Rate comparison

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 41 utilities reporting residential rates in Florida, Tampa Electric Co comes 28th 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 3 other investor owned utilities reporting in Florida, whose customer-weighted average is 14.46¢, Tampa Electric Co is close to its own ownership class within the state (+1.4%).

State price distribution

Territory and usage

Scale and consumption

Tampa Electric Co reported 757.3K residential customers, ranking 3rd of 41 utilities in Florida by customers served and covering 7.3% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 13,560 kWh per customer per year - +0.5% against the Florida median of 13,490 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $1,989.

State peers

Every utility reporting in Florida

All 41 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Florida, largest first, with Tampa Electric Co marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.

For generation mix and price history statewide, see electricity rates in Florida.

Ownership class peers

Investor Owned utilities with similar residential prices

Beyond Florida, these indexable investor owned utilities report the closest residential averages to Tampa Electric Co in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.

FAQ

Common questions about Tampa Electric Co rates

How much does Tampa Electric Co charge per kWh?

Tampa Electric Co reported an average residential price of 14.67¢ 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 Tampa Electric Co 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 +3.4%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 41 utilities reporting residential service in Florida.

What is the average electricity bill for Tampa Electric Co customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 13,560 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,989 a year, or about $166 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns Tampa Electric Co?

EIA classifies Tampa Electric Co as Investor Owned, a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Nationally, the customer-weighted average across Investor Owned utilities was 18.37¢ 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 comparing utility costs across states .

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form 861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 release. Retrieved and formatted by RateWatt.