Average Electric Bill in Florida
Residential · 12-month average, July 2025 – June 2026.
That works out to about $2,021 a year. Among the 50 states and DC, Florida has the 11th highest average residential bill.
Data current through June 2026 — the latest available from the U.S. EIA, which publishes monthly figures on a roughly two-month delay.
What makes up the bill
Price × usage = bill, exactly: 15.40¢/kWh × 1,093 kWh ≈ $168. A state can land high on either factor — Florida pays below the national rate but uses much more power than average.
Compared with nearby states
| Florida | $168 | |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. average | $156 | |
| Alabama | $185 | |
| Georgia | $161 |
Florida is $13 a month above (+8.0%) the U.S. average of $156. Neighboring states share fuel mixes, weather, and often a grid operator, which makes them a closer benchmark than the national average.
Trend since 2008
Each point is a trailing 12-month average, which strips out the summer/winter swing and leaves the underlying trend. Bills start in January 2008 because that is when EIA began reporting customer counts.
Seasonal swing
- Highest month
- $222
- August 2025
- Lowest month
- $133
- March 2026
- Swing
- $89
- peak minus low
- Latest month
- $195
- June 2026
Actual bills are far from flat: Florida peaks in August 2025 and bottoms out in March 2026. The headline figure above is the average across all twelve months.
Florida electricity bills in context
Florida's average monthly electricity bill is $169, placing it tenth among the 50 states and DC for the highest bills. The state pays 15.43¢/kWh, which is 2.41¢/kWh lower than the national average of 17.84¢/kWh. However, Florida homes use 1,094 kWh per month, exceeding the national average by 223 kWh. This higher consumption drives the bill $14 above the national figure of $155 despite the lower rate, accounting for the 8.6% premium.
Over the past year, Florida's average bill rose 5.7%, climbing from $160 in the same period last year. The longer trajectory shows even steeper growth: the bill has increased 28.6% since May 2021 and 29.3% since December 2008, when records began tracking this metric, growing from $131 to $169.
Seasonal variation is pronounced. The peak arrives in August 2025 at $222, while the lowest point comes in March 2026 at $133, a difference of $89 across the year. Both Georgia and Alabama, Florida's neighbouring states, have higher average monthly bills at $161 and $185 respectively.
Written from the EIA figures on this page, covering data through May 2026.
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How this is calculated
EIA’s retail-sales dataset reports, for every state and month, total residential revenue and the number of residential customers served. The average monthly bill is simply the first divided by the second — total spending across all households, spread evenly over all accounts.
bill = revenue ÷ customers · averaged over 12 months (July 2025 – June 2026)
Two caveats worth knowing. It is an average, so it blends apartments with large houses — a typical household in Florida may pay well above or below $168. And it counts what was actually billed for electricity, including fixed service charges, so it is not the same as multiplying your own usage by the advertised rate.
Looking for the rate rather than the bill? See Florida electricity prices by sector.