[ Clay Electric Cooperative / FL ]
Clay Electric Cooperative electricity rates in Florida
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
What your bill becomes
Estimated at Clay Electric Cooperative's average effective residential rate (14.02¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12.00¢ | — | 150,947 |
| 2016 | 11.58¢ | −3.5% | 152,846 |
| 2017 | 11.57¢ | −0.1% | 154,318 |
| 2018 | 11.88¢ | +2.7% | 155,862 |
| 2019 | 11.55¢ | −2.8% | 157,602 |
| 2020 | 11.48¢ | −0.6% | 159,862 |
| 2021 | 11.54¢ | +0.5% | 162,190 |
| 2022 | 14.02¢ | +21.5% | 165,066 |
| 2023 | 12.55¢ | −10.5% | 168,185 |
| 2024 | 13.09¢ | +4.3% | 171,179 |
| 2025 | 14.02¢ | +7.1% | 173,966 |
How this compares
Serves 15 counties in Florida: Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Flagler, Gilchrist, Lake, Levy, Marion, Putnam, Suwannee, Union, Volusia. 74 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Clay Electric Cooperative's average residential rate has gone from 12.00¢ to 14.02¢ per kWh: +16.8% over 10 years, or about +1.6% a year. It rose in 5 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +21.5% in 2022. The largest drop was −10.5% in 2023.
For a home using 1,103 kWh a month, the Florida average, Clay Electric Cooperative's 2025 rate works out to about $1,856 a year, $158 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 18th most expensive.
Clay Electric Cooperative served 150,947 homes in 2015 and 173,966 in 2025 (+15.3%), about 2% of Florida's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Clay Electric Cooperative's rates
Clay Electric Cooperative 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 Clay Electric Cooperative raising rates in 2026?
Clay Electric Cooperative'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 +7.1% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Clay Electric Cooperative charge per kWh?
Clay Electric Cooperative's average effective residential rate was 14.02¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Florida's 2025 average was 15.21¢.
How much have Clay Electric Cooperative rates gone up in five years?
+22.1% between 2020 and 2025, against +27.6% for Florida as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Clay Electric Cooperative have in Florida?
173,966 residential customers in 2025, across 15 counties including Alachua, Baker, Bradford, 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)
