Middleburg Utilities Setup: Electric, Water, Gas, Internet
Direct phone numbers and the Clay Electric vs. JEA split that decides who turns on your power. Built for closing day, not the week after.
Middleburg sits in northwestern Clay County, a 25-minute drive west of downtown Jacksonville. The utility map here is a North Florida version of Brooksville: most addresses are on a rural electric cooperative, water comes from the county utility authority, and natural gas is rare. Clay Electric Cooperative covers most of Middleburg. JEA (Jacksonville Electric Authority) serves a handful of addresses on the Duval-Clay border. Clay County Utility Authority handles water and sewer. If you're closing on a home in Middleburg, Fleming Island, Lakeside, or Oakleaf, this is the call sheet.
Electric in Middleburg | Clay Electric Cooperative
Clay Electric Cooperative serves most of Middleburg and the surrounding Clay County area. JEA serves a small pocket near the Duval County line, mostly newer Oakleaf-area builds. Clay Electric is a member-owned non-profit cooperative, similar in structure to WREC over on the Tampa Bay side.
Clay Electric rates are typically lower than JEA for the same usage, which is one of the reasons Clay County has stayed cheaper to live in than Duval despite the Jacksonville growth boom. The co-op also returns surplus revenue to members as capital credits, paid out periodically. Most Middleburg residents who've held service for 20-plus years have received multiple capital credit checks.
Water and Sewer | Clay County Utility Authority (CCUA)
Clay County Utility Authority handles water and sewer for almost every Middleburg address connected to municipal service. A meaningful share of older Middleburg homes, especially on lots over an acre, are on private wells and septic instead.
Wells in this part of Florida pull from the Floridan aquifer. Water quality is generally clean but hard, with high iron content in some sections of Middleburg. Most well homes here have a softener and an iron filter. If you're buying a home with a well, get a water quality test as part of the inspection contingency.
Gas in Middleburg | Mostly Propane
Natural gas service is rare in Middleburg. Most homes that use gas appliances run on propane delivered by a local supplier. AmeriGas, Suburban Propane, and Florida Public Utilities all serve the Clay County market. If you're buying a home with a propane tank, ask the seller for the tank ownership status. Some tanks are owned outright; others are leased and stay with the supplier.
Trash and Recycling | Clay County Solid Waste
Clay County contracts residential trash and recycling pickup through Republic Services and other vendors depending on the area. Service is mandatory for most parcels and billed annually on the property tax statement. New homeowners don't typically need to call to start service.
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Search Middleburg homesInternet Providers in Middleburg
Spectrum has the dominant cable footprint in central Middleburg. AT&T fiber covers parts of newer subdivisions and 5G Home Internet works across most addresses. Rural Middleburg past the cable territory often needs T-Mobile Home Internet or Starlink.
Spectrum (Cable)
1-855-366-1888 · spectrum.com · Available at most Middleburg subdivision addresses; speeds to 1 Gbps.
AT&T Fiber
1-855-660-8920 · att.com · Fiber in newer subdivisions; 5G Home Internet across most of the area.
T-Mobile Home Internet
t-mobile.com · Flat $50 to $70/month; works on most Middleburg addresses with cell signal.
Starlink (Rural)
starlink.com · Worth considering for the truly rural Middleburg addresses where neither cable nor 5G work reliably.
A few Middleburg notes
Middleburg's biggest housing-related utility issue is well and septic on the older 1-acre and larger lots. The newer subdivisions like Oakleaf and Fleming Island are mostly on CCUA water and sewer, but plenty of Middleburg homes still pull from the aquifer. Septic systems need a separate inspection during the home buying process, which a lot of buyers from out of state don't realize is a thing until their inspector asks.
Black Creek runs through Middleburg, and the parcels along it are in flood zone AE for the most part. Hurricane Dora in 2024 caused real damage to Black Creek properties that hadn't seen flood water in 60 years. Required flood insurance on a riverfront Middleburg home runs $1,500 to $3,500 a year. Pull the FEMA designation for any address with a creek, lake, or river behind it before you write an offer.
A Vreeland Real Estate agent can pull the well and septic records, the FEMA flood zone, and the Clay Electric vs. JEA service area for any Middleburg address before you write an offer. That's the kind of due diligence a Vreeland Real Estate agent who actually works the Clay County market does.
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