Service Line Activation Fee

A $100 service line activation fee applies to all new residential natural gas service line installations. This one-time fee covers the essential safety equipment, materials, and utility location services required to activate your gas service, including:

• Premium Materials & Equipment: Polyethylene gas piping, excess flow valves, flow risers, tracer wire, and meter bars.
• Underground Line Locating: Locating homeowner-owned utility lines (such as potable water, sewer, and septic lines) to ensure safe installation. Please note: This excludes irrigation lines. 

Service Line Installation

How to Qualify for a FREE Service Line Installation

Save the expense of a natural gas service line installation by installing a natural gas furnace or a tank/tankless water heater and receive up to 75’ of a natural gas service line. The starting point is at the homeowner’s property line, at the meter location. To qualify for a free natural gas service line, the gas main must be adjacent to the property. If the service line is over 75’, the customer will incur the District’s current cost per foot rate. Ask your Marketing Representative for the rate or call 850-729-4700 for a FREE in-home consultation.
Important Notice:  A $325 tap fee and service line costs will be charged if the property does not install a natural gas furnace, water heater, or pool heater. 

All service line installations require utility line locates by Sunshine 811. The member companies of Sunshine 811 mark the lines they own and maintain, such as gas, communications, internet, and electric lines. But, almost every job site includes some type of privately owned underground facility.

The installation of your natural gas service line can be accomplished in two ways: 

Open Cut or Trench

The service line will be measured from the property line to the meter location. Trenching is a construction method that involves digging a trench in the ground to install, maintain, or inspect underground pipes, conduits, or cables. After the installation is completed, the trench is backfilled, and the disturbed ground is returned to its original state as much as possible.

Bore

The service line will be measured from the property line to the meter. A bore is a horizontal hole created underground primarily for installing services. It is an underground tunnel that houses cables, pipes, or conduits. A bore is typically created using horizontal directional drilling (HDD), a boring machine, or a micro-tunneling boring machine.

Okaloosa Gas reserves the right to change the terms and conditions at any time.