[ Choctawhatche Elec Coop / FL ]
Choctawhatche 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 Choctawhatche Elec Coop's average effective residential rate (14.04¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11.82¢ | — | 41,461 |
| 2016 | 11.38¢ | −3.7% | 42,629 |
| 2017 | 11.59¢ | +1.9% | 43,945 |
| 2018 | 11.76¢ | +1.5% | 45,411 |
| 2019 | 11.99¢ | +2.0% | 46,869 |
| 2020 | 11.36¢ | −5.3% | 48,666 |
| 2021 | 11.67¢ | +2.7% | 52,926 |
| 2022 | 12.63¢ | +8.2% | 52,816 |
| 2023 | 12.99¢ | +2.9% | 54,813 |
| 2024 | 13.23¢ | +1.9% | 57,070 |
| 2025 | 14.04¢ | +6.1% | 59,407 |
How this compares
Serves 4 counties in Florida: Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton. 26 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Choctawhatche Elec Coop's average residential rate has gone from 11.82¢ to 14.04¢ per kWh: +18.8% over 10 years, or about +1.7% a year. It rose in 8 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +8.2% in 2022. The largest drop was −5.3% in 2020.
For a home using 1,103 kWh a month, the Florida average, Choctawhatche Elec Coop's 2025 rate works out to about $1,858 a year, $155 less than at Florida's average rate of 15.21¢. Of the 37 Florida utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 17th most expensive.
Choctawhatche Elec Coop served 41,461 homes in 2015 and 59,407 in 2025 (+43.3%), under 1% of Florida's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Choctawhatche Elec Coop's rates
Choctawhatche 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 Choctawhatche Elec Coop raising rates in 2026?
Choctawhatche 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 +6.1% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Choctawhatche Elec Coop charge per kWh?
Choctawhatche Elec Coop's average effective residential rate was 14.04¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Florida's 2025 average was 15.21¢.
How much have Choctawhatche Elec Coop rates gone up in five years?
+23.6% between 2020 and 2025, against +27.6% for Florida as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Choctawhatche Elec Coop have in Florida?
59,407 residential customers in 2025, across 4 counties including Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, 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)
