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JEA: 12.43 ¢/kWh for homes, 531,883 accounts in Florida

In Florida, JEA bills 531,883 accounts, 88.5% residential, as a municipal utility. Its home price moved +6.0% from 2015 to 2024, 16.1 points slower than Florida.

Power plant stacks and fuel domes beyond tidal marsh near Jacksonville, Florida
JEA Northside Generating Station. Photo by Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. Illustrative, not a listed utility's plant.

JEA: 1,066 kWh a month costs roughly $133 in energy at 12.43 ¢/kWh, -12.1% on the Florida average of 14.14 ¢.

JEA: price path since 2015

Home price since 2015
+6.0%Florida +22.1%, a gap of -16.1 points

JEA went from 11.73 ¢ in 2015 to 12.43 ¢ in 2024, +6.0%, while the Florida average went +22.1%.

JEA has no SAIDI/SAIFI row in EIA-861 2024. Its 531,883 accounts therefore show "No data" in those rows instead of an estimate.

How it compares

JEA
JEA, 2024HomeBusinessBillSAIDI
JEALowest in this table12.43 ¢/kWh10.53 ¢/kWh$133at 1,066 kWhNo dataSAIDI
Florida average against this company+1.71 ¢/kWhcompany 12.1% below+0.46 ¢/kWhcompany 4.2% below+$18a month at 1,066 kWhNo data

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JEA: 2025

JEA: +11.4% on 2024 for homes, Florida +7.6%.

JEA home price, 2025
13.84 ¢/kWh+11.4% on 2024, early release
JEA against Florida, 2025
+3.8 pointsJEA +11.4%, Florida +7.6%

JEA reported 13.84 ¢/kWh for homes in 2025, +11.4% on its 2024 figure of 12.43, while the Florida average moved +7.6%.

JEA charts

Residential price since 2015: 12.43 ¢ in 2024

11.73 ¢ in 2015, 12.43 ¢ in 2024 (+6.0%).

JEA residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
YearJEAGap to Florida residentialGap to U.S. residential
201511.73+0.15-0.92
201611.08+0.10-1.47
201711.43-0.18-1.46
201811.41-0.13-1.46
201911.42-0.28-1.59
202011.21-0.06-1.94
202111.50-0.40-2.16
202214.17+0.27-0.87
202313.21-2.00-2.79
202412.43-1.71-4.05

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Home accounts 2015-2024: 470,564

391,219 in 2015, 470,564 in 2024 (+20.3%).

JEA home accounts by year, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
YearJEA
2015391219
2016398387
2017407957
2018410570
2019424263
2020429575
2021438470
2022447308
2023455609
2024470564

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

CSV

Rates 2024: 12.43 and 10.53 ¢

12.43 and 10.53 ¢ for this company.

¢/kWh

  • JEA residential12.43
  • Florida residential14.14
  • U.S. residential16.48
  • JEA commercial10.53
  • Florida commercial10.99
  • U.S. commercial12.75

JEA, Rates 2024: EIA retail sales.

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Net metering: 13.3 per 1,000

13.3 residential installations per 1,000 accounts.

per 1,000

  • JEA13.3
  • U.S. median utility8.7

JEA, Net metering: EIA-861 survey.

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Analyst note

JEA sold 12,873,265 MWh in 2024 to 531,883 accounts; homes took 46.8% of the energy and 12,797 kWh each over the year.

EIA-861 holds 10 years of home price for JEA, from 11.73 ¢ in 2015 to 12.43 ¢ in 2024 (+6.0%).

What kind of utility is JEA?

JEA files with EIA as a municipal utility. In Florida, municipal utilities serve 13% of residential customers at an average 13.1 cents per kWh, 9% below investor-owned utilities in Florida. JEA itself averaged 12.4 cents, 0.6 cents below its type in Florida.

Florida utilities by type · all states

Shutoffs for nonpayment, 2024

Shutoffs: this utility reported 74,025 disconnections for nonpayment in 2024, 15.7 per 100 accounts (Florida: 20.6; EIA Form EIA-112). All utilities.

Reliability and meters, 2024

JEA reports reliability under a method other than IEEE 1366, so its figures are not ranked against other utilities. Smart (AMI) meters: 100% of its 470,564 residential meters.

EIA-861 2024, retrieved 2026-10-01. Florida reliability, best and worst utilities, utility report card.

Facts

Customer accounts
531,8834.5% of Florida total
Residential accounts
470,5644.5% of Florida homes
Commercial accounts
61,11511.5% of the base
Industrial accounts
2030.04% of the base
Residential rate
12.43 ¢/kWh8th place of 30, -12.1% against the state
Commercial rate
10.53 ¢/kWh-4.2% against Florida
Average residential use
12,797 kWh/yr1,066 a month
Implied monthly bill
$1331,066 kWh at 12.43 ¢, energy only
Energy sold or delivered
12,873,265 MWhhomes 47%, business 53%
Residential rate since 2015
+6.0%11.73 to 12.43 ¢/kWh
SAIDI, no major events
No datanone filed for 470,564 homes
Net-metered capacity
64.2 MW6,376 installations
Counties listed
4Florida

Data tables

2024 by sector, JEA

JEA sectorAccountsRate ¢/kWhGap to Florida ¢/kWh
Residential470,56412.43-1.71
Commercial61,11510.53-0.46

What EIA-861 holds for JEA

Topic, JEAStatusDetail
Home price and accounts, JEA10 years2015 to 2024, 470,564 homes in 2024
Business price, JEAFiled 202410.53 ¢/kWh on 61,115 accounts
SAIDI and SAIFI, JEANo data for 2024no year of 2015 to 2024 for 531,883 accounts
Net metering, JEAFiled 20246,376 installations, 64.2 MW
Service-territory counties, JEA4 countiesin Florida
Smart meters (AMI/AMR), JEAFiled 2024470,564 of 470,564 home meters AMI
2025 early release, JEAFiled13.84 ¢/kWh for homes

Year by year, JEA

YearHome accounts, JEAHome ¢Business ¢
2015391,21911.7310.32
2016398,38711.089.83
2017407,95711.439.88
2018410,57011.419.88
2019424,26311.429.89
2020429,57511.219.73
2021438,47011.5010.02
2022447,30814.1712.53
2023455,60913.2111.55
2024470,56412.4310.53

Peers of JEA in Florida, 8th place of 30 on home price

Company near JEA on priceHome ¢Gap % to JEAAccounts, JEA = 1
5. Peace River Electric Coop, Inc12.35-0.6%0.12
6. Withlacoochee River Elec Coop12.35-0.6%0.49
7. Beaches Energy Services12.38-0.4%0.07
8. JEA (this company)12.43-1.00
9. City of Lake Worth Beach12.60+1.4%0.05
10. Fort Pierce Utilities Authority12.62+1.5%0.06
11. City of Leesburg12.93+4.0%0.05

Who buys JEA's electricity

Class, JEAAccountsOf JEA accountsOf MWhkWh a year per account
Residential470,56488.5%46.8%12,797
Commercial61,11511.5%32.3%68,017
Industrial and other2030.04%20.9%13,273,532

Monthly energy cost by use, JEA

kWhShare of a 1,066 kWh monthCost a month at 12.43 ¢Cost a year
25023%$31.06$373
50047%$62.13$746
75070%$93.19$1,118
1,00094%$124.26$1,491
1,500141%$186.38$2,237
2,000188%$248.51$2,982

Territory of JEA

4 Florida counties, region FRCC:

Counties served by JEANassauClayDuvalSt. Johns

Florida other states: 4 of 4 counties of JEA drawn

JEA: 4 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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County list
  • Clay
  • Duval
  • Nassau
  • St Johns

Questions on JEA

How many customers does JEA serve in Florida?

531,883 accounts in 2024: residential 470,564, commercial 61,115, industrial 203.

What is the average residential rate of JEA?

In 2024 homes paid 12.43 cents; against the Florida average that is -12.1%.

How reliable is JEA by SAIDI and SAIFI?

JEA has no reliability row for its 470,564 homes in EIA-861 2024, so no SAIDI or SAIFI is shown; the Florida median reporter is 90 min.

How much solar net metering is on the JEA grid?

6,376 installations with 64.2 MW, of which residential installations number 6,257.

What is the monthly bill at JEA for average use?

1,066 kWh at 12.43 cents comes to about $133, energy only.

How does JEA rank on price within Florida?

Rank 8 of 30 in Florida on price, -12.1% against the state average; 7 charge less than 12.43 ¢.

What data is missing for JEA?

531,883 accounts sit behind JEA, whose 2024 filing lacks no SAIDI/SAIFI row; the other 6 rows of the coverage table are on file.

Who buys power from JEA?

Homes take 46.8% of 12,873,265 MWh, commercial accounts 32.3%, industrial and other 20.9%.

What did JEA charge homes in 2025?

13.84 cents per kWh, +11.4% on the 12.43 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).

Utilities with a similar home price

Home prices nearest to JEA at 12.43 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.

More on JEA

Primary sources for JEA: 12.43 ¢/kWh for homes, 531,883 accounts in Florida

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JEA: 1,066 kWh a month costs roughly $133 in energy at 12.43 ¢/kWh, -12.1% on the Florida average of 14.14 ¢.

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  author = "Electric Consumer",
  title = {JEA: price path since 2015: 12.43 ¢/kWh rates, 470,564 homes},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://electricconsumer.org/companies/jea.html},
  note = {Data as of 26 October 2026. Accessed 26 October 2026}
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