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City of Tallahassee - (FL) city utility rates
Municipally reported residential average, customers and territory share from EIA Form 861, 2024.
- 106.9K
- Residential customers
- 1.0%
- Share of Florida customers
- 13.60¢
- Avg ¢/kWh
- $1,512
- Implied avg annual bill
Among 194 utilities with 100,000 or more residential customers, City of Tallahassee - (FL) ranks #126 by average cents per kWh and #181 by residential customers. City of Tallahassee - (FL) city utility averaged 13.60¢/kWh in 2024, covering 1.0% of Florida residential customers.
San Diego Gas & Electric Co ranks #1 of 194 by average residential cents per kWh (43.63¢, 307,982 customers, customers rank #90). Florida Power & Light Co ranks #1 of 194 by residential customers (5,236,277 customers at 13.71¢, price rank #122). The highest average rate is not the largest customer count. City of Tallahassee - (FL) is municipal - a utility owned and operated by the local government it serves. Its reported average residential price is close to the Florida customer-weighted average (-4.2%). Its customers used near the national residential norm at about 11,120 kWh a year each.
- San Diego Gas & Electric Co 43.63¢ · customers rank #90
- Florida Power & Light Co 5,236,277 customers · price rank #122
Highest average rate is not the most customers
Residential customers for the average-rate #1 and customers #1 utilities among 194 with 100,000 or more residential customers
- FL size
Florida Power & Light Co
5,236,277 residential customers
- CA rate 307,982
San Diego Gas & Electric Co
307,982 residential customers
What this shows San Diego Gas & Electric Co ranks #1 of 194 by average residential cents per kWh (43.63¢, 307,982 customers, customers rank #90). Florida Power & Light Co ranks #1 of 194 by residential customers (5,236,277 customers at 13.71¢, price rank #122). The highest average rate is not the largest customer count.
EIA Form 861 utility filing desk
Release FL-2024 · City of Tallahassee - (FL) NEAR STATE
City of Tallahassee - (FL) · Form 861 2024 · NEAR STATE
- RATE 13.60¢/kWh
- RANK #22/41
- VS-ST -4.2%
- VS-US -20.6%
- CUST 107k
- BILL $1,512
- OWN MUNI
- PHOTO FL 0.06¢
- BOOK 181/194
Nearest Form 861 price peer: Lee County Electric Coop, Inc - (FL) (FL) (-0.06¢ gap)
EIA Form 861 residential filing stamps for this utility record. Read with this utility → · Florida rates
City of Tallahassee - (FL) in the Form 861 price neighbourhood
Average residential ¢/kWh among this utility and nearest indexable peers
- FL
Lee County Electric Coop, Inc - (FL)
14 ¢/kWh
- this util
City of Tallahassee - (FL)
14 ¢/kWh
- MN
Connexus Energy
14 ¢/kWh
- NC
Brunswick Electric Member Corp
14 ¢/kWh
- TX
Entergy Texas Inc.
14 ¢/kWh
What this shows City of Tallahassee - (FL) reports 13.60¢/kWh, corpus customer-rank 181 of 194.
RateWatt cost context
How City of Tallahassee - (FL) compares on reported cost context
A weighted comparison, not a tariff quote, reliability grade, service-quality score, or recommendation. Lower price and lower implied annual bill score better against reporting utilities in Florida; the state generation context is shown separately.
- Price against state peers
- 48/100
- Implied annual bill against state peers
- 85/100
- State renewable generation context
- 28/100
13.60¢/kWh · median 13.54¢/kWh
$1,512/yr · median $1,856/yr
11.7% · median 22.8%
Weights: 50% price, 30% implied annual bill, 20% state renewable-generation context. Unreported inputs are excluded and the remaining weights are redistributed. Price and bill use EIA Form 861 (2024); generation context uses EIA state generation data (2025) and is not attributed to this provider.
Territory and usage
Scale and consumption
City of Tallahassee - (FL) reported 106.9K residential customers, ranking 11th of 41 utilities in Florida by customers served and covering 1.0% of the state's reported residential customers.
Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 11,120 kWh per customer per year - -17.6% against the Florida median of 13,490 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $1,512.
State peers
Utilities reporting alongside this city system in Florida
All 41 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Florida, largest first, with City of Tallahassee - (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) | Municipal | 121.6K | 11.40¢ |
| City of Tallahassee - (FL) (this page) | 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.
Rate comparison
City rate against the state field
Ranked by price against the 41 utilities reporting residential rates in Florida, City of Tallahassee - (FL) comes 22nd 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, whose customer-weighted average is 13.11¢, City of Tallahassee - (FL) is close to its own ownership class within the state (+3.7%).
Price distribution in the state
Where City of Tallahassee - (FL) sits among Florida utilities
2024 average residential price across the 41 utilities reporting a rate in Florida
13.60¢/kWh 48th affordability percentile More affordable than 48% 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 Tallahassee - (FL) | 13.60¢ | - |
| Florida (customer-weighted, 41 utilities) | 14.19¢ | -4.2% |
| US Form 861 customer-weighted average (1.5K utilities) | 17.11¢ | -20.6% |
| Municipal customer-weighted US avg (455 utilities) | 14.41¢ | -5.6% |
Rate against consumption: Florida utilities
Ownership class peers
Municipal utilities with similar residential prices
Beyond Florida, these indexable municipal utilities report the closest residential averages to City of Tallahassee - (FL) in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.
| Utility | State | Customers | Avg ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville Electric Service | Tennessee | 417.6K | 13.47¢ |
| City of Seattle - (WA) | Washington | 460.0K | 14.09¢ |
| City of Colorado Springs - (CO) | Colorado | 216.8K | 14.45¢ |
| Austin Energy | Texas | 507.3K | 12.58¢ |
| Knoxville Utilities Board | Tennessee | 193.7K | 12.54¢ |
FAQ
Common questions about City of Tallahassee - (FL) rates
- How much does City of Tallahassee - (FL) charge per kWh?
- City of Tallahassee - (FL) reported an average residential price of 13.60¢ 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 Tallahassee - (FL) expensive compared with the rest of Florida?
- Its average residential price is close to the Florida customer-weighted average of 14.19¢ per kWh, a difference of -4.2%. 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 Tallahassee - (FL) customers?
- Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 11,120 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,512 a year, or about $126 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.
- Who owns City of Tallahassee - (FL)?
- EIA classifies City of Tallahassee - (FL) as Municipal, a utility owned and operated by the local government it serves. Nationally, the customer-weighted average across Municipal utilities was 14.41¢ per kWh in the 2024 Form 861 release.
Limitations
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 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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