Okaloosa Gas District was created by an act of the legislature in 1953 as an independent special district, with member cities of Crestview, Niceville, Valparaiso, and Fort Walton Beach.
The original system consisted of six and eight inch transmission lines from Cantonment to Crestview, then south to Fort Walton Beach with distribution systems for Crestview, Duke Field, Niceville, Valparaiso, Eglin AFB, Fort Walton Beach and Mary Esther. Service has since been extended to Destin, South Walton County, Hurlburt AFB, South Santa Rosa County, DeFuniak Springs, and Whiting Field.
Financing was accomplished through revenue bonds and, after some 15 months of construction, gas actually flowed into the system in June 1955. Since that time, the District has grown to about 35,000 customers. The transmission system consists of 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 inch high pressure steel pipelines with a maximum allowable operating pressure of 550 pounds per square inch gauge. They have 1050 miles of distribution mains, with approximately 25 main stations and more than 600 regulator stations and approximately 41,500 service lines. At the present time, approximately 150 people are employed by the District; several of these have in excess of 30 years of service.
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