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Residential customers
25 thousand
24,790 homes
Average price
13.33 cents
Florida average 15.21
Average bill
$115.48
Per month at 866 kWh
Price rank
12 of 36
Lowest to highest in Florida
Fort Pierce Utilities Authority rates and average bill
Fort Pierce Utilities Authority reported 24,790 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 866 kWh a month on average at 13.33 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, Fort Pierce Utilities Authority ranks 12 from the lowest price.
| Average | Cents per kWh | kWh per month | Monthly bill |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Pierce Utilities Authority | 13.33 | 866 | $115.48 |
| 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 Fort Pierce Utilities Authority 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)
St Lucie
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Reliability
For 2025, Fort Pierce Utilities Authority reported an average of 59 minutes without power per customer and 1.15 interruptions per customer, with major event days left out. The typical interruption lasted about 52 minutes. For comparison, the median state averaged 127 minutes of outage per customer.
Fort Pierce Utilities Authority had about 68 fewer minutes of outage per customer than the median state. The Florida figure across its utilities was 65 minutes. One interruption lasting 52 minutes and 1.15 interruptions a year per customer add up to the 59 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. Fort Pierce Utilities Authority 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 254 residential net-metered systems on the Fort Pierce Utilities Authority grid in 2025, with 2.0 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.
Fort Pierce Utilities Authority is a municipal utility based in Florida.
Fort Pierce Utilities Authority compared with Florida
By residential customers, Fort Pierce Utilities Authority ranks 28th of the 36 utilities that report homes in Florida, with about 0.23% of the state's homes. Its price of 13.33 cents per kWh is 1.04 cents above the median of 15 other municipal utilities in Florida (12.29 cents). At $115.48 a month, an average Fort Pierce Utilities Authority home pays about $629 a year less than the Florida average of $167.86, and uses 237 kWh a month less. Fort Pierce Utilities Authority lists distribution equipment in a single county, so its service area is easy to check against your address. 254 of its residential customers use net metering, or 10.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Pierce Utilities Authority | Municipal | 24,790 | 13.33 |
| City of Leesburg | Municipal | 24,894 | 13.57 |
| City of Lake Worth Beach | Municipal | 24,821 | 12.29 |
| City of Homestead | Municipal | 24,277 | 11.39 |
| Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative | Cooperative | 21,703 | 14.89 |
| Tri-County Electric Cooperative | Cooperative | 18,085 | 18.44 |
See every one on the electric companies in Florida page.
Official site and where to get help
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Fort Pierce Utilities Authority questions
What is the average residential electric rate for Fort Pierce Utilities Authority?
Fort Pierce Utilities Authority residential customers on bundled service paid an average of 13.33 cents per kWh in 2025, with average use of 866 kWh a month and an average bill of $115.48 (EIA Form EIA-861). The Florida average was 15.21 cents.
How many customers does Fort Pierce Utilities Authority have?
EIA reports about 24,790 residential customers for Fort Pierce Utilities Authority in 2025.
Who regulates Fort Pierce Utilities Authority?
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 Fort Pierce Utilities Authority?
For 2025, Fort Pierce Utilities Authority reported an average of 59 minutes of outage per customer and 1.15 interruptions per customer, excluding major event days (other standard). Utilities measure outages in slightly different ways, so compare with care.