What a refrigerator costs to run in Florida
Florida homes use 923 kWh a year on a refrigerator. Priced on top of the rest of the bill, that costs $121.20 to $147.75 a year across 5 published Florida plans — a $26.55 gap. Checked September 2, 2026.
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Every priced plan, average
| Plan | Per year | vs cheapest | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSD Residential Smartsavings Experimentaltiered · demand charge · experimental | $46.74 | −$74.46 | 5.5¢ |
| GS-1 (General Service Non Demand and Non Metered)flat rate · a general-service class | $116.88 | −$4.32 | 13.3¢ |
| RS Residential Electric✓ cheapesttiered | $121.20 | — | 13.3¢ |
| RS-1 Residential Servicetiered | $131.64 | +$10.44 | 13.4¢ |
| RTR-1 Residential Service TOUtime-of-use · tiered | $147.75 | +$26.55 | 16.9¢ |
Cost across usage levels
The cheapest plan at each consumption level, showing whether the ranking holds as usage changes.
- Lighter use — cheapest $75.36 (RS Residential Electric), dearest $91.85, a $16.49 spread
- Average — cheapest $121.20 (RS Residential Electric), dearest $147.75, a $26.55 spread
- Heavier use — cheapest $156.60 (RS Residential Electric), dearest $190.91, a $34.31 spread
What a refrigerator costs here
Across 5 plans priced in Florida, a refrigerator adds $121.20 to $147.75 a year — $10.10 to $12.31 a month. The median plan puts a refrigerator at $131.64 a year.
Cheapest for a refrigerator: RS Residential Electric, Jacksonville Electric Authority. Dearest: RTR-1 Residential Service TOU, Florida Power & Light Co..
Those 923 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 923 kWh a year across 652 sampled homes that run one, near the national 839 kWh. The middle half spans 574 kWh to 1,193 kWh, so a refrigerator varies by 619 kWh between one household and another.
Every refrigerator in the home, including a second one in a garage or basement. That average covers homes with a refrigerator — 99% of homes here.
That makes a refrigerator about 7% of the electricity a Florida home uses. The remaining 13,066 kWh is what a refrigerator 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, $121.20; Florida Power & Light Co., $131.64.
Florida Power & Light Co. charges $10.44 a year more than Jacksonville Electric Authority on RS Residential Electric for the same 923 kWh.
Light and heavy use of a refrigerator
A household in the lighter quarter runs a refrigerator for 574 kWh a year and pays $75.36 on the cheapest plan. One in the heavier quarter runs it for 1,193 kWh and pays $156.60 — $81.24 more for a refrigerator 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.