Electricity rates — Florida

What a typical bill in Florida costs

At 1,000 kWh a month the 6 generally available plans here run from $1,596.72 on RS Residential Electric to $2,157.13 on RTR-1 Residential Service TOU, with a median of $1,808.46.

Effective rates span 13.3¢ to 18.0¢ per kWh at that usage.

What households in Florida pay, by EIA's count

Florida's residential electricity averaged 15.4¢ per kWh over the 12 months to June 2026, the 23rd-lowest of the 50 states and DC and 14% below the US average of 17.9¢. It sits between Arizona (15.4¢) and West Virginia (15.5¢).

EIA lists 37 utilities serving homes in Florida. By homes served, the largest 5 are Florida Power & Light Co (5,236,277), Duke Energy Florida, LLC (1,793,067), Tampa Electric Co (757,280), JEA (470,564), and Orlando Utilities Comm (248,683). Municipal utilities supply about 13% and member-owned cooperatives supply about 12% of its households.

Florida homes used the most electricity in August and the least in November (2021–2025): a summer peak, 1.6 times the lightest month. August's bills were the highest, averaging $203; March's the lowest, $126. Per kWh, May and September were within 4.6% of each other.

The utilities with a ranked plan on this page serve about 72% of Florida's households: Florida Power & Light Co. (5,236,277), Progress Energy Florida Inc (1,793,067), Jacksonville Electric Authority (470,564). Their median plan at 1,000 kWh a month works out to 15.1¢ per kWh, 2% below EIA's average, which is why this page compares that median with other states'.

Chart of this for reuse (PNG), free to republish under CC BY 4.0 with credit to WattClear. Suggested alt text: “Bar chart. Florida's average home electricity price, July 2025 to June 2026, was 6.6% higher than the 12 months before, the 23rd-largest rise of the 50 states. Washington, DC: +24.9%. United States average: +6.7%. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration.”

In the guides: Summer and winter bills, state by state

How Florida compares

At 1,000 kWh a month the median plan in Florida costs $1,808.46 a year: the 7th-lowest of the 30 states whose indexed plans stand for them, and 21% less than their median of $2,303.60. It sits between Arizona ($1,794.34) and Alabama ($1,881.80).

Its cheapest open plan, RS Residential Electric from Jacksonville Electric Authority at $1,596.72, is the 7th-lowest of the 30 states' cheapest plans.

2 of its 10 priceable plans price by the hour, the 8th-smallest share of any state here.

The largest fixed charge on any plan here is $19.25 a month, the 8th-smallest such charge of the 30 states.

In the guides: What published electricity plans cost, state by state · What a plan charges by the hour, and what moving a kilowatt-hour is worth · What a bill costs before a single kilowatt-hour

What each provider in Florida costs

3 utilities serve customers across Florida in this data. At 1,000 kWh a month the cheapest of them is Jacksonville Electric Authority at $1,596.72 a year on RS Residential Electric; the dearest is Progress Energy Florida Inc at $1,793.58.

That is $196.86 a year between the best each provider offers.

Cheapest available plan by provider: Jacksonville Electric Authority $1,596.72; Florida Power & Light Co. $1,597.20; Progress Energy Florida Inc $1,793.58.

Which plan in Florida is cheapest as use rises

The cheapest plan in Florida changes with consumption. At 500 kWh a month RS-1 Residential Service wins at $861.72 a year; at 2,000 kWh RS Residential Electric wins at $3,172.44.

The penalty for a poor choice grows with usage: $279.94 a year at 500 kWh against $544.47 at 2,000 kWh.

How Florida's plans are structured

Of 10 priceable plans: 8 tiered, 2 time-of-use, 2 priced by season, 1 with demand charges, 1 flat-rate.

Fixed monthly charges run from $4.61 to $19.25.

Who provides Florida's plans

These plans come from 3 utilities: Florida Power & Light Co., Jacksonville Electric Authority, Progress Energy Florida Inc.

The largest saving among Florida's plans

Moving from RTR-1 Residential Service TOU to RS Residential Electric saves $560.41 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, with no change in consumption.

What the Florida figures do not cover

2 of these plans price by the hour; their figures assume the typical hourly pattern of homes in Florida, not this household's own hours.