JEA electric rates and bills in Jacksonville's service area

Three readings of JEA's price per kWh

JEA is the city-owned electric, water and sewer utility of Jacksonville; EIA lists it as a municipal utility. Its 479,288 residential customers were 4.5% of Florida's in 2025, behind only Florida Power & Light, Duke Energy Florida and Tampa Electric¹. Each answer to "JEA rates per kWh" depends on the period:

• Calendar 2025 (EIA-861, final): 13.84¢ per kWh¹, up from 12.43¢ per kWh³ in 2024.
• Last 12 months, September 2025 to August 2026 (EIA-861M, 2026 months preliminary): 14.76¢ per kWh.
• August 2026⁴ alone (preliminary): 14.34¢ per kWh, +5.5%² against the same month a year earlier.

All three are average revenue per kWh: what JEA billed its residential customers, divided by the kWh they bought. The basic monthly charge, the energy charge and the separately adjusted fuel charge are all inside the figure; most taxes are not. A small user pays more than the average per kWh, a large user less.

On the 2025 figure, JEA was 9.0% below the Florida average (15.21¢ per kWh⁵, all providers) and 15th lowest of the 36 Florida utilities with 10,000 or more residential customers. Among the 177 US utilities with 100,000 or more residential customers it ranked 58th lowest of 177, 4.5% below the national average for public power (14.49¢ per kWh¹).

The gap with FPL has narrowed

The closest large comparison is Florida Power & Light, which also reports customers in all four of JEA's counties. JEA's price advantage over FPL was smaller in 2025 than in 2024, and smaller again over the last 12 months:

From 2024 to 2025 JEA's average rose 11.3% and FPL's 6.6%¹. In August 2026 JEA's year-on-year change was also above the Florida figure for all providers (−2.2%⁴), while Duke Energy Florida (−17.6%) and Tampa Electric (−6.8%²) came in lower than a year earlier. One preliminary month is a narrow window; the 12-month figures are the steadier comparison.

Florida's other city-owned utilities moved differently. OUC in Orlando averaged 13.22¢ per kWh in 2025 after a change of −13.3%; Lakeland Electric averaged 11.73¢ per kWh (+2.9%) and City of Tallahassee Utilities 13.97¢ per kWh (+2.7%). Across all Florida public power, the 2025 residential average was 13.17¢ per kWh, against 15.69¢ per kWh¹ for investor-owned utilities.

Lakeland Electric (FL)11.73¢

OUC (FL)13.22¢

JEA (FL)13.84¢

City of Tallahassee Utilities (FL)13.97¢

Clay Electric Cooperative (FL)14.02¢

Florida Power & Light (FL)14.62¢

Source: EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final. EIA-861 2025 final. Average revenue per kWh is all charges divided by kWh; it is not a tariff rate.

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Utility	average residential price (bundled customers)
Lakeland Electric (FL)	11.73¢
OUC (FL)	13.22¢
JEA (FL)	13.84¢
City of Tallahassee Utilities (FL)	13.97¢
Clay Electric Cooperative (FL)	14.02¢
Florida Power & Light (FL)	14.62¢

Rate decisions in 2025 and 2026

JEA's rates are set by its own board of directors rather than in a rate case before the Florida Public Service Commission; the commission's authority over municipal utilities covers rate structure, under Florida's public utilities statute. Three board decisions frame the data on this page:

• April 1, 2025: the first step of a two-part electric, water and sewer adjustment that JEA's board approved on March 25, 2025, including a higher residential basic monthly charge.
• October 2025: the second step of the same decision, with a further rise in the basic monthly charge.
• October 1, 2026: a new adjustment the board approved on June 30, 2026.

JEAFlorida average, all providers

Source: EIA-861M monthly sales and revenue by utility; EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state. Residential revenue divided by kWh in each month, as reported to EIA's monthly survey (EIA-861M; months since January 2026 preliminary).

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Month	JEA (¢/kWh)	kWh per customer	Bill per customer
January 2025	12.57¢	1,296	$162.82
February 2025	13.80¢	811	$111.94
March 2025	14.52¢	829	$120.33
April 2025	14.66¢	934	$136.88
May 2025	13.70¢	1,129	$154.70
June 2025	13.37¢	1,231	$164.57
July 2025	13.56¢	1,409	$191.04
August 2025	13.59¢	1,334	$181.33
September 2025	13.65¢	1,111	$151.59
October 2025	14.60¢	924	$134.82
November 2025	14.75¢	782	$115.33
December 2025	14.57¢	900	$131.13
January 2026	14.38¢	1,068	$153.55
February 2026	14.73¢	1,010	$148.79
March 2026	16.22¢	884	$143.42
April 2026	16.70¢	827	$138.06
May 2026	15.40¢	1,068	$164.40
June 2026	14.44¢	1,210	$174.72
July 2026	14.34¢	1,465	$210.06
August 2026	14.34¢	1,373	$196.81

In EIA's monthly series, JEA's residential average stepped up in October 2025, and every month from January to August 2026 was above the same month of 2025. The fuel charge is adjusted on its own schedule, apart from base rates, and EIA's figures do not separate the two, so the data cannot say how much of the +11.3%¹ change in 2025 came from each. The October 2026 adjustment falls after the latest month EIA has published; the next release, on November 24, 2026, adds September 2026. JEA's rates page carries the current tariff sheets.

Summer bills, spring prices

JEA's bill and its price per kWh peak at different times of year. Across September 2025 to August 2026, monthly use per home swung between 782 kWh in November 2025 and 1,465 kWh in July 2026, taking the average bill from $115.33 to $210.06².

1,111Sep

924Oct

782Nov

900Dec

1,068Jan

1,010Feb

884Mar

827Apr

1,068May

1,210Jun

1,465Jul

1,373Aug

Source: EIA-861M monthly sales and revenue by utility. kWh per residential customer in each month (EIA-861M; months since January 2026 preliminary). The table adds the average bill and price for the month.

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Month	kWh per customer	Bill per customer	¢/kWh
September 2025	1,111	$151.59	13.65¢
October 2025	924	$134.82	14.60¢
November 2025	782	$115.33	14.75¢
December 2025	900	$131.13	14.57¢
January 2026	1,068	$153.55	14.38¢
February 2026	1,010	$148.79	14.73¢
March 2026	884	$143.42	16.22¢
April 2026	827	$138.06	16.70¢
May 2026	1,068	$164.40	15.40¢
June 2026	1,210	$174.72	14.44¢
July 2026	1,465	$210.06	14.34¢
August 2026	1,373	$196.81	14.34¢

The price per kWh moves the other way. In the monthly data, JEA's highest averages came in March and April in both 2025 and 2026, and the average fell back as summer use climbed. The basic monthly charge is the same in every month, so it adds more per kWh when homes use little and less when air conditioning runs all day. Air conditioning took 30% of Florida household electricity use in EIA's 2020 household survey, 3rd highest⁶ among the states.

Over a full year, JEA homes use somewhat less than the Florida average: 1,057 kWh a month in 2025, against 1,103 kWh statewide and 1,111 kWh at FPL. With a lower price as well, the 2025 JEA bill of $146.38 was below FPL's $162.38 and the Florida average of $167.86⁷. Use per home edged down from 1,066 kWh in 2024, so nearly all of the +10.5%¹ rise in the average bill, from $132.51³, came from price.

Duval and its neighbours: who else serves

EIA's service-territory records place JEA in Clay County, Duval County, Nassau County and St. Johns County. Other distribution utilities report customers in all 4⁸: FPL in each of them, Clay Electric Cooperative in Clay and Duval, Beaches Energy Services in Duval and St. Johns, and Florida Public Utilities in Nassau. A county or ZIP code therefore does not settle which utility serves a home, and EIA publishes no city prices. JEA's service-area map decides by address.

JEA onlyJEA and other utilitiesOther utilities

Source: EIA-861 2025, service territory; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, counties. EIA-861 2025 service territory: 4 counties. Counts whole counties even where the utility serves only part of one; check the utility's own service-area map for an address.

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County	Other utilities reporting service
Clay County	Florida Power & Light, Clay Electric Cooperative, City of Green Cove Springs
Duval County	Florida Power & Light, Clay Electric Cooperative, Beaches Energy Services
Nassau County	Florida Power & Light, Florida Public Utilities Co, Okefenoke Rural Electric Membership Corporation
St. Johns County	Florida Power & Light, Beaches Energy Services

The cooperative averaged 14.02¢ per kWh in 2025; its homes used more electricity (1,220 kWh a month), and the average bill was $171.01¹.

Outages

JEA customers averaged 49 minutes without power in 2025 including major events, fewer than the Florida average of 70 minutes, with 0.95 interruptions per customer. JEA reports under another method (not IEEE 1366), while FPL (47 minutes) and Clay Electric (205 minutes) use IEEE 1366, so the comparison is approximate. Florida as a whole ranked 2nd lowest among the states on outage minutes (70 minutes¹⁰).

Smart meters and rooftop solar

Every JEA residential meter was an advanced meter in 2025 (100.0%). Rooftop solar is less common than on FPL's system: 6,592 net-metered residential installations with 57.9 megawatts of capacity, 13.8 per 1,000 residential customers, against 22.4 at FPL and 18.9¹¹ at Clay Electric.

Businesses, and help with bills

JEA's 61,463 commercial customers paid an average of 11.43¢ per kWh in 2025, with an average monthly bill of $657.84; its 198 industrial accounts averaged 9.04¢ per kWh. Across all 540,950 accounts the average was 12.07¢ per kWh¹. These are averages over many rate schedules, not a commercial tariff.

Florida's allocation from the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) was $121.6 million¹² for fiscal year 2026. The statewide picture is on electricity in Florida.