How many electric cooperatives are in Florida?

16 electric cooperatives reported bundled retail electricity sales to customers in Florida in 2024, according to EIA. The largest is Withlacoochee River Elec Coop, with 259,639 customers.

How many municipal and public power utilities are in Florida?

32 — 32 municipal utilities — reported bundled retail sales in Florida in 2024. The largest is JEA, with 531,883 customers.

How do public power utilities and co-ops in Florida buy?

Municipal utilities and public utility districts are local government entities, so they generally follow Florida's public procurement laws, with purchases approved by a city council or utility board. Electric co-ops are private, member-owned nonprofits that set their own purchasing policies, though projects financed through USDA's Rural Utilities Service follow its rules. See how utilities buy.

Where does this data come from?

From the U.S. Energy Information Administration's table "2024 Utility Bundled Retail Sales – Total" (Table 10), based on forms EIA-861 and EIA-861S. It counts customers who buy both electricity and delivery from the utility.

Florida Public Power & Electric Co-ops: Full List

Key takeaways

48 community-owned utilities: 32 municipal utilities and 16 electric cooperatives reported bundled retail sales in Florida in 2024.
Together they served 2,984,476 of the state's 11,779,011 bundled retail customers (25%); 4 investor-owned utilities served most of the rest.
The largest public power utility is JEA, with 531,883 customers.
The largest electric co-op is Withlacoochee River Elec Coop, with 259,639 customers.

Every public power utility and co-op in Florida

Ranked by bundled retail customers in 2024, with retail sales in megawatt-hours and average price in cents per kilowatt-hour. Names are as EIA abbreviates them. Filter by type or search.

Showing all 48 utilities

#	Utility	Type	Customers	Sales, MWh	Avg. price
1	JEA	Municipal	531,883	12,873,265	10.87¢
2	Orlando Utilities Comm	Municipal	282,182	7,328,540	11.25¢
3	Withlacoochee River Elec Coop	Cooperative	259,639	4,762,342	11.57¢
4	Lee County Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	257,631	4,558,782	12.94¢
5	Sumter Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	252,367	4,145,223	12.17¢
6	Clay Electric Cooperative, Inc	Cooperative	193,986	3,648,010	11.89¢
7	City of Lakeland	Municipal	136,543	3,321,409	10.02¢
8	City of Tallahassee	Municipal	120,220	2,785,584	11.45¢
9	Gainesville Regional Utilities	Municipal	104,509	1,835,613	15.29¢
10	Kissimmee Utility Authority	Municipal	91,561	1,822,374	12.85¢
11	Choctawhatche Elec Coop, Inc	Cooperative	66,479	1,116,376	12.77¢
12	Peace River Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	66,233	1,175,553	11.85¢
13	Talquin Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	57,261	1,007,419	13.77¢
14	City of Ocala	Municipal	57,035	1,361,540	10.89¢
15	Central Florida Elec Coop, Inc	Cooperative	36,994	589,451	12.88¢
16	Beaches Energy Services	Municipal	35,976	732,512	12.72¢
17	Florida Keys El Coop Assn, Inc	Cooperative	34,522	775,838	13.05¢
18	Utility Board of the City of Key West, F	Municipal	31,873	741,308	14.48¢
19	New Smyrna Beach City of	Municipal	31,490	462,754	10.90¢
20	West Florida El Coop Assn, Inc	Cooperative	29,884	529,877	14.09¢
21	Fort Pierce Utilities Authority	Municipal	29,677	585,605	12.23¢
22	Suwannee Valley Elec Coop Inc	Cooperative	29,392	563,261	13.32¢
23	City of Leesburg	Municipal	28,899	511,239	12.43¢
24	City of Homestead	Municipal	28,795	637,325	10.96¢
25	City of Lake Worth Beach	Municipal	27,842	479,378	12.95¢
26	Gulf Coast Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	22,768	378,463	14.32¢
27	Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (FL)	Cooperative	19,951	383,031	13.79¢
28	Glades Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	18,532	343,586	16.20¢
29	City of Winter Park	Municipal	14,743	438,134	11.35¢
30	City of Bartow	Municipal	13,430	311,543	10.29¢
31	Escambia River Elec Coop, Inc	Cooperative	13,224	224,515	15.05¢
32	Okefenoke Rural El Member Corp	Cooperative	11,679	186,252	13.92¢
33	City of Mount Dora	Municipal	6,189	98,477	10.77¢
34	City of Quincy	Municipal	5,766	119,063	11.21¢
35	City of Alachua	Municipal	5,034	151,394	8.53¢
36	City of Green Cove Springs	Municipal	4,566	110,121	12.27¢
37	City of Clewiston	Municipal	4,208	99,271	12.96¢
38	City of Starke	Municipal	2,976	65,088	12.61¢
39	City of Newberry	Municipal	2,902	47,358	12.66¢
40	City of Wauchula	Municipal	2,874	62,283	11.39¢
41	City of Fort Meade	Municipal	2,764	42,847	13.88¢
42	City of Williston	Municipal	1,764	36,543	12.17¢
43	City of Bushnell	Municipal	1,683	60,894	12.48¢
44	Central Florida Tourism Oversight District	Municipal	1,563	1,163,466	9.39¢
45	Havana Power & Light Company	Municipal	1,476	23,703	13.34¢
46	City of Blountstown	Municipal	1,319	30,339	15.01¢
47	City of Chattahoochee	Municipal	1,134	38,515	9.45¢
48	City of Moore Haven	Municipal	1,058	17,097	12.45¢

Public power vs. co-ops in Florida

Public power utilities — municipal utilities, public utility districts and state-owned utilities — are owned by the communities they serve and governed by a city council or elected board. They buy much like local governments: through public bids, board approvals and published budgets.
Electric cooperatives are private, not-for-profit utilities owned by their members, who elect the board. Most buy power from a generation and transmission (G&T) co-op and make purchasing decisions through their own policies, often faster than public agencies.

Both publish their plans: watch board and council agendas, budgets, capital improvement plans and rate filings. Our utility funding tracker and rate case & IRP tracker show where the money is coming from.

Selling to Florida utilities

Start with the right person. Line, engineering, metering, IT and member-services managers usually define the need; the general manager or CEO and the board approve large purchases.
Use the networks. State public power and cooperative associations, joint action agencies and G&T co-ops shape purchasing and share vendor experiences.
Expect small teams. Many of the utilities on this list have only a handful of staff, so phone outreach and a clear reason to talk matter.

Read our guide to how public power, co-ops and water utilities buy, or see the largest public power utilities and largest electric co-ops nationally.

About this data

Source. EIA's "2024 Utility Bundled Retail Sales – Total" (Table 10), from forms EIA-861 and EIA-861S. Average price is EIA's revenue divided by sales.
Bundled customers only. The table counts customers who buy both energy and delivery from the utility, so it excludes distribution-only utilities and customers who buy energy from another supplier in retail-choice areas.
Community-owned utilities only. This page lists municipal, public utility district, state-owned and cooperative utilities. Investor-owned and federal utilities are left out.

Sources

U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2024 Utility Bundled Retail Sales – Total (Table 10): eia.gov

Public power utilities and electric co-ops in Florida.