What ceiling fans costs to run in Florida
Florida homes use 361 kWh a year on ceiling fans. Priced on top of the rest of the bill, that costs $47.28 to $57.73 a year across 5 published Florida plans — a $10.45 gap. Checked September 2, 2026.
Every priced plan, average
| Plan | Per year | vs cheapest | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSD Residential Smartsavings Experimentaltiered · demand charge · experimental | $18.21 | −$29.07 | 5.5¢ |
| GS-1 (General Service Non Demand and Non Metered)flat rate · a general-service class | $45.60 | −$1.68 | 13.3¢ |
| RS Residential Electric✓ cheapesttiered | $47.28 | — | 13.3¢ |
| RS-1 Residential Servicetiered | $51.36 | +$4.08 | 13.4¢ |
| RTR-1 Residential Service TOUtime-of-use · tiered | $57.73 | +$10.45 | 16.9¢ |
Cost across usage levels
The cheapest plan at each consumption level, showing whether the ranking holds as usage changes.
- Lighter use — cheapest $6.60 (RS Residential Electric), dearest $8.09, a $1.49 spread
- Average — cheapest $47.28 (RS Residential Electric), dearest $57.73, a $10.45 spread
- Heavier use — cheapest $82.80 (RS Residential Electric), dearest $100.92, a $18.12 spread
What ceiling fans costs here
Across 5 plans priced in Florida, ceiling fans adds $47.28 to $57.73 a year — $3.94 to $4.81 a month. The median plan puts ceiling fans at $51.36 a year.
Cheapest for ceiling fans: RS Residential Electric, Jacksonville Electric Authority. Dearest: RTR-1 Residential Service TOU, Florida Power & Light Co..
Those 361 kWh are billed at 13.1¢–16.0¢, against a 13.4¢ whole-bill average on the median plan: they land in the last tier the household reaches, so the average rate understates them by up to 2.6¢ per kWh.
What Florida homes use
EIA's 2020 residential survey found 361 kWh a year across 555 sampled homes that run one, 1.59× the national 227 kWh. The middle half spans 50 kWh to 631 kWh, so ceiling fans varies by 580 kWh between one household and another.
Every ceiling fan in the home across a year. That average covers homes with ceiling fans — 83% of homes here, against 72% nationally.
That makes ceiling fans about 3% of the electricity a Florida home uses. The remaining 13,629 kWh is what ceiling fans is billed on top of, and on a tiered or time-of-use plan that is what sets the rate it meets.
By provider
On each Florida provider's cheapest plan: Jacksonville Electric Authority, $47.28; Florida Power & Light Co., $51.36.
Florida Power & Light Co. charges $4.08 a year more than Jacksonville Electric Authority on RS Residential Electric for the same 361 kWh.
Light and heavy use of ceiling fans
A household in the lighter quarter runs ceiling fans for 50 kWh a year and pays $6.60 on the cheapest plan. One in the heavier quarter runs it for 631 kWh and pays $82.80 — $76.20 more for ceiling fans on the same tariff.
Limits
A 2020 survey average for Florida, not a measurement of any one home, priced against the 5 Florida tariffs WattClear has ingested — not every plan sold there.
New to these terms? The methodology page explains tiered bands, time-of-use periods and fixed charges, and sets out exactly what the rate engine assumes.
Estimate — your actual bill may differ.
Tariff structures from NREL/OpenEI Utility Rate Database (CC0 1.0), retrieved September 2, 2026.
Location resolved through the US Census Bureau Geocoder (Public domain) at 30.3322, -81.6557.