18.36¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Duke Energy Florida / FL ]
Duke Energy Florida electricity rates in Florida
NO RATE CASE ON FILE · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+10.4%
vs 2024
1,819,962
residential customers
+36.1%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Duke Energy Florida's average effective residential rate (18.36¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13.17¢ | — | 1,524,605 |
| 2016 | 11.86¢ | −9.9% | 1,543,967 |
| 2017 | 12.39¢ | +4.5% | 1,573,260 |
| 2018 | 13.14¢ | +6.0% | 1,597,131 |
| 2019 | 13.62¢ | +3.6% | 1,626,117 |
| 2020 | 13.49¢ | −0.9% | 1,655,304 |
| 2021 | 13.69¢ | +1.5% | 1,689,516 |
| 2022 | 15.51¢ | +13.3% | 1,730,814 |
| 2023 | 18.05¢ | +16.4% | 1,753,585 |
| 2024 | 16.63¢ | −7.9% | 1,793,067 |
| 2025 | 18.36¢ | +10.4% | 1,819,962 |
How this compares
15.21¢
Florida average, 2025
+20.7%
Duke Energy Florida vs FL 2025 average
+6.6%
vs US 2025 average
#2
priciest in FL
Serves 32 counties in Florida: Alachua, Bay, Brevard, Citrus, Columbia, Dixie, Flagler, Franklin, Gilchrist, Gulf, Hamilton, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lake, Leon, Levy, Madison, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Seminole, Sumter, Suwannee, Taylor, Volusia, Wakulla. 415 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Duke Energy Florida's average residential rate has gone from 13.17¢ to 18.36¢ per kWh: +39.4% over 10 years, or about +3.4% a year. It rose in 7 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +16.4% in 2023. The largest drop was −9.9% in 2016.
For a home using 1,103 kWh a month, the Florida average, Duke Energy Florida's 2025 rate works out to about $2,430 a year, $417 more than at Florida's average rate of 15.21¢. Of the 37 Florida utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 2nd most expensive.
Duke Energy Florida served 1,524,605 homes in 2015 and 1,819,962 in 2025 (+19.4%), about 17% of Florida's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Duke Energy Florida's rates
Duke Energy Florida is investor-owned, so it can change its base rates only by filing a rate case with the Florida Public Service Commission. The commission holds hearings and takes public comment before it rules, and it usually approves less than the company asks for. Fuel and other pass-through charges can change between rate cases.
Commission contact: Florida Public Service Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is Duke Energy Florida raising rates in 2026?
No rate case for Duke Energy Florida is on file with the Florida Public Service Commission in our tracker. Its average residential rate moved +10.4% from 2024 to 2025. We check the commission docket monthly.
What does Duke Energy Florida charge per kWh?
Duke Energy Florida's average effective residential rate was 18.36¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Florida's 2025 average was 15.21¢.
How much have Duke Energy Florida rates gone up in five years?
+36.1% between 2020 and 2025, against +27.6% for Florida as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Duke Energy Florida have in Florida?
1,819,962 residential customers in 2025, across 32 counties including Alachua, Bay, Brevard, 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)