[ Central Florida Elec Coop / FL ]
Central Florida Elec Coop electricity rates in Florida
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
What your bill becomes
Estimated at Central Florida Elec Coop's average effective residential rate (15.23¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13.76¢ | — | 29,838 |
| 2016 | 13.39¢ | −2.7% | 30,179 |
| 2017 | 13.16¢ | −1.7% | 30,083 |
| 2018 | 13.06¢ | −0.8% | 30,208 |
| 2019 | 12.78¢ | −2.1% | 30,328 |
| 2020 | 12.46¢ | −2.5% | 30,664 |
| 2021 | 12.74¢ | +2.3% | 31,445 |
| 2022 | 14.60¢ | +14.6% | 31,784 |
| 2023 | 13.30¢ | −8.9% | 32,541 |
| 2024 | 13.62¢ | +2.4% | 32,771 |
| 2025 | 15.23¢ | +11.8% | 32,972 |
How this compares
Serves 6 counties in Florida: Alachua, Dixie, Gilchrist, Lafayette, Levy, Marion. 24 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Central Florida Elec Coop's average residential rate has gone from 13.76¢ to 15.23¢ per kWh: +10.7% over 10 years, or about +1.0% a year. It rose in 4 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +14.6% in 2022. The largest drop was −8.9% in 2023.
For a home using 1,103 kWh a month, the Florida average, Central Florida Elec Coop's 2025 rate works out to about $2,016 a year, about the same as the same home would pay at Florida's average rate of 15.21¢. Of the 37 Florida utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 10th most expensive.
Central Florida Elec Coop served 29,838 homes in 2015 and 32,972 in 2025 (+10.5%), under 1% of Florida's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Central Florida Elec Coop's rates
Central Florida Elec Coop is a member-owned electric cooperative. A board elected by its members sets its rates. In some states the Florida Public Service Commission also reviews co-op rates, but most co-op rate changes do not go through a commission rate case, so watch the co-op's own member notices and board meetings.
Commission contact: Florida Public Service Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is Central Florida Elec Coop raising rates in 2026?
Central Florida Elec Coop's rates are set by its member-elected board, not through a rate case at the Florida Public Service Commission, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved +11.8% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Central Florida Elec Coop charge per kWh?
Central Florida Elec Coop's average effective residential rate was 15.23¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Florida's 2025 average was 15.21¢.
How much have Central Florida Elec Coop rates gone up in five years?
+22.2% between 2020 and 2025, against +27.6% for Florida as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Central Florida Elec Coop have in Florida?
32,972 residential customers in 2025, across 6 counties including Alachua, Dixie, Gilchrist, according to the EIA-861 survey.
Where do these numbers come from?
Rates and customer counts are from the US Energy Information Administration's annual EIA-861 survey, which every US utility files. Nothing here is a utility bill; use it to understand the direction and size of changes.
Sources
- EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2015–2025 (released 2026-10-07)
- EIA-861M monthly state averages through Jul 2026
- NREL utility-by-ZIP lookup (2024)
