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Residential customers
24 thousand
24,277 homes
Average price
11.39 cents
Florida average 15.21
Average bill
$159.78
Per month at 1,403 kWh
Price rank
2 of 36
Lowest to highest in Florida
City of Homestead rates and average bill
City of Homestead reported 24,277 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 1,403 kWh a month on average at 11.39 cents per kWh. Bundled means the utility supplies the energy and delivers it, so the price covers both. Among the 36 Florida utilities with at least 10,000 bundled residential customers, City of Homestead ranks 2 from the lowest price.
| Average | Cents per kWh | kWh per month | Monthly bill |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Homestead | 11.39 | 1,403 | $159.78 |
| Florida (all utilities) | 15.21 | 1,103 | $167.86 |
| United States | 17.23 | 874 | $150.68 |
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data), sales to ultimate customers. Price is revenue divided by sales and includes fixed charges.
Service area
EIA lists the counties where City of Homestead has distribution equipment. That covers 1 county in Florida. A county can be served by more than one utility, so confirm your address with the utility or your bill.
Florida (1 county)
Miami Dade
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Reliability
For 2025, City of Homestead reported an average of 83 minutes without power per customer and 0.79 interruptions per customer, with major event days left out. The typical interruption lasted about 105 minutes. For comparison, the median state averaged 127 minutes of outage per customer.
City of Homestead had about 45 fewer minutes of outage per customer than the median state. The Florida figure across its utilities was 65 minutes. One interruption lasting 105 minutes and 0.79 interruptions a year per customer add up to the 83 minute total.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data), reliability schedule, measured under other standard. Utilities define events slightly differently, so compare with care.
Rate options and rooftop solar
- Time-of-use pricing. City of Homestead does not report a residential time-of-use program in its 2025 EIA filing. Ask the utility, because programs change. How time-of-use rates work.
- Rooftop solar and net metering. EIA shows 350 residential net-metered systems on the City of Homestead grid in 2025, with 2.9 megawatts of capacity. How net metering works.
Who owns and regulates it
Owned and run by a city or town. A city council or utility board usually sets the rates, and state commissions often have limited authority over it.
For questions about state consumer protections, see the Florida Public Service Commission.
City of Homestead is a municipal utility based in Florida.
City of Homestead compared with Florida
Florida has 36 utilities with residential customers in the 2025 EIA data. City of Homestead is 29th by size and serves about 0.23% of the state's homes. At $159.78 a month, an average City of Homestead home pays about $97 a year less than the Florida average of $167.86, and uses 300 kWh a month more. City of Homestead lists distribution equipment in a single county, so its service area is easy to check against your address. 350 of its residential customers use net metering, or 14.4 per 1,000 homes, against 30.3 for Florida as a whole.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data). Peers are other utilities of the same type in Florida with at least 1,000 residential customers and a reported price.
Other Florida utilities
| Utility | Type | Homes | Cents per kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Homestead | Municipal | 24,277 | 11.39 |
| City of Lake Worth Beach | Municipal | 24,821 | 12.29 |
| Fort Pierce Utilities Authority | Municipal | 24,790 | 13.33 |
| Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative | Cooperative | 21,703 | 14.89 |
| Tri-County Electric Cooperative | Cooperative | 18,085 | 18.44 |
| Glades Electric Cooperative | Cooperative | 14,819 | 18.27 |
See every one on the electric companies in Florida page.
Official site and where to get help
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City of Homestead questions
What is the average residential electric rate for City of Homestead?
City of Homestead residential customers on bundled service paid an average of 11.39 cents per kWh in 2025, with average use of 1,403 kWh a month and an average bill of $159.78 (EIA Form EIA-861). The Florida average was 15.21 cents.
How many customers does City of Homestead have?
EIA reports about 24,277 residential customers for City of Homestead in 2025.
Who regulates City of Homestead?
Owned and run by a city or town. A city council or utility board usually sets the rates, and state commissions often have limited authority over it. See the regulator for Florida on the Florida state page.
How reliable is City of Homestead?
For 2025, City of Homestead reported an average of 83 minutes of outage per customer and 0.79 interruptions per customer, excluding major event days (other standard). Utilities measure outages in slightly different ways, so compare with care.