Electricity Price History in Florida
Florida residential electricity averaged 14.99¢/kWh in August 2026. Below is the year-by-year record — the average rate for each year and how much it changed from the year before — followed by what the series does and does not show about Florida prices. Data comes from EIA residential retail sales.
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Price Trend
Florida electricity rates by year
| Year | Average rate | Change (¢/kWh) | Change (%) | Compared with |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 15.31 ¢/kWh | +0.24 | +1.6% | Jan–Aug 2025 (15.07¢) |
| 2025 | 15.23 ¢/kWh | +1.02 | +7.1% | 2024 (14.22¢) |
| 2024 | 14.22 ¢/kWh | −1.01 | −6.6% | 2023 (15.23¢) |
| 2023 | 15.23 ¢/kWh | +1.34 | +9.7% | 2022 (13.88¢) |
| 2022 | 13.88 ¢/kWh | +1.99 | +16.7% | 2021 (11.90¢) |
| 2021 | 11.90 ¢/kWh | +0.63 | +5.6% | 2020 (11.27¢) |
| 2020 | 11.27 ¢/kWh | −0.43 | −3.7% | 2019 (11.70¢) |
| 2019 | 11.70 ¢/kWh | +0.14 | +1.2% | 2018 (11.55¢) |
| 2018 | 11.55 ¢/kWh | −0.05 | −0.4% | 2017 (11.60¢) |
| 2017 | 11.60 ¢/kWh | +0.62 | +5.6% | 2016 (10.98¢) |
| 2016 | 10.98 ¢/kWh | −0.60 | −5.2% | 2015 (11.58¢) |
Yearly figures are the average of the monthly EIA residential rates for that year. A year that is incomplete is labelled with the months it covers, and its change is measured against the same months of the previous year — residential rates are seasonal, so comparing a part-year against a full year would measure the season rather than the trend. Every row carries its own change, including the oldest one shown: its comparison year is the year immediately before the table starts. Where a comparison period is missing entirely, the change columns are left blank rather than filled with a zero.
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Why did electricity prices rise in Florida?
What the EIA series shows
- Past 12 months (August 2025 → August 2026)
- The Florida residential rate fell 2.5% (−0.38¢/kWh), from 15.37¢ in August 2025 to 14.99¢ in August 2026.
- Past 5 years (August 2021 → August 2026)
- The rate rose 26.6% (+3.15¢/kWh), from 11.84¢ in August 2021 to 14.99¢ in August 2026.
- Past 10 years (August 2016 → August 2026)
- The rate rose 35.4% (+3.92¢/kWh), from 11.07¢ in August 2016 to 14.99¢ in August 2026.
- Highest and lowest month on record
- In this series the Florida rate peaked at 15.92¢/kWh in January 2026 and bottomed at 7.61¢/kWh in June 2002. The series covers January 2001 to August 2026.
- Steepest 12-month decrease
- The largest single-year move in the series ended in January 2010: the rate fell 25.8% (−3.24¢/kWh), from 12.58¢ in January 2009 to 9.34¢ in January 2010. That is when the change happened; the series does not say what caused it.
- Against the rest of the country
- Over the same window the unweighted average across the 51 jurisdictions with data for this period rose 33.0%, so Florida's +26.6% lagged the nationwide move by 6.4 percentage points. That gap is the part of the movement this dataset cannot attribute to a nationwide trend — it does not identify what else was involved.
- Rank among jurisdictions (August 2021 → August 2026)
- Measured over that identical five-year window, Florida's change is the 27th largest of the 51 jurisdictions whose series covers it — rank 1 is the biggest increase, rank 51 the biggest decrease. The rank places the movement; it does not explain it.
What can move rates in Florida — context, not proof
A rate series shows what changed, not why. This dataset records Florida's residential rate and nothing about what moved it, and no reviewed Florida driver analysis is published yet — so this page makes no causal claim. The factors that generally move retail rates are documented separately.
The categories generally involved are generation mix, fuel costs, transmission and distribution investment, capacity markets, regulatory rate cases, demand growth, and weather-driven peaks. Which of them applies to Florida, and by how much, is not something this price series can answer.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- How much have electricity prices changed in Florida?
- Electricity prices in Florida have increased 26.6% over the past 5 years. The 1-year decrease is 2.5%. The annualized 5-year increase is approximately 4.8% per year.
- What drove the change in Florida electricity prices?
- Measured from EIA residential data, the Florida rate rose 26.6% (+3.15¢/kWh), from 11.84¢ in August 2021 to 14.99¢ in August 2026. The series itself does not identify a cause, and no reviewed Florida driver analysis is published yet, so no cause is claimed here.
- When were Florida electricity rates highest and lowest?
- In EIA residential data covering January 2001 to August 2026, the Florida rate was highest at 15.92¢/kWh in January 2026 and lowest at 7.61¢/kWh in June 2002. The most recent reading is 14.99¢/kWh in August 2026.