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Withlacoochee River Elec Coop member rates
Cooperative residential average from EIA Form 861, 2024 - compared with other Florida utilities that serve the same state.
- 12.35¢
- Co-op avg ¢/kWh
- 229.4K
- Member-customers
- 16
- Cooperative utilities in FL
- -13.0%
- vs Florida average
Among 194 utilities with 100,000 or more residential customers, Withlacoochee River Elec Coop ranks #156 by average cents per kWh and #115 by residential customers. Withlacoochee River Elec Coop (cooperative) averaged 12.35¢/kWh for members in 2024 - below the Florida customer-weighted average.
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. Withlacoochee River Elec Coop is cooperative - a not-for-profit utility owned by the members it serves, typically in rural territory. Its reported average residential price is below the Florida customer-weighted average (-13.0%). Its customers used well above the national residential norm at about 14,689 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 · Withlacoochee River Elec Coop BELOW STATE
Withlacoochee River Elec Coop · Form 861 2024 · BELOW STATE
- RATE 12.35¢/kWh
- RANK #9/41
- VS-ST -13.0%
- VS-US -27.8%
- CUST 229k
- BILL $1,814
- OWN COOP
- PHOTO NE 0.01¢
- BOOK 115/194
Nearest Form 861 price peer: Omaha Public Power District (NE) (+0.01¢ gap)
EIA Form 861 residential filing stamps for this utility record. Read with this utility → · Florida rates
Withlacoochee River Elec Coop in the Form 861 price neighbourhood
Average residential ¢/kWh among this utility and nearest indexable peers
- TN
City of Chattanooga - (TN)
12 ¢/kWh
- LA
Cleco Power LLC
12 ¢/kWh
- this util
Withlacoochee River Elec Coop
12 ¢/kWh
- NE
Omaha Public Power District
12 ¢/kWh
- GA
Snapping Shoals El Member Corp
12 ¢/kWh
What this shows Withlacoochee River Elec Coop reports 12.35¢/kWh, corpus customer-rank 115 of 194.
RateWatt cost context
How Withlacoochee River Elec Coop 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
- 80/100
- Implied annual bill against state peers
- 55/100
- State renewable generation context
- 28/100
12.35¢/kWh · median 13.54¢/kWh
$1,814/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.
State peers
Other Florida utilities members might otherwise face
All 41 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Florida, largest first, with Withlacoochee River Elec Coop 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 (this page) | 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) | 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
Member price against the state
Ranked by price against the 41 utilities reporting residential rates in Florida, Withlacoochee River Elec Coop comes 9th 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 15 other cooperative utilities reporting in Florida, whose customer-weighted average is 13.61¢, Withlacoochee River Elec Coop is below its own ownership class within the state (-9.2%).
Where this co-op sits on price
Where Withlacoochee River Elec Coop sits among Florida utilities
2024 average residential price across the 41 utilities reporting a rate in Florida
12.35¢/kWh Top 22% most affordable More affordable than 80% of 40 other utilities
average residential price, equal-width bands
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Source EIA Form 861 · 2024
| Benchmark | Price / kWh | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Withlacoochee River Elec Coop | 12.35¢ | - |
| Florida (customer-weighted, 41 utilities) | 14.19¢ | -13.0% |
| US Form 861 customer-weighted average (1.5K utilities) | 17.11¢ | -27.8% |
| Cooperative customer-weighted US avg (622 utilities) | 13.78¢ | -10.4% |
Territory and usage
Scale and consumption
Withlacoochee River Elec Coop reported 229.4K residential customers, ranking 7th of 41 utilities in Florida by customers served and covering 2.2% of the state's reported residential customers.
Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 14,689 kWh per customer per year - +8.9% against the Florida median of 13,490 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $1,814.
Rate against consumption: Florida utilities
Ownership class peers
Cooperative utilities with similar residential prices
Beyond Florida, these indexable cooperative utilities report the closest residential averages to Withlacoochee River Elec Coop in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.
| Utility | State | Customers | Avg ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snapping Shoals El Member Corp | Georgia | 105.3K | 12.37¢ |
| Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) | Arkansas | 101.2K | 12.25¢ |
| Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc | Texas | 405.6K | 12.22¢ |
| GreyStone Power Corporation | Georgia | 139.0K | 12.22¢ |
| Volunteer Electric Coop | Tennessee | 104.4K | 12.19¢ |
FAQ
Common questions about Withlacoochee River Elec Coop member rates
- How much does Withlacoochee River Elec Coop charge per kWh?
- Withlacoochee River Elec Coop reported an average residential price of 12.35¢ 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 Withlacoochee River Elec Coop 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 -13.0%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 41 utilities reporting residential service in Florida.
- What is the average electricity bill for Withlacoochee River Elec Coop customers?
- Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 14,689 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,814 a year, or about $151 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.
- Who owns Withlacoochee River Elec Coop?
- EIA classifies Withlacoochee River Elec Coop as Cooperative, a not-for-profit utility owned by the members it serves, typically in rural territory. Nationally, the customer-weighted average across Cooperative utilities was 13.78¢ 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.
Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional or financial advice. Data is sourced from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Rates change and averages do not describe any individual account. Consult your utility or a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.
Every figure on RateWatt is rendered directly from official U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data, no number is typed in by an editor. Average price, customers and sales are reported by EIA Form 861 (2024). Per-customer annual usage, the implied annual bill, the customer-weighted state average, the Form 861 US customer-weighted average, the ownership-class customer-weighted average, and every percentage difference are RateWatt's arithmetic on those reported columns, never the separate EIA retail-sales statewide series. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2025.