What are you really paying per kWh?

One bill gives you three different prices per kWh, and each answers a different question. Here they are for 1,200 kWh on FPL's October 2026 residential rate and JEA's rates effective October 1, 2026 with November's fuel rate, before taxes and local fees. The usage is invented; the prices come from each utility's rate sheet.

• To value a kWh you save, from a lower thermostat setting, a shorter pool pump schedule or a new appliance, use the price of the next kWh. At 1,200 kWh both bills are above 1,000 kWh, so the kWh you save come off the higher tier.
• To check whether your utility's prices changed between two bills, use the per-kWh average, and compare bills with similar usage. It leaves out the fixed charge, which otherwise makes a small bill look more expensive per kWh than a large one, but the share of kWh above 1,000 still moves it.
• To budget a whole bill, use the all-in average at your usual usage. Worked out from your own bill it already includes taxes and local fees; the figures in this table don't.

The optional box above asks for the charges priced per kWh. These are the lines to add up on each utility's residential rate, with the prices from the current rate sheets. Anything charged per month or as a percentage stays out.

FPL's explanation of its bill groups the storm protection, environmental, conservation and capacity lines with the base energy charge as non-fuel charges, and abbreviates them as SPPCRC, ECRC, ECCR and CCRC. On a JEA bill, use only the Electric Service section; the Sewer, Water and Irrigation sections each carry their own charges, taxes and fees.

• The fixed charge is spread over fewer or more kWh. FPL's $10.52 base charge adds 2.10¢ to every kWh on a 500 kWh bill and 0.70¢ on a 1,500 kWh bill. JEA's $21.00 basic monthly charge adds 4.20¢ and 1.40¢.
• More usage lands above 1,000 kWh. Both utilities charge more for each kWh above 1,000 in a billing period, so a summer bill's per-kWh average rises even when the rate sheet hasn't changed.
• JEA's fuel rate changes every month. It went from $42.82 per 1,000 kWh in September 2026 to $49.75 in November. On 1,200 kWh, that difference alone is $8.32.
• FPL lines come and go. FPL's September 2026 rate sheet included a storm restoration recovery refund of −0.797¢ per kWh that isn't on the October sheet; on its own, that line was worth $7.97 on a 1,000 kWh bill. FPL also says its transition credit declines to zero, with former Gulf Power rates fully aligned by January 1, 2027.
• Very small FPL bills hit the minimum. When the base charge plus base energy charge comes to less than $30, FPL bills $30 for that portion. On the October 2026 rate that happens below about 248 kWh, for example in a home that's empty for most of the month. Below that point, a kWh saved lowers only the fuel and other per-kWh lines, about 4.39¢, not the full 12.26¢.

The Florida Public Service Commission publishes a comparison of 1,000 kWh residential bills for the investor-owned utilities it regulates. For bills from October 1, 2026, dividing each total by 1,000 gives an all-in average for that usage:

FPL's $136.64 matches its own example, which includes $3.54 of gross receipts tax and regulatory assessment fee but not local taxes and fees. JEA isn't in the comparison: its tariffs are approved by its board and filed with the commission. On JEA's rates, 1,000 kWh comes to $148.90 before any taxes and fees, so it isn't directly comparable with the figures above.

• Charges and kWh from different periods. Take both from the same bill. A usage chart shows many months, so make sure the bar you read covers the same period as the charges.
• One tier price for every kWh. On FPL at 1,200 kWh, pricing all of them at the above-1,000 price overstates the per-kWh charges by $20.00, because the first 1,000 kWh are priced lower.
• A one-time credit read as a lower price. A credit lowers that bill's all-in average but not the price of next month's kWh. Use the per-kWh lines when a bill includes a credit.
• FPL and JEA compared at different usage. The fixed charges differ, so compare averages at the same kWh, as in the table further down this page.
• Last month's JEA price used for this month. Check the fuel line before reusing a JEA price in a calculation.

• Appliance cost, space heater cost and pool pump cost: enter the price of the next kWh.
• Upgrade payback: enter the per-kWh rate, because an upgrade saves kWh, not the fixed charge.
• Compare two bills: if your price moved, see how much of the change came from price and how much from usage.
• Check my bill: put your usage and price in context for your home.

Charges before taxes and local fees on each utility's current residential rate, and the all-in average they work out to. Fixed charges push the average up on small bills; the higher price above 1,000 kWh pushes up what each extra kWh costs on large ones. Compare the averages with your own result above. For context, EIA's average Florida residential price was 14.99¢ per kWh in August 2026 (preliminary), a statewide average across utilities rather than any one tariff.