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EXHIBIT 10(i)

                 SERVICE AGREEMENT UNDER SOUTHERN COMPANIES,
                    FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
                        ELECTRIC TARIFF VOLUME NO.4
                         MARKET-BASED RATE TARIFF

THIS SERVICE AGREEMENT is entered into as Of November 21, 1996, by and
among Gulf Power Company (the "Company"), Southern Company Services,
Inc. ("SCS"), as agent for the Company, and Florida Public Utilities
Company, on behalf of its Marianna division ("FPUC"). The Company, FPUC
and SCS are sometimes hereinafter referred to collectively as the
"parties" and individually as a "party".

W I T N E S S E T H:

That in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter
contained, the parties hereto for themselves, their successors and
assigns, have mutually agreed with each other as follows:

        1. Scope of Service.

                1.1 The Company agrees, during the term of this Service
Agreement to provide FPUC's Marianna division its full requirements for
electric service, and FPUC agrees to pay for such service, all in
accordance with Southern Companies' Electric Tariff Volume No.4 -
Market-Based Rate Tariff ( the "Tariff") on file with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission ("FERC") and the rate schedule set forth on
Appendix A hereto.

                1.2 The terms and conditions of such service shall be
governed by (1) the Tariff, as it exists at the time of this Service
Agreement or as subsequently amended or superseded and (2) the terms and
conditions set forth herein. The Tariff as it exists or as subsequently
amended or superseded is incorporated herein by reference. To the extent
the terms and conditions of the Tariff are inconsistent with those set
forth herein, the provisions of this Service Agreement shall control.

                1.3 Service -under -his Service Agreement supersedes
service provided by Company to FPUC -under the Company's FERC Electric
Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. as amended from time to time.

                1.4 FPUC shall not purchase electric energy elsewhere
without the written consent of the Company unless (1) the Company fails
to furnish energy to FPUC in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, or (2) FPUC is legally obligated to accept energy from a
cogenerator or small power producer under the rules of any agency having
such jurisdiction.

	2. Term and Termination of Service Agreement.

This Service Agreement shall be effective upon the date above written.
Electric service under this Service Agreement shall commence on January
1, 1997 (the "Commencement Date") and shall continue for an initial term
of eleven (11) years after the Commencement Date. Thereafter, this
Agreement shall automatically renew for additional, successive 12-month
periods.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) FPUC may terminate this
Service Agreement upon --two (2) years prior written notice; provided,
however, no notice of termination may be given prior to the end of the
fifth (5th) year of the initial. term and (ii) Company may terminate
this Service Agreement upon two (2) years prior written notice after the
ninth (9th) year of the initial term.

In the event FPUC provides the Company notice of termination of this
Service Agreement because FPUC has received a good faith offer from a
third party to serve FPUC, the Company shall have a right of first
refusal to match such offer and to continue to serve FPUC -under a
revised rate and applicable terms and conditions.

	3. Demand and Energy Rates

                3.1 The demand and energy rates for the sale of capacity
and energy hereunder are set forth on Appendix A which is incorporated
herein by reference. The parties agree that these rates are fixed for
the term of this Service Agreement; provided, however, that the Company
shall have the right to modify -he rates set forth on Appendix A for
increases in cost due to changes in Legal Requirements. For the purposes
of this Section 3.1, "Legal Requirements" shall mean any law, code,
statute, regulation, rule, ordinance, judgment, injunction, order or
other requirement of a governmental authority having jurisdiction over
"the matter in question, which is valid and applicable to the matter in
question at the time of the execution of this Service Agreement or
anytime thereafter during the term.

                3.2 If pursuant to Section 3.1, Company elects to modify
the rates set forth on Appendix A for increases in cost due to changes
in Legal Requirements, FPUC may terminate this Service Agreement upon at
least two (2) years prior written notice to the Company.

	4. Payments.

Payments and billing for the service rendered hereunder shall be made in
accordance with the terms of the Tariff.

        5. Company and FPUC Facilities.

                5.1 FPUC will exercise diligence to use the electric
service furnished by the Company with a view to securing efficiency of
the Company's apparatus and system in keeping with generally accepted
good operating standards and will maintain a power factor as near unity
as practicable consistent with good engineering practices. FPUC and the
Company will construct their facilities in accordance with
specifications at Least equal to those prescribed by the National
Electrical Safety Code of the United States Bureau of Standards, and
will maintain their said facilities at all times in a safe operating
condition and will use electric service equally from the three chases as
nearly as practicable.

                5.2 If a differential of more than 15% between the
current flowing in any two phases exists at the time of FPUC's maximum
monthly demand, FPUC, upon notice from the Company, will take reasonable
action to correct such condition as soon as practicable.

                5.3 In order to insure safe operating practices in the
event FPUC shall receive electrical energy from a supplier different
from the Company, adequate provision shall be made to insure that under
no circumstances, can the other supplier's system be interconnected so
as to operate in parallel with that of the Company, except with the
consent of the Company.

                5.4 FPUC will give the Company as much prior notice as
is reasonably practicable of temporary switching of load between
delivery points. Temporary switching will be undertaken by the FPUC only
after consultation and coordination with the Company.

	6.   Service Locations.

The electric energy to be furnished by the Company under this Service
Agreement shall be delivered to FPUC at the following delivery points:
Altha substation, Blountstown substation, Caverns Road substation,
Chipola substation and the Marianna substation.

	7.   Service Specifications

                7.1 The Company shall furnish electric service of the
characteristics at the points of delivery:

			Phase:		3
			Wire:		3
			Cycles:		60
                        Voltage:        12,470
                        Current:        Alternating

			KVA Capacity:
			Altha:		4,000 KVA
			Blountstown:	5,000 KVA
			Caverns Road:	13,300 KVA
                        Chipola:        24,000 KVA
                        Marianna:       24,000 KVA
			Total:		70,300 KVA

                7.2 FPUC shall use reasonable diligence to take and use
electric energy hereunder from each of the phases in such a manner that
the total energy shall be divided equally between the three phases.

                7.3 In the event FPU's maximum capacity requirement at
any delivery point at any time exceeds the contract capacity by more
than ten (10) percent at such delivery point FPU shall be liable for any
resulting damage to the Company's facilities and equipment. If damage
does result from an excess of more than ten (10) percent then a new
contract supplement shall be executed reflecting the increased capacity
requirement as contract capacity.

                7.4 if FPU desires that the Company establish service to
an additional point of delivery, the parties agree to use reasonable
best efforts to establish such service and to allocate responsibility
for any associated costs.

	8.   Measurement of Energy

                8.1 The electric energy to be supplied by the Company
hereunder will be measured by appropriate meters as the Company may
select which together with metering equipment, shall be Installed, owned
and maintained by the Company at its expense in a suitable place or
building upon the FPUC's premises.

                8.2 FPUC will at its expense provide a suitable place or
building, in accordance with plans approved by the Company, for the
proper housing of meters and other electrical equipment furnished by the
Company. The Company will make all final connections to its system at
the point of delivery.

                8.3 Al1 meters, wires and other appliances furnished by
the Company will remain in the property of -the Company and FPUC will
use reasonable diligence to protect the property of the Company on its
premises.

	9.  Meter Test.

                9.1 Each meter used in determining the demand for or
amount of electric energy supplied hereunder shall, by comparison with
accurate standards, be tested and calibrated by the Company at intervals
of not to exceed twelve (12) months. Upon request of FPUC, the Company
shall notify FPUC of such tests so that FPUC may have a representative
present. If a meter shall be found incorrect or inaccurate, it shall be
restored to an accurate condition or a new meter shall be substituted.

                9.2 FPUC shall have the right to request that a special
meter test be made at any time. If any test made at FPUC's request
discloses that the meter tested is registering correctly, or within 2%
of normal, FPUC shall bear the expense of such test. The expense of all
other test shall be borne by the Company.

                9.3  The results of all such . Tests and calibrations
shall be open to examination by FPUC and a report of every test shall be
furnished to FPUC as soon as reasonably practical. Any meters tested and
found to be not more than 2% normal above or below normal shall be
considered to be correct and accurate insofar as correction of billing
is concerned. If, as a result of any test, any meter is found to
register in excess of 2% either above or below normal, then the readings
of such meter previously taken for billing purposes shall be corrected
according to the percentage of inaccuracy so found, but no such
correction shall extend beyond ninety (90) days previous to the day on
which the inaccuracy is discovered by such test.

                9.4  For any period that a meter f ailed to register, it
shall be assumed that the demand, or electric energy delivered, as the
case may be, during said period is the same as that for a period of like
operation to be agreed upon by the Company and FPUC during which such
meter was in service and operating.

	10.  Change in Load.

Whenever possible, reasonable notice shall be given by FPUC to the
Company respecting any material changes proposed in the connected load
or In the characteristics of such load at the service locations.

	11.  Continuity of Service and Consumption.

The Company does not guarantee *that the supply of electric service will
be free from temporary interruptions, or from reasonable restrictions
upon the use of energy to assure service reliability throughout the
Southern company electric system; provided, however, such restrictions
shall be no more stringent than the Company imposes on service to other
customers in like circumstances. Such temporary interruptions of or
restrictions upon the Company's service shall not constitute a breach of
this Service Agreement on the part of the Company, and the Company shall
not be liable to FPUC for damages resulting therefrom. In the event of
interruptions or restrictions upon service, the Company will restore
normal service as soon as it can reasonably do so, and will, at all
times, exert itself toward the end of supplying as nearly constant
service as is reasonably practicable. In the case of impaired or
defective service, FPUC shall be immediately give notice to the nearest
office of the Company by telephone, confirming such notice in writing on
the same date such notice Is given.

	12.  Access to Service Locations.

Each party shall give ail necessary permission to each other to enable
the agents of the other party to carry out this Service Agreement and
will give each other the right by their duly authorized agents and
employees to enter the premises of the other at all reasonable times for
the purposes of reading or checking meters; for inspecting, testing,
repairing, renewing or exchanging any or all of its equipment which may
be located on the property of the other; or performing any other work
incident to rendering the service hereby contracted for.

	13. Liability for Accidents.

                13.1 The electric energy supplied hereunder is supplied
upon the express condition that after it passes the metering equipment
of the Company, or other point of delivery, it becomes the property of
FPUC and the Company shall not be liable for loss or damage to any
person or property whatsoever, resulting directly or indirectly from the
use, misuse or presence of said electric energy on FPUC's premises, or
elsewhere after it passes the point of delivery to FPUC, except where
such loss or damage shall be shown to have been 3ccasioned by the
negligence of the Company, its agents or employees in operating and
maintaining the Company's property used in supplying service hereunder.

                13.2  FPUC agrees to keep its lines, apparatus,
appliances and all other equipment in safe condition and will and does
hereby agree to indemnify and save harmless the Company from the payment
of any sum or sums of money to any person whomsoever, including
attorney's fees and court costs, which, it  may be called upon to pay on
account of damages to property or fatal or personal injuries to
individuals resulting from or which may be in any way caused by the
condition, operation and maintenance of the lines, apparatus, appliances
and other equipment belonging to FPUC. Provided, however that this
agreement to indemnify and save harmless the Company shall not apply to
damages or injuries caused or contributed to by the negligence of the
Company.

                13.3 It is understood and agreed that FPUC will deliver
to the Company, at least fifteen (15) days prior to the beginning of
service hereunder, certificate of insurance issued by a reputable
insurance company authorized to do business in the State of Florida,
jointly protecting and indemnifying the Company and FPUC against all
Liability and expense on account of claims and suits for injuries or
damages to persons or property arising out of the service rendered to or
by FPUC which shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to
the Company.

                13.4 FPUC agrees to pay all premiums and other charges
due on said policies and keep said policies in force during the entire
life of this Agreement. Provided, however, that the Company agrees to
pay that part of the premiums on the above policies which is in excess
of the amount that FPUC would be charged if it were the sole beneficiary
thereunder.

	14.  Default.

                14.1 Whenever FPUC has violated any of the terms of this
Service Agreement, or has failed to pay any bill accruing on or before
the fifteenth (15th) day after the due date of such billing, the Company
may discontinue the supply of electric energy provided at least
fifteen(15) days written notice has been given of such intention to
discontinue the service, unless the FPUC shall correct such violation or
shall pay such bill, before the expiration of such fifteen (15) days
notice provided, however, that the foregoing shall not be applicable to
the extent that a bona fide dispute exists. No delay by the Company in
enforcing any of its rights hereunder shall be deemed a waiver of such
rights, nor shall a waiver by the Company of one of FPUC's defaults be
deemed a waiver of any other or subsequent default.

                14.2 Where service is discontinued for cause, as set
forth above, the Company reserves the right to terminate service upon
giving thirty (30) days written notice of its intent to do 30. Upon such
--termination, FPUC shall pay the Company, in addition to any unpaid
charges for service, an amount equal to the difference between the
original cost, depreciated at the annual rate of 3.0%, and the net
salvage value on such date of any utility plant installed and completed
within five years of such termination to provide service at any delivery
point. The "utility plant installed" includes the Company's incremental
investment in (a) transmission investment required solely for FPU's
service at such delivery point and 'b) distribution and transformation
investment required solely for FPU's service at such delivery point or
the proportionate share of such investment for service to such delivery
point in the event the Company's investment is devoted in part to
service to others at such delivery point.

                14.3 Upon the termination of service for cause, Company
may proceed by appropriate proceedings, judicial, administrative or
otherwise at Law, in equity or otherwise, to protect and enforce its
rights, to recover any damages to which it may be entitled, and to
enforce performance by FPUC, including specific performance of FPUC's
obligations hereunder.

	15.   Transfer of Service Agreement and Assignment of Claim.

Neither this Service Agreement nor any interest herein nor any claim
arising hereunder shall be transferred or assigned by the Company or by
FPUC to any party or parties without the prior written consent of the
other party hereto.

	16.   Regulation.

The provision of -service under this Service Agreement and the Tariff is
subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
and any other governmental authorities having jurisdiction over the
matters set forth herein.

	17.   Successors and Assigns.

This Service Agreement shall be binding upon the successors or legal
assigns of either of the parties hereto.

	18.   Sole Agreement.

This Service Agreement supersedes, as of the effective date hereof, all
previous agreements or representations, whether written or oral, hereto
in effect between the Company and FPUC with respect to matters herein
contained, and constitutes the sole agreement by the parties hereto
concerning these matters.

	19.	Confidentiality.

The Parties agree to keep confidential and not to disclose to third
parties the terms and conditions of this Service Agreement for the term
hereof; provided however, each party shall have the right to disclose
such information to the extent required or appropriate to comply with
the requirements of law and to obtain the requisite approvals needed for
the consummation of this Service  Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereunto have caused this Service
Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized officers.

SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES, INC. an agent for the Company

By: /s/ Signature of file

Title: Vice President

Date:  November 22, 1996

THE FLORIDA PUBLIC UTILITIES CO.
on behalf of its Marianna division

By: /s/ John T. English

Title: Senior Vice President

Date:  December 2. 1996

                              APPENDIX A

                            RATE SCHEDULE

For each billing month, the Customer Charge will be calculated as
follows:

Customer Charge	=	Demand Charge plus Energy Charge plus
                        Transformation Charge plus Delivery
                        Point Charge: where

Demand Charge

      The Demand Charge includes a Transmission Services Fee, an
Ancillary Services Fee and a Generation Services Fee.

The Transmission Services Fee will be determined in accordance
with Network Integration Transmission Service under Southern
Companies Open Access Transmission Tariff.

The Ancillary Services Fee includes Scheduling, System Control
and Dispatch Service and Reactive Supply and Voltage Control. at
the rates set forth in Southern Companies Open Access
Transmission Tariff. Regulation and Frequency Response Service,
Energy Imbalance Service, Operating Reserve - Spinning Reserve
Service and Operating Reserve - Supplemental Reserve Service are
not required under Southern Companies Open Access Transmission
Tariff.

The Generation Services Fee of the Demand Charge will be
calculated as follows:

     Generation Services Fee = (Billing Demand times Demand Rate)
     minus (Transmission Services Fee plus Ancillary Services Fee); where

     Billing Demand = sum of the integrated hourly demands
     of the points of delivery during the hour coincident
     with the southern Electric System Territorial Peak Demand.

     Demand Rate has the values set forth in the chart below:

        Monthly Rates           Monthly Rates

	Year		Rate	Year		Rate
        1997             *      2003             *
        1998             *      2004             *
        1999             *      2005             *
        2000             *      2006             *
        2001             *      2007             *
        2002             *

        [*CONFIDENTIAL PORTIONS OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
        COMMISSION.]

     After December 31, 2007, the Demand Rate will increase annually at
     [CONFIDENTIAL PORTION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
     COMMISSION.]

Energy Charge

The Energy Charge will be calculated as follows:

      Energy Charge = Energy Usage times Energy Rate; where

      Energy Usage = the total KWh of energy used at the delivery
points.

Energy Rate has the values set forth in the chart below:

        Monthly Rates           Monthly Rates

	Year		Rate	Year		Rate
        1997             *      2003             *
        1998             *      2004             *
        1999             *      2005             *
        2000             *      2006             *
        2001             *      2007             *
        2002             *

        [*CONFIDENTIAL PORTIONS OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
        COMMISSION.]

        After December 31, 2007, the Energy Rate will increase
        annually at the [CONFIDENTIAL PORTION OMITTED AND FILED
        SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.]

Transformation Charge

        [CONFIDENTIAL PORTION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
        COMMISSION.] per KVA

        FPUC will be billed based on the product of the above rate and
        [CONFIDENTIAL PORTION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
        COMMISSION.]  The Company shall have the right to adjust the
        Transformation Charge in the event of modifications to or
        additions of capability of the existing delivery points or the
        addition of new delivery points, if any.

Delivery Point Charge

        [CONFIDENTIAL PORTION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
        COMMISSION.] per delivery point per month.EXHIBIT 10(h)
                            Execution Copy
                                                              1/23/96

ELECTRIC SERVICE CONTRACT

        THIS CONTRACT, entered into as of January 29. 1996 between the
JACKSONVILLE ELECTRIC AUTHORITY, a body politic and corporate existing
under the laws of the State of Florida, hereinafter called the
Authority, and the FLORIDA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMPANY, a Florida
Corporation hereinafter called the Company.

        WITNESSETH, that the parties hereto do mutually agree as
follows:

	Section 1. Scope of Contract

        Subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the
Authority shall sell and deliver to the Company and the Company shall
purchase and receive from the Authority its full requirements for
electric energy required by the Company herein described except that
which may be generated by the Company in cases of emergency with its
owned generation or which may be received from a cogenerator or small
power producer which the Company is legally obligated to accept under
the rules of any agency having such jurisdiction. The Company shall not
purchase electric energy elsewhere without the written consent of the.
Authority unless the Authority fails to furnish energy.

	Section 2. Term and Termination of Contract

        This Contract shall be effective upon the date above written.
Electric Service under this Contract shall commence on January 1, 1998
and end December 31, 2007. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, either
party may terminate this Contract upon three (3) years advance written
notice. The earliest date that such termination notice may be given is
December 31, 1999.

	Section 3. Rates

        For electric service purchased by the Company pursuant to this
Contract, the following rates shall apply:

	I. CUSTOMER CHARGE:

        For the billing period commencing January 1, 1998 through
December 31, 2007:

	[CONFIDENTIAL PORTION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
        COMMISSION.]

	II. DEMAND CHARGE:

        For the billing period commencing January 1, 1998 through
December 31, 2007:

	[CONFIDENTIAL PORTION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
        COMMISSION.]

	III. ENERGY CHARGE:

        A.      For the billing period commencing January 1, 1998
through December 31, 1998:

        [CONFIDENTIAL PORTION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
        COMMISSION.]

        B.      For the billing period commencing January 1, 1999
through December 31, 2007:

        [CONFIDENTIAL PORTION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
        COMMISSION.]

	IV. OPTIONAL INCENTIVE RATES:

        In addition, the Authority may offer to the Company incentive
rate pricing for new and additional customer loads. Such rates shall
serve as an incentive for existing customers to purchase greater than
normal amounts of power and as a means to attract new retail customers
to the Company's service territory. Each such offering shall be on a
case basis and upon the mutual agreement of the Authority and the
Company.

	Section 4. Payments

        Payments for the service rendered hereunder to the service
location shall be made monthly on submission of a bill containing a
statement of meter readings at the beginning of the billing period, end
of the billing period, meter constants, energy consumption and demand,
and such other pertinent data as shall be required, and shall be paid at
the office of the Tax Collector, in the City of Jacksonville, Florida,
within ten (10) days of the date thereof or by the 20th calendar day of
that month, whichever is later. Late payments shall accrue interest on a
daily basis at JEA's then current late charge rate pursuant to JEA's
Policies and Procedures.

Section 5. Company and Authority Facilities

        The Company shall, at its own risk and expense, furnish, install
and maintain all necessary apparatus for utilizing the energy to be
supplied hereunder, such as transformers, switchboards, circuit
breakers, safety devices, wiring, etc., and said installation shall be
of such character as will not introduce disturbances on the Authority's
lines, and the apparatus shall be selected and used so as to secure the
highest practicable power factor.

        The Authority shall have the right of general supervision over
all apparatus connected to its circuits, and the manner of operation of
such apparatus in the interest of the proper operation of the Authority
system as a whole and the continuity of service to all its customers.
The Authority reserves the right to review the operation and
interconnection scheme of any generating customer of the Company which
may engage in parallel operation with the Company's electrical system.
The Authority may refuse to make connections, or to commence or to
continue to give service unless the installation and apparatus and
operation, of the preceding shall meet with its approval, and approval
of any municipal or other agents having lawful jurisdiction. The Company
agrees to abide by any reasonable regulations which may be established
by the Authority for the operation of the apparatus connected by the
Company to the Authority's lines.

        The Company shall provide, when needed, a suitable place or
building for properly housing the meters and other service equipment of
the Authority, all in accordance with plans and specifications furnished
by the Authority.

        The Authority shall provide, install and maintain the necessary
watt-hour meter and its accessories of a standard manufacture for the
measurement of demand and energy consumed under this Contract.

	Section 6. Service Location

        The electric energy to be furnished by the Authority under this
contract shall be delivered to the Company from the Nassau Substation
which is located in Section 43, Township 2 North, Range 27 East, Nassau
County, Florida.

	Section 7. Service Specifications

                (a)     The Authority shall furnish electric service of
the following characteristics at the point of delivery:

			Phase			3
			Wire			3
			Cycles			60
			Voltage			138,000
			Current			Alternating
                        Metering Voltage        138,000
			KVA Capacity		150,000 KVA

                (b)     The Company shall use reasonable diligence to
take and use electric energy hereunder from each of the phases in such a
manner that the total energy shall be divided equally between the three
phases.

                (c)     The Authority shall use reasonable diligence to
furnish all electric energy required by the Company at the service
location. The receiving voltage at the point of interconnection shall be
maintained by the Authority at 138,000 volts, plus or minus five percent
(5%).

                (d)     Subject to the mutual agreement with a minimum of
a five (5) year commitment following December 31, 2002, JEA agrees to
make capital improvements to JEA's Nassau Substation (the Company's
meter point) which would provide for two (2) simultaneously operating
services to the Company.

	Section 8. Measurement of Energy

        All electric energy furnished by the Authority hereunder shall
be measured at the service location specified in Section 6 of this
contract by suitable meter of standard manufacture, to be furnished,
installed, maintained, calibrated and read by the Authority at its
expense. In the event any meter(s) fails to register, or registers
incorrectly the electric energy furnished therethrough during any month,
the Authority shall determine the length of the period in such month
during which such meter(s) failed to register or registered incorrectly,
and the quantity of electric energy delivered during such period
utilizing the Company's check metering located at the Company's Stepdown
Substation (adjusted for losses), and an appropriate adjustment based
thereon shall be made in the Company's bill solely for such month;
provided that in no event shall an adjustment be made for any month
unless such meter shall have been tested by the Authority of its own
volition or at the written request of the Company within thirty (30)
days from and after the date upon which the bill for such month shall
have been rendered. Any meter which registers not more than two (2)
percent slow or fast shall be deemed correct. No device or connection
shall be maintained by the Company at the service location which will
prevent any meter from registering correctly the energy used or to be
used.

        Section 9. Meter Test

        The Authority, at its expense, shall periodically inspect and
test the meter(s) installed by it at intervals not exceeding one (1)
year. At the written request of the Company, the Authority shall make
additional tests of any or all of such meters in the presence of
representatives of the Company. The cost of such additional tests shall
be borne by the Company if the percentage of error is found to be not
more than two (2) percent slow or fast.

	Section 10. Change in Load

        Whenever possible, reasonable notice shall be given by the
Company to the Authority respecting any material changes proposed in the
connected load or in the characteristics of such load at the service
location.

	Section 11. Continuity of Service and consumption

                (a)     The Authority shall not be liable to the company
hereunder, nor shall the Company be liable to the Authority hereunder by
reason of failure of the Authority to deliver or the company to receive
electrical energy as the result of fire, strike, riot, explosion, flood,
accident, breakdown, acts of God, or the public enemy, prohibition by
governmental authority or court decree, or other acts beyond the control
of the party affected; it being the intention of each party to relieve
the other of the obligation to supply electric energy or to receive and
pay for electric energy when as a result of any of the above mentioned
causes either party may be unable to deliver or use in whole or in part
the electric energy contracted to be delivered or received. Both parties
shall be prompt and diligent in using their best efforts to remove and
overcome the cause or causes of said interruption, but nothing herein
contained shall be construed as permitting the Authority to refuse to
deliver or the Company to refuse to receive electric energy after the
cause of interruption has been removed.

                (b)     The Authority does not guarantee that the supply
of electric energy hereunder shall be free from interruption occasioned
by any of the causes mentioned in the foregoing paragraph and it is
agreed that such interruption shall not constitute a breach of this
Contract on the part of the Authority and the Authority shall not be
liable to the Company for damages resulting therefrom. In the event of
such interruption of service, the Authority will restore the service as
soon as it can reasonably do so and will at all times exert the greatest
efforts toward the end of supplying as nearly constant service as is
reasonable and practicable. In case of impaired or defective service,
the Company shall immediately give notice to the nearest office of the
Authority by telephone, confirming such notice in writing as soon
thereafter as practicable.

	Section 12. Access to Service Location

        The Company hereby grants to the Authority the right, at all
reasonable times, by its duly authorized agents and employees, to enter
the premises of the Company for the purpose of inspecting and repairing
or removing the property of the Authority, of reading meters, or of
performing any work incidental to the supplying of all services hereby
contracted for.

	Section 13. Liability for Accidents

        The electric energy supplied under this Contract is supplied
upon the express condition that after it passes the meter equipment of
the Authority, it becomes the property of the Company. The Company shall
indemnify and save harmless and defend the Authority for loss, damage or
injury (including death) to any person or property whatsoever resulting
directly or indirectly from the use or misuse or presence of said
electric energy on the Company's premises after it passes the point of
delivery to the Company, except where such loss, damage or injury shall
be shown to have been occasioned by the sole negligence of the
Authority, its agents, servants or employees. In the event of joint
negligence on the part of the Company and the Authority, any loss or
damages shall be apportioned in accordance with the Uniform Contribution
Among Tortfeasors Act (Section 768.31, Florida Statutes) as it
exists on the effective date of this Contract.

	Section 14. Default

        If the Company defaults in the performance of any obligations
under this Contract, the Authority will provide the Company with 30 days
written notice to cure such default. If the Company fails to cure such
default, the Authority may suspend service, such suspension not to
interfere with the enforcement by the Authority of any other legal right
or remedy, and at its option the Authority may cancel this Contract in
the event of any such default. No delay by the Authority in enforcing
any of its rights hereunder shall be deemed a waiver of such rights nor
shall a waiver by the Authority of one of the Company's defaults be
deemed a waiver of any other or subsequent default.

        No dispute with reference to the amount due for electric service
hereunder shall excuse the Company from paying when due the amount
stated by the Authority to be due, but any amount which the Company may
have so paid that is deficient or in excess of the amount actually found
upon investigation to be due shall be promptly paid by the Company or
the Authority with interest at the same rate indicated in Section 4,
above.

        Should the uncured default lie in the failure of the Company to
make prompt payments of the bills in accordance with Section 4, above,
then the Authority shall have the right immediately to discontinue
service and this Contract shall, at the election of the Authority, be
wholly at an end and the parties shall thereby be severally released
from all obligations hereunder, save in the rights of action then
already accrued.

	Section 15. Transfer of Contract and Assignment of Claim

        Neither this Contract nor any interest herein nor any claim
arising hereunder shall be transferred or assigned by the Authority or
by the Company to any party or parties without the prior written consent
of the other party hereto.

        Furthermore, in the event of a change in ownership of the
Company or of the Company's Fernandina Electric Division, this contract
shall become open and the terms and conditions contained herein subject
to renegotiation by and between the Authority and the new owner. Said
renegotiation requirement shall become effective on the effective-date
of the change in ownership and unless said renegotiations are concluded
successfully within 90 days following that date, the Contract shall be
automatically terminated.

	Section 16. Notices

        Any notice contemplated by this Contract shall be made in
writing and shall be delivered in person or by deposit in the U.S. mail,
first class mail, certified receipt requested, to the JACKSONVILLE
ELECTRIC AUTHORITY, 21 W. Church Street, Jacksonville, Florida 32202,
ATTENTION: Managing Director in the case of the Authority; and to
FLORIDA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMPANY,P.0. Box 3395, West Palm Beach, Florida
33402-3395, ATTENTION: President as to the Company.
The designation of the person to be notified or the address of such
person may be changed at any time by similar notice.

	Section 17. Successors and Assigns

        This Contract shall be binding upon the successors or legal
assigns of either of the parties hereto.

	Section 18. sole Agreement

        This Contract supersedes, as of the effective date hereof, all
previous contracts or representations, whether written or oral,
heretofore in effect by the Authority and the Company with respect to
matters herein contained, and constitutes the sole agreement by the
parties hereto concerning these matters.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, THE JACKSONVILLE ELECTRIC AUTHORITY, and the
FLORIDA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMPANY, a Florida corporation, have caused
this Contract to be executed and attested by their duly authorized
officer on the day and date first above written.

ATTEST:
JACKSONVILLE ELECTRIC

/s/ Signature on file   (SEAL)
By /s/ Signature on file Administrative Assistant     Managing Director

Form Approved:

/s/ Signature on file
Assistant Counsel

ATTEST
FLORIDA PUBLIC UTILITIES CO.
a Florida Corporation
/s/ Jack R. Brown
Secretary
sercon99.doc

By:
/s/ F.C. Cressman
President

(SEAL)

                                AMENDMENT

                                    TO

                        ELECTRIC SERVICE CONTRACT

        This AMENDMENT to the Electric Service Contract dated January 29,
1996 is entered, in duplicate, this 7th day of February 2000, by and
between the JEA hereinafter referred to as the AUTHORITY and Florida
Public Utilities Company, hereinafter referred to as the COMPANY and
collectively, the PARTIES.

	WITNESSETH, that the PARTIES hereto do mutually agree as follows:

1.	Section 2.  Term of Contract is deleted and replaced as follows:

        "Section 2.  Term of Contract

        This Contract shall be effective upon the date above written.
        Electric Service under this Contract shall commence on January
        1, 1998 and end December 31, 2007."

        SAVE AND EXCEPT as modified by the Amendment, all other terms and
conditions of the Contract dated January 29, 1996 shall remain in full
force and effect.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, JEA and Florida Public Utilities Company have
caused this Amendment to be executed and attested by their duly
authorized officers on the date above written.

                                         JEA

                                         By:     /s/ Signature on file
                                         CEO, Managing Director

Form Approved:

/s/ Signature on File
Assistant General Counsel

ATTEST:                                  Florida Public Utilities Company

/s/ Jack R. Brown  (SEAL)                By:     /s/ John T. English
Secretary                                President

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