Florida Gas Utility was created as a non-profit municipal organization for the sole purpose of reducing the costs of purchased natural gas for its members. This is achieved by providing cost effective gas purchasing and gas management services and by securing long-term stability in fuel costs and supplies. Since the maximum benefits of bulk purchasing and long term stability of fuel supplies are best assured by the largest diversity and size of supplies and demands, FGU will attempt to expand its membership prudently over time.

FGU will develop and implement procedures to maximize the use of available transportation entitlements among the FGU members in order to balance the needs of systems with different seasonal peaks and to share the ability to use alternative fuels between electric generating systems and gas distribution systems. FGU makes its services and benefits available in such a manner to assure that the costs imposed upon FGU by a member are, as far as practicable, recovered from that member through appropriate cost recovery mechanisms.