What TVs and streaming devices costs to run in Florida
Florida homes use 629 kWh a year on TVs and streaming devices. Priced on top of the rest of the bill, that costs $82.68 to $100.73 a year across 5 published Florida plans — a $18.05 gap. Checked September 2, 2026.
Every priced plan, average
| Plan | Per year | vs cheapest | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSD Residential Smartsavings Experimentaltiered · demand charge · experimental | $31.86 | −$50.82 | 5.5¢ |
| GS-1 (General Service Non Demand and Non Metered)flat rate · a general-service class | $79.68 | −$3.00 | 13.3¢ |
| RS Residential Electric✓ cheapesttiered | $82.68 | — | 13.3¢ |
| RS-1 Residential Servicetiered | $89.76 | +$7.08 | 13.4¢ |
| RTR-1 Residential Service TOUtime-of-use · tiered | $100.73 | +$18.05 | 16.9¢ |
Cost across usage levels
The cheapest plan at each consumption level, showing whether the ranking holds as usage changes.
- Lighter use — cheapest $37.56 (RS Residential Electric), dearest $45.77, a $8.21 spread
- Average — cheapest $82.68 (RS Residential Electric), dearest $100.73, a $18.05 spread
- Heavier use — cheapest $110.76 (RS Residential Electric), dearest $134.84, a $24.08 spread
What TVs and streaming devices costs here
Across 5 plans priced in Florida, TVs and streaming devices adds $82.68 to $100.73 a year — $6.89 to $8.39 a month. The median plan puts TVs and streaming devices at $89.76 a year.
Cheapest for TVs and streaming devices: RS Residential Electric, Jacksonville Electric Authority. Dearest: RTR-1 Residential Service TOU, Florida Power & Light Co..
Those 629 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 629 kWh a year across 649 sampled homes that run one, near the national 632 kWh. The middle half spans 286 kWh to 843 kWh, so TVs and streaming devices varies by 557 kWh between one household and another.
Televisions plus the set-top boxes, streaming sticks, game consoles and sound bars attached to them, in use and on standby. That average covers homes with a television — 99% of homes here.
That makes TVs and streaming devices about 4% of the electricity a Florida home uses. The remaining 13,360 kWh is what TVs and streaming devices 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, $82.68; Florida Power & Light Co., $89.76.
Florida Power & Light Co. charges $7.08 a year more than Jacksonville Electric Authority on RS Residential Electric for the same 629 kWh.
Light and heavy use of TVs and streaming devices
A household in the lighter quarter runs TVs and streaming devices for 286 kWh a year and pays $37.56 on the cheapest plan. One in the heavier quarter runs it for 843 kWh and pays $110.76 — $73.20 more for TVs and streaming devices 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.