file a large-load tariff with the PSC by October 1, 2026 ensuring large-load customers pay their full cost of service, with no cost-shifting onto residential/small-business customers. SB 484 also expressly preserves local government zoning/land-use/permitting authority over large-load siting (localities can set stricter standards or deny projects outright), and bars water management districts/DEP from issuing a consumptive-use water permit to a large-scale data center under certain conditions. The Oct 1, 2026 filing deadline just passed as of this research (2026-10-08). Tampa Electric (TECO) filed its own compliant tariff that day (news coverage only -- exact MW threshold/term not independently confirmed from the PSC docket itself). Duke Energy Florida ALSO filed Oct 1, but its filing is disputed: the Office of Public Counsel says DEF's proposal does not comply with SB 484's basic requirements because it omits an actual rate schedule -- Duke says it will file specific rates at a later rate proceeding instead. DEF's proposed non-rate terms (20-year minimum term, financial assurances, early-termination obligations, monthly minimum bills, 2 years' termination notice) are known, but a DEF site currently has no confirmed large-load RATE, unlike FPL/TECO -- flag this explicitly for any Duke-territory Florida site.
Stated terms
Contract term20 years (includes the ramp)
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Source
FPL tariff Section 8, LLCS-1 sheets 8.950 (effective Jan 1 2026): https://www.fpl.com/rates/pdf/electric-tariff-section8.pdf; SB 484 (2026), flgov.com/eog/news/press/2026/governor-ron-desantis-signs-law-protect-floridians-subsidizing-data-centers (primary signing announcement); Duke Energy Florida and Tampa Electric Oct 1 2026 PSC filings (news coverage: chronicleonline.com, baynews9.com/spectrumlocalnews.com; PSC docket text not independently read).
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