City leaders in St. Petersburg are looking into breaking with Duke Energy as its utility supplier. The city's contract with Duke expires in 2026. The move was discussed in a Health, Energy, Resilience & Sustainability Committee meeting on Thursday. "I've been having conversations with some residents and stakeholders behind the scenes that do not want us to 'rubber stamp' a new agreement with them," City Councilmember Brandi Gabbard said during the meeting. "We're leaving all options on the table," Councilmember Richie Floyd, who chairs the city's special committee on energy, told 10 Tampa Bay. The main alternative, according to Floyd, would be a municipal utility. "Those would be utility services run by the city. The same way that the city runs your water services right now. It would be done, not for a profit like Duke does, but really with the needs of residents in mind," Floyd explained. It's a utility model already in place in cities across the state, including Lakeland, Orlando, Jacksonville, and Tallahassee. MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/st-petersburg-duke-energy/67-aec070d9-956b-48fa-a95b-9698504c1cba ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►X: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay