Florida Electricity Prices

Florida sits mid-pack — 15.17¢ per kilowatt-hour in May 2026, 33rd-highest of 51 and 21.8% below the national benchmark.

At Florida's May 2026 average of 15.17¢/kWh, 10,500 kWh of annual use works out to $1,593 a year — around $133 a month. Running the same 10,500 kWh calculation at the May 2026 national benchmark rate gives $2,038 — a $445 gap between the two published averages, less for Florida, not a bill either way.

Over the full EIA series the Florida jurisdiction average has risen 86% since January 2001, from 8.14¢ to 15.17¢ in May 2026 — a compound 2.5% per year. The path has been unusually smooth — Florida is among the steadiest third of jurisdictions month to month.

January 2026, at 15.92¢ per kilowatt-hour. The May 2026 reading of 15.17¢ sits 4.7% below that peak. The lowest monthly average on record was 7.61¢ in June 2002.

November. Measured over the 25 complete calendar years the EIA series covers for Florida, 2001 through 2025, November runs highest relative to its own year and January runs lowest — a swing of roughly 4.0 percentage points.

Among Florida and its land-border neighbours in May 2026, North Carolina posts the lowest average at 15.09¢ and Alabama the highest at 16.77¢. Florida ranks 2nd of 5 in the group, at 15.17¢.

Almost certainly not exactly, and this is the one caveat that governs every figure on this page. The published value is the EIA residential average across every utility and residential rate class in Florida for May 2026 — a benchmark, never a billed amount. Even the jurisdiction figure is not one number — across the trailing year it moved between 14.86¢ in March 2026 and 15.92¢ in January 2026. Your own rate depends on your utility, tariff, usage tier, time-of-use schedule, and fixed monthly charges, none of which this index models. Read your bill for the rate that applies to you.