What a separate freezer costs to run in Florida
Florida homes use 663 kWh a year on a separate freezer. Priced on top of the rest of the bill, that costs $87.00 to $106.11 a year across 5 published Florida plans — a $19.11 gap. Checked September 2, 2026.
Every priced plan, average
| Plan | Per year | vs cheapest | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSD Residential Smartsavings Experimentaltiered · demand charge · experimental | $33.54 | −$53.46 | 5.5¢ |
| GS-1 (General Service Non Demand and Non Metered)flat rate · a general-service class | $83.88 | −$3.12 | 13.3¢ |
| RS Residential Electric✓ cheapesttiered | $87.00 | — | 13.3¢ |
| RS-1 Residential Servicetiered | $94.56 | +$7.56 | 13.4¢ |
| RTR-1 Residential Service TOUtime-of-use · tiered | $106.11 | +$19.11 | 16.9¢ |
Cost across usage levels
The cheapest plan at each consumption level, showing whether the ranking holds as usage changes.
- Lighter use — cheapest $62.28 (RS Residential Electric), dearest $75.84, a $13.56 spread
- Average — cheapest $87.00 (RS Residential Electric), dearest $106.11, a $19.11 spread
- Heavier use — cheapest $104.04 (RS Residential Electric), dearest $126.88, a $22.84 spread
What a separate freezer costs here
Across 5 plans priced in Florida, a separate freezer adds $87.00 to $106.11 a year — $7.25 to $8.84 a month. The median plan puts a separate freezer at $94.56 a year.
Cheapest for a separate freezer: RS Residential Electric, Jacksonville Electric Authority. Dearest: RTR-1 Residential Service TOU, Florida Power & Light Co..
Those 663 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 663 kWh a year across 151 sampled homes that run one, 1.16× the national 570 kWh. The middle half spans 474 kWh to 793 kWh, so a separate freezer varies by 319 kWh between one household and another.
A standalone chest or upright freezer, not the freezer compartment of a fridge. That average covers homes with a separate freezer — 22% of homes here, against 33% nationally.
That makes a separate freezer about 5% of the electricity a Florida home uses. The remaining 13,327 kWh is what a separate freezer 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, $87.00; Florida Power & Light Co., $94.56.
Florida Power & Light Co. charges $7.56 a year more than Jacksonville Electric Authority on RS Residential Electric for the same 663 kWh.
Light and heavy use of a separate freezer
A household in the lighter quarter runs a separate freezer for 474 kWh a year and pays $62.28 on the cheapest plan. One in the heavier quarter runs it for 793 kWh and pays $104.04 — $41.76 more for a separate freezer 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.