Tampa Electric Co in Florida: 14.67 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar

In Florida, Tampa Electric Co bills 849,876 accounts, 89.1% residential, as an investor owned utility. Major event days make 98% of its yearly outage minutes (4240 with them, 70 without).

Big Bend Power Station beside the Tampa Electric Manatee Viewing Center, Apollo Beach, Florida — Boardwalk leading towards the water, overlooked by Big Bend Power Station, at Manatee Viewing Center, Apollo Beach, Florida, on 21 March 2024. Photo by MatthewHoobin, CC0, Wikimedia Commons. Illustrative, not a listed utility's plant.

At 1,130 kWh a month a Tampa Electric Co home pays about $166 in energy: 14.67 ¢/kWh, 3.8% above the Florida average of 14.14 ¢.

Major event days make 98% of its yearly outage minutes (4240 with them, 70 without).

Tampa Electric Co: major event days

Share of SAIDI from major events: 98%4240 minutes with events, 70 without

Major events weigh on Tampa Electric Co: 4240 minutes with them, 70 without, so 98% of the total comes from event days, 60.45 times the everyday figure.

SAIFI adds the frequency view: 1.03 interruptions a customer a year, 1.02 times the national median (1.01), with 68 minutes per interruption.

How it compares

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Tampa Electric Co, 2024	Home	Business	Bill	SAIDI
Tampa Electric Co	14.67 ¢/kWh	10.71 ¢/kWh	$166at 1,130 kWh	70 minSAIDI
Florida average against this company, which is 22 of 30 on priceLowest in this table	-0.53 ¢/kWhcompany 3.8% above	+0.28 ¢/kWhcompany 2.5% below	-$6a month at 1,130 kWh	+20 mincompany 20 below
Gulf Coast Electric Coop, Inc	14.67 ¢/kWhcompany 0.0% below	12.89 ¢/kWhcompany 16.9% below	$1660 more than company	423 mincompany 352 below

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Tampa Electric Co: 2025

Tampa Electric Co: +18.1% on 2024 for homes, Florida +7.8%.

Tampa Electric Co home price, 2025: 17.32 ¢/kWh+18.1% on 2024, early release
Tampa Electric Co SAIDI, 2025: 79 min+12% on 2024, early release
Tampa Electric Co against Florida, 2025: +10.3 pointsTampa Electric Co +18.1%, Florida +7.8%, price in Florida 15.24 ¢

Tampa Electric Co: 17.32 ¢/kWh in the 2025 early release, +18.1% from 14.67 ¢; Florida as a whole went +7.8%, so Tampa Electric Co ran ahead of it by 10.3 points. Its SAIDI is 79 minutes against 70 in 2024.

Carbon context

Tampa Electric Co serves 757,280 homes in Florida. At 1,130 kWh a month that is about 403 kg of CO₂, or 4,838 kg a year, at the Florida plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Florida generation mix.

Tampa Electric Co charts

Residential price since 2015: 14.67 ¢ in 2024

11.50 ¢ in 2015, 14.67 ¢ in 2024 (+27.6%); Florida 11.58 to 14.14 ¢.

Tampa Electric Co residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Tampa Electric Co	Gap to Florida residential	Gap to U.S. residential
2015	11.50	-0.08	-1.15
2016	11.27	+0.29	-1.28
2017	11.14	-0.47	-1.75
2018	11.33	-0.21	-1.54
2019	10.93	-0.77	-2.08
2020	10.08	-1.19	-3.07
2021	11.63	-0.27	-2.03
2022	13.66	-0.24	-1.38
2023	16.60	+1.39	+0.60
2024	14.67	+0.53	-1.81

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Tampa Electric Co SAIDI, 2015-2024

94 min in 2015, 70 in 2024.

Tampa Electric Co SAIDI by year, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Tampa Electric Co, no major events
2015	94
2016	102
2017	87
2018	82
2019	86
2020	75
2021	66
2022	67
2023	61
2024	70

10 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Reliability: SAIDI 70.1 min

70.1 min, 0.71x the median reporter, rank 236 of 673.

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Company, no major events70.1
Company, with major events4,239.7

Tampa Electric Co, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.

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Analyst note

Tampa Electric Co billed homes 11.50 ¢/kWh in 2015 and 14.67 ¢ in 2024, +27.6% in all, and outpaced the Florida average (+22.1%) by 5.5 points. Tampa Electric Co's sharpest move came in 2023, +21.5%. The high is 16.60 ¢ (2023) and the low 10.08 ¢ (2020). 2024: -11.6% here, -7.0% for the Florida average. SAIDI at Tampa Electric Co (major events excluded) fell from 94 minutes in 2015 to 70 in 2024, -25%; best year 2023 at 61. Against the national median, Tampa Electric Co came in lower on SAIDI in 9 of 10 years, and 2024 ended at 70 minutes, -29 from the median. 2024: 4240 minutes with major events, 70 without, the widest gap of any year. Tampa Electric Co has 21 cheaper and 8 higher-priced Florida peers among 30 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, Utility Board of the City of Key West, F, bills 14.03 ¢ (-0.64). Next higher-priced, Gulf Coast Electric Coop, Inc, bills 14.67 ¢ (+0.00).

Customers pay 3.8% over the Florida average and get some return: 70 outage minutes, 29% under the national median.

Home accounts at Tampa Electric Co went from 635,403 in 2015 to 757,280 in 2024, +19.2%. Business customers paid 0.73 times the home price in 2024 (10.71 against 14.67 ¢); the ratio was 0.87 in 2015. SAIFI went from 1.32 in 2015 to 1.03 in 2024, between 0.95 and 1.45.

Outages and home price of Tampa Electric Co (EIA utility 18454), 2013 to 2024

Yearly SAIDI at Tampa Electric Co: 100 minutes in 2014, 70 in 2024, a drop of 30%. Its best year was 2023 (61 min), its worst 2016 (102 min), across 11 filed years. Against a Florida median of 124 minutes in 2024, Tampa Electric Co was below the middle.

Home rates at Tampa Electric Co kept pace with inflation: 15.29 ¢ in 2013 and 15.06 ¢ in 2024 in 2025 dollars (−1.5%), 11.06 ¢ to 14.67 ¢ as billed. A home using 1,000 kWh a month paid $1,834 for the year at the 2013 real price and $1,807 at the 2024 price. Place on home price: 7th cheapest of 45 in 2013, 26th of 39 in 2024 among Florida utilities with 1,000+ homes.

Tampa Electric Co outage minutes a customer, 2014 to 2024: 70 in 2024

Tampa Electric Co at 70 min in 2024 and the Florida median at 124.

Tampa Electric Co home price since 2013: −1.5% after inflation

Tampa Electric Co: 15.06 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 14.67 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.

Tampa Electric Co, EIA utility 18454, year by year among Florida utilities

Tampa Electric Co 2013-2024: 12 rows

Year, Tampa Electric Co	¢ billed	¢ in 2025 $	Price place, Tampa Electric	SAIDI min	SAIFI	SAIDI place, Tampa Electric	Florida median SAIDI
2013	11.06	15.29	7 of 45	–	–	–	–
2014	11.64	15.83	8 of 45	100	1.50	4 of 13	106
2015	11.50	15.62	12 of 45	94	1.32	5 of 13	110
2016	11.27	15.12	16 of 45	102	1.45	8 of 16	128
2017	11.14	14.63	8 of 44	87	1.33	7 of 17	97
2018	11.33	14.53	12 of 44	82	1.15	5 of 17	124
2019	10.93	13.77	12 of 49	86	1.36	8 of 19	98
2020	10.08	12.54	6 of 38	75	0.95	7 of 19	98
2021	11.63	13.82	16 of 39	66	0.99	5 of 20	108
2022	13.66	15.03	13 of 38	67	1.01	7 of 19	171
2023	16.60	17.54	32 of 38	61	0.97	3 of 19	132
2024	14.67	15.06	26 of 39	70	1.03	5 of 18	124

Tampa Electric Co, EIA utility 18454: EIA-861, CPI-U.

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SAIDI explained, Florida real prices.

Facts

Customer accounts: 849,8767.2% of Florida total
Residential accounts: 757,2807.3% of Florida homes
Commercial accounts: 91,28610.7% of the base
Residential rate: 14.67 ¢/kWhplace 22 of 30, +3.8% against the state
Commercial rate: 10.71 ¢/kWhplace 9 of 36, -2.5% against the state
SAIDI, no major events: 70.1 minbetter than 65% of reporters
SAIFI, no major events: 1.031.02x the median
SAIDI with major events: 4239.7 min98.3% from event days
Net-metered capacity: 387.4 MW29,924 installations
Counties served: 4all in Florida
Average residential use: 13,560 kWh/yr1,130 a month
Implied monthly bill: $166-$20 on the U.S. rate, 1,130 kWh
Residential rate since 2015: +27.6%11.50 to 14.67 ¢/kWh
SAIDI trend: -25%94 min in 2015, 70 in 2024

Data tables

2024 by sector, Tampa Electric Co

Tampa Electric Co sector	Accounts	Rate ¢/kWh	Gap to Florida ¢/kWh
Residential	757,280	14.67	+0.53
Commercial	91,286	10.71	-0.28

Year by year, Tampa Electric Co

Year	Home accounts, Tampa Electric Co	Home ¢	Business ¢	Ratio	SAIDI	SAIFI
2015	635,403	11.50	10.03	0.87	94	1.32
2016	646,221	11.27	9.77	0.87	102	1.45
2017	659,393	11.14	9.46	0.85	87	1.33
2018	677,639	11.33	9.39	0.83	82	1.15
2019	685,122	10.93	9.12	0.83	86	1.36
2020	698,493	10.08	8.48	0.84	75	0.95
2021	713,135	11.63	9.90	0.85	66	0.99
2022	729,334	13.66	10.69	0.78	67	1.01
2023	742,575	16.60	12.51	0.75	61	0.97
2024	757,280	14.67	10.71	0.73	70	1.03

Peers of Tampa Electric Co in Florida, place 22 of 30 on home price

Utility near Tampa Electric Co on price	SAIDI min, gap to Tampa Electric Co	Home ¢, gap to Tampa Electric Co	Gap % to Tampa Electric Co	Accounts, Tampa Electric Co = 1
19. Central Florida Elec Coop, Inc	+88	-1.05	-7.2%	0.04
20. Florida Power & Light Co	-24	-0.97	-6.6%	6.95
21. Utility Board of the City of Key West, F	No data	-0.64	-4.4%	0.04
22. Tampa Electric Co (this utility)	70	14.67	-	1.00
23. Gulf Coast Electric Coop, Inc	+352	+0.00	+0.0%	0.03
24. Talquin Electric Coop, Inc	+166	+0.17	+1.2%	0.07
25. Gainesville Regional Utilities	-14	+0.20	+1.4%	0.12

Who buys Tampa Electric Co's electricity

Class at Tampa Electric Co	Accounts	Of Tampa Electric Co accounts	Of Tampa Electric Co MWh sold	kWh a year per Tampa Electric Co account
Residential	757,280	89.1%	49.6%	13,560
Commercial	91,286	10.7%	40.6%	92,171
Industrial and other	1,310	0.15%	9.8%	1,541,002

Tampa Electric Co among Florida investor owneds

Tampa Electric Co and its neighbours on price	SAIDI min, gap to Tampa Electric Co	Home ¢, gap to Tampa Electric Co	Accounts, Tampa Electric Co = 1
1. Florida Power & Light Co (FL)	-24	-0.97	6.95
2. Tampa Electric Co (FL, this utility)	70	14.67	1.00

Tampa Electric Co: meters, rate options and solar

Measure	Tampa Electric Co	Florida context	Tampa Electric Co detail
Tampa Electric Co home meters on AMI	99.9%	Florida 94.5%	762,368 of 762,913 meters
Homes with daily digital access	3,709	Florida figure not published	0% of the 757,280 home accounts
Time-of-use rate for Tampa Electric Co homes	Not on file	11 of 19 Florida utilities offer one	3,709 homes on dynamic pricing, 0.49% of 757,280
Net-metered installations	29,924	99% residential	39.1 homes per 1,000 accounts, 12.9 kW average

Monthly energy cost by use, Tampa Electric Co

kWh	Share of a 1,130 kWh month	Cost a month at 14.67 ¢	vs U.S.	Cost a year
250	22%	$36.68	-$4.52	$440
500	44%	$73.35	-$9.05	$880
750	66%	$110.03	-$13.57	$1,320
1,000	88%	$146.71	-$18.09	$1,761
1,500	133%	$220.06	-$27.14	$2,641
2,000	177%	$293.42	-$36.18	$3,521

Outage record, Tampa Electric Co

Measure, Tampa Electric Co	No events	All events	Converted
SAIDI minutes	70.1	4239.7	1.17 h
SAIFI interruptions	1.030	3.560	0.97 yr apart
CAIDI minutes	68.1	1190.9	1.13 h

Territory of Tampa Electric Co

4 Florida counties, region FRCC:

Florida other states: 4 of 4 counties of Tampa Electric Co drawn

Tampa Electric Co: 4 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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County list

Hillsborough
Pasco
Pinellas
Polk

Questions on Tampa Electric Co

How big is Tampa Electric Co in Florida, by customer accounts?

849,876 accounts in 2024: residential 757,280, commercial 91,286, industrial 1,310.

How many cents per kWh does Tampa Electric Co charge homes?

In 2024 homes paid 14.67 cents; against the Florida average that is +3.8%.

What are the SAIDI and SAIFI of Tampa Electric Co?

SAIDI 70.1 min and SAIFI 1.03 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 0.71, CAIDI 68 min.

How many net-metered systems connect to Tampa Electric Co?

29,924 installations with 387.4 MW, of which residential installations number 29,579.

What would a typical Tampa Electric Co home pay each month?

1,130 kWh at 14.67 cents comes to about $166, energy only.

Is Tampa Electric Co cheaper than other Florida utilities?

Rank 22 of 30 in Florida on price, +3.8% against the state average; 21 charge less than 14.67 ¢.

How much of the Tampa Electric Co load is business?

Homes take 49.6% of 20,701,622 MWh, commercial accounts 40.6%, industrial and other 9.8%; the 91,286 commercial accounts use 92,171 kWh each, 6.8 times a home.

Does Tampa Electric Co have smart meters or TOU rates?

762,368 of 762,913 home meters are AMI, 99.9%. Tampa Electric Co reports no home time-of-use rate; 11 of 19 Florida filers do.

Since 2015, has Tampa Electric Co become cheaper than other Florida utilities?

9th cheapest of 28 in 2015, 22nd of 30 in 2024; its price rose 27.6% while Florida rose 22.1%.

Did Tampa Electric Co cut or raise its 2025 home price?

17.32 cents per kWh, +18.1% on the 14.67 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).

Utilities with a similar home price

Home prices nearest to Tampa Electric Co at 14.67 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.

Laurens Electric Coop, IncSouth Carolina, 14.66 ¢/kWh, 0.01 ¢ below
Clark County Rural E M CIndiana, 14.63 ¢/kWh, 0.04 ¢ below
Puget Sound Energy IncWashington, 14.63 ¢/kWh, 0.04 ¢ below
Southern Maryland Elec Coop IncMaryland, 14.73 ¢/kWh, 0.06 ¢ above

Primary sources for Tampa Electric Co in Florida: 14.67 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar

EIA-861 annual report entry for Tampa Electric Co in Florida: 14.67 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar, customers and sales
EIA-861 form instructions for Tampa Electric Co in Florida: 14.67 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar, how a customer is counted
EIA state profiles for Tampa Electric Co in Florida: 14.67 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar, the state price average