17.58¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Suwannee Valley Elec Coop / FL ]
Suwannee Valley Elec Coop electricity rates in Florida
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+17.2%
vs 2024
26,174
residential customers
+42.1%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
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Estimated at Suwannee Valley Elec Coop's average effective residential rate (17.58¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13.07¢ | — | 22,167 |
| 2016 | 12.65¢ | −3.2% | 22,390 |
| 2017 | 12.73¢ | +0.6% | 22,675 |
| 2018 | 12.91¢ | +1.4% | 22,947 |
| 2019 | 12.81¢ | −0.8% | 23,348 |
| 2020 | 12.37¢ | −3.4% | 24,015 |
| 2021 | 12.39¢ | +0.2% | 24,587 |
| 2022 | 14.67¢ | +18.4% | 25,154 |
| 2023 | 14.16¢ | −3.5% | 25,525 |
| 2024 | 15.00¢ | +5.9% | 25,934 |
| 2025 | 17.58¢ | +17.2% | 26,174 |
How this compares
15.21¢
Florida average, 2025
+15.6%
Suwannee Valley Elec Coop vs FL 2025 average
+2.0%
vs US 2025 average
#5
priciest in FL
Serves 4 counties in Florida: Columbia, Hamilton, Lafayette, Suwannee. 26 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Suwannee Valley Elec Coop's average residential rate has gone from 13.07¢ to 17.58¢ per kWh: +34.5% over 10 years, or about +3.0% a year. It rose in 6 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +18.4% in 2022. The largest drop was −3.5% in 2023.
For a home using 1,103 kWh a month, the Florida average, Suwannee Valley Elec Coop's 2025 rate works out to about $2,327 a year, $314 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 5th most expensive.
Suwannee Valley Elec Coop served 22,167 homes in 2015 and 26,174 in 2025 (+18.1%), under 1% of Florida's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Suwannee Valley Elec Coop's rates
Suwannee Valley 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 Suwannee Valley Elec Coop raising rates in 2026?
Suwannee Valley 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 +17.2% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Suwannee Valley Elec Coop charge per kWh?
Suwannee Valley Elec Coop's average effective residential rate was 17.58¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Florida's 2025 average was 15.21¢.
How much have Suwannee Valley Elec Coop rates gone up in five years?
+42.1% between 2020 and 2025, against +27.6% for Florida as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Suwannee Valley Elec Coop have in Florida?
26,174 residential customers in 2025, across 4 counties including Columbia, Hamilton, Lafayette, 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)