Florida · Municipal
City of Lakeland - (FL) Electricity Rates
Average residential price, customers served and derived annual usage from EIA Form 861, 2024 release.
- 11.40¢
- Avg residential price / kWh
- 121.6K
- Residential customers
- -19.7%
- vs Florida average
- $1,607
- Implied avg annual bill
City of Lakeland - (FL) charged an average of 11.40¢ per kWh to residential customers in 2024 - below the Florida average and far below the US average.
City of Lakeland - (FL) is municipal - a utility owned and operated by the local government it serves. Its reported average residential price is below the Florida customer-weighted average (-19.7%). Its customers used well above the national residential norm at about 14,097 kWh a year each.
How this price compares
Ranked by price against the 41 utilities reporting residential rates in Florida, City of Lakeland - (FL) comes 4th of 41. The state's range runs from Tesla Inc. at 4.71¢ to Sunnova at 21.36¢, so where a household sits inside Florida depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.
Against the 16 other municipal utilities reporting in Florida, which averaged 12.82¢, City of Lakeland - (FL) is below its own ownership class within the state (-11.1%).
All figures come from the 2024 release, so no comparison mixes vintages. The state figure is customer-weighted across 41 reporting utilities.
Where City of Lakeland - (FL) sits among Florida utilities
2024 average residential price across the 41 utilities reporting a rate in Florida
11.40¢/kWh Top 10% most affordable More affordable than 93% of 40 other utilities
average residential price, equal-width bands
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Source EIA Form 861 · 2024
| Benchmark | Price / kWh | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| City of Lakeland - (FL) | 11.40¢ | - |
| Florida (customer-weighted, 41 utilities) | 14.19¢ | -19.7% |
| United States average | 16.48¢ | -30.8% |
| Municipal utilities nationally (455) | 13.03¢ | -12.5% |
Rate against consumption: Florida utilities
Scale and consumption
City of Lakeland - (FL) reported 121.6K residential customers, ranking 10th of 41 utilities in Florida by customers served and covering 1.2% of the state's reported residential customers.
Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 14,097 kWh per customer per year - well above the national residential norm, implying a typical annual bill near $1,607.
Within Florida the median reporting utility sells about 13,490 kWh per customer, so City of Lakeland - (FL) customers use +4.5% against their own state's middle. Consumption close to the state middle means bills here track the price ranking fairly directly.
Every utility reporting in Florida
All 41 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Florida, largest first, with City of Lakeland - (FL) marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.
| Utility | Ownership | Customers | Avg ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Power & Light Co | Investor Owned | 5.2M | 13.71¢ |
| Duke Energy Florida, LLC | Investor Owned | 1.8M | 16.63¢ |
| Tampa Electric Co | Investor Owned | 757.3K | 14.67¢ |
| JEA | Municipal | 470.6K | 12.43¢ |
| Orlando Utilities Comm | Municipal | 248.7K | 15.24¢ |
| Lee County Electric Coop, Inc - (FL) | Cooperative | 231.1K | 13.54¢ |
| Withlacoochee River Elec Coop | Cooperative | 229.4K | 12.35¢ |
| Sumter Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 228.9K | 13.09¢ |
| Clay Electric Cooperative, Inc - (FL) | Cooperative | 171.2K | 13.09¢ |
| City of Lakeland - (FL) (this page) | Municipal | 121.6K | 11.40¢ |
| City of Tallahassee - (FL) | Municipal | 106.9K | 13.60¢ |
| Gainesville Regional Utilities | Municipal | 93.0K | 14.87¢ |
| Kissimmee Utility Authority | Municipal | 79.3K | 13.22¢ |
| Peace River Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 57.6K | 12.35¢ |
| Choctawhatche Elec Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 57.1K | 13.23¢ |
| Talquin Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 53.9K | 14.85¢ |
| City of Ocala | Municipal | 45.2K | 12.11¢ |
| Central Florida Elec Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 32.8K | 13.62¢ |
| Beaches Energy Services | Municipal | 30.4K | 12.38¢ |
| Florida Keys El Coop Assn, Inc | Cooperative | 28.8K | 12.94¢ |
| New Smyrna Beach City of | Municipal | 27.9K | 10.92¢ |
| Utility Board of the City of Key West, F | Municipal | 27.3K | 14.03¢ |
| West Florida El Coop Assn, Inc | Cooperative | 26.4K | 16.36¢ |
| City of Homestead - (FL) | Municipal | 26.1K | 12.29¢ |
| Suwannee Valley Elec Coop Inc | Cooperative | 25.9K | 15.00¢ |
| Florida Public Utilities Co | Investor Owned | 25.6K | 18.01¢ |
| City of Leesburg - (FL) | Municipal | 24.5K | 12.93¢ |
| City of Lake Worth Beach - (FL) | Municipal | 24.5K | 12.60¢ |
| Fort Pierce Utilities Authority | Municipal | 24.4K | 12.62¢ |
| Gulf Coast Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 21.2K | 14.67¢ |
| Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (FL) | Cooperative | 18.0K | 17.61¢ |
| Sunnova | Behind the Meter | 16.4K | 21.36¢ |
| Glades Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 14.5K | 16.59¢ |
| Sunrun Inc. | Behind the Meter | 14.4K | 17.15¢ |
| City of Winter Park - (FL) | Municipal | 12.1K | 13.63¢ |
| Escambia River Elec Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 11.9K | 15.27¢ |
| City of Bartow - (FL) | Municipal | 11.6K | 10.83¢ |
| Okefenoke Rural El Member Corp | Cooperative | 11.1K | 13.95¢ |
| Tesla Inc. | Behind the Meter | 703 | 4.71¢ |
| Palmetto Solar, LLC | Behind the Meter | 347 | 12.90¢ |
| Central Florida Tourism Oversight District | Municipal | 9 | 11.48¢ |
For generation mix and price history statewide, see electricity rates in Florida.
Common questions about City of Lakeland - (FL) rates
- How much does City of Lakeland - (FL) charge per kWh?
- City of Lakeland - (FL) reported an average residential price of 11.40¢ per kWh across its bundled residential customers in the 2024 EIA Form 861 release. That is an annual average across all its residential customers, not a rate schedule, so an individual bill depends on the tariff, usage pattern and season.
- Is City of Lakeland - (FL) expensive compared with the rest of Florida?
- Its average residential price is below the Florida customer-weighted average of 14.19¢ per kWh, a difference of -19.7%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 41 utilities reporting residential service in Florida.
- What is the average electricity bill for City of Lakeland - (FL) customers?
- Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 14,097 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,607 a year, or about $134 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.
- Who owns City of Lakeland - (FL)?
- EIA classifies City of Lakeland - (FL) as Municipal, a utility owned and operated by the local government it serves. Nationally, Municipal utilities averaged 13.03¢ per kWh in the 2024 release.
What this page does and does not tell you
- An average across bundled residential customers for the year, revenue divided by sales, not a rate schedule.
- Form 861 presence is not evidence of availability at an address or of customer choice.
See our methodology, why energy prices vary and understanding rate structures.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form 861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 release. Retrieved and formatted by RateWatt.
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