12.39¢
per kWh, 2025
[ City of Florence / AL ]
City of Florence electricity rates in Alabama
CITY SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+6.7%
vs 2024
41,690
residential customers
+18.6%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at City of Florence's average effective residential rate (12.39¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9.91¢ | — | 40,109 |
| 2016 | 10.01¢ | +1.0% | 40,356 |
| 2017 | 10.21¢ | +2.0% | 40,439 |
| 2018 | 10.23¢ | +0.2% | 40,569 |
| 2019 | 10.61¢ | +3.7% | 40,811 |
| 2020 | 10.45¢ | −1.5% | 41,250 |
| 2021 | 10.74¢ | +2.8% | 41,297 |
| 2022 | 11.88¢ | +10.6% | 41,368 |
| 2023 | 11.59¢ | −2.4% | 41,542 |
| 2024 | 11.61¢ | +0.2% | 41,594 |
| 2025 | 12.39¢ | +6.7% | 41,690 |
How this compares
16.09¢
Alabama average, 2025
−23.0%
City of Florence vs AL 2025 average
−28.1%
vs US 2025 average
#40
priciest in AL
Serves 1 county in Alabama: Lauderdale. 18 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, City of Florence's average residential rate has gone from 9.91¢ to 12.39¢ per kWh: +25.0% over 10 years, or about +2.3% a year. It rose in 8 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +10.6% in 2022. The largest drop was −2.4% in 2023.
For a home using 1,145 kWh a month, the Alabama average, City of Florence's 2025 rate works out to about $1,702 a year, $508 less than at Alabama's average rate of 16.09¢. Of the 45 Alabama utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 40th most expensive.
City of Florence served 40,109 homes in 2015 and 41,690 in 2025 (+3.9%), about 2% of Alabama's residential electricity customers.
Who sets City of Florence's rates
City of Florence is a municipal utility owned by the local government. The city council or a local utility board sets its rates, usually after a public meeting, and the Alabama Public Service Commission generally does not.
Commission contact: Alabama Public Service Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is City of Florence raising rates in 2026?
City of Florence's rates are set by the city council or a local utility board, not through a rate case at the Alabama Public Service Commission, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved +6.7% from 2024 to 2025.
What does City of Florence charge per kWh?
City of Florence's average effective residential rate was 12.39¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Alabama's 2025 average was 16.09¢.
How much have City of Florence rates gone up in five years?
+18.6% between 2020 and 2025, against +24.0% for Alabama as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does City of Florence have in Alabama?
41,690 residential customers in 2025, across 1 county including Lauderdale, 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)