Florida Energy Facts
Quick Facts
- Geologists believe there may be large oil and natural gas deposits in the federal Outer Continental Shelf off of Florida’s western coast.
- Florida was second only to Texas in 2014 in net electricity generation from natural gas, which accounted for 61% of Florida’s net generation; coal accounted for almost 23%, the state’s nuclear power plants accounted for 12%, and other resources, including renewable energy, supplied the remaining electricity generation.
- Renewable energy accounted for 2.3% of Florida’s total net electricity generation in 2014, and the state ranked 10th in the nation in net generation from utility-scale solar energy.
- In part because of high air conditioning use during the hot summer months and the widespread use of electricity for home heating during the winter months, Florida’s retail electricity sales to the residential sector were second in the nation after Texas in 2014.
- A Florida facility using a gas fermentation process to produce an estimated 8 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol from citrus fruit, vegetable, and yard wastes began commercial-scale production in 2013.
- Electricity accounts for 90% of the site energy consumed by Florida households, and the annual electricity expenditures of $1,900 are 40% higher than the U.S. average, according to EIA’s Residential Energy Consumption Survey.
INVESTOR-OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN FLORIDA
- Florida Power & Light Company (FPL)
- Florida Public Utilities Company (FPU)
- Gulf Power Company (GPC)
- Duke Energy
- Tampa Electric Company (TEC)
CURRENTLY REGULATED ELECTRIC COMPANIES IN FLORIDA
Florida Public Service Commission Regulated Companies can be found on the Florida Public Service Commission website.
ENERGY COMPANIES IN FLORIDA
Investor owned utilities and non-investor owned utilities
Investor owned utilities |
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Utility |
Hdqtrs. |
Top Executive |
Florida Service Area |
Power Sources |
Total Florida Customers |
1,500 KwH Residential Charge |
Florida Power & Light |
Juno Beach |
Eric Silagy |
Eastern/ South Florida |
natural gas: 66.1%; |
4,600,000 |
$152.87 |
Duke Energy1 |
Charlotte, N.C. |
James E. Rogers |
Big Bend/ Central Florida/ Tampa Bay |
coal: 40.4%; |
1,700,000 |
$179.44 |
Tampa Electric |
Tampa |
Gordon L. Gillette |
Hillsborough County |
coal: 51%; |
687,000 |
$158.75 |
Gulf Power2 |
Pensacola |
Stan Connally |
Northwest Florida |
coal: 66.9%; natural gas: 59.5%; other: -26.4% |
428,150 |
$166.37 |
Note: “Other” includes non-utility generated power, out-of-state generators and alternative energy sources. 1 Formerly Progress Energy; merger completed July 2012 2 Gulf Power generated more energy than its Florida customers consumed and sold the excess to its parent, Southern Co. Source: Florida Public Service Commission; respective utilities |
Non-Investor owned utilities |
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Utility |
Hdqtrs. |
Top Executive |
Service Area |
Florida Customers |
1,500 KwH Residential Charge |
Florida Keys Electric Cooperative | Tavernier | Scott Newberry | Monroe County | 31,200 | $168.87 |
Fort Pierce Utilities Authority | Fort Pierce | William G. Thiess | Fort Pierce | 27,700 | $186.66 |
Gainesville Regional Utilities | Gainesville | Robert Hunzinger | Gainesville | 93,000 | $187.17 |
Homestead Energy Services | Homestead | Barbara Quinones | Homestead | 22,400 | $175.73 |
JEA | Jacksonville | Paul McElroy | Northeast Florida | 420,000 | $171.19 |
Keys Energy Services | Key West | Lynne E. Tejeda | Lower Keys | 28,000 | $185.88 |
Kissimmee Utility Authority | Kissimmee | James C. Welsh | Osceola County | 64,000 | $161.31 |
Lakeland Electric | Lakeland | Joel Ivy | Lakeland | 122,000 | $115.51 |
Lake Worth Utilities | Lake Worth | Clayton Lindstrom | Lake Worth | 24,800 | $173.15 |
New Smyrna Beach Utilities | New Smyrna Beach | William R. Mitchum | New Smyrna Beach | 25,500 | $157.77 |
Ocala Utility Services | Ocala | David Anderson | Ocala | 47,900 | $173.30 |
Orlando Utilities Commission | Orlando | Kenneth P. Ksionek | Orlando | 250,000 | $165.15 |
Reedy Creek Improvement District | Lake Buena Vista | Bill Warren | Walt Disney World | 1,300 | $177.74 |
City of Tallahassee Electric Utility | Tallahassee | Rob McGarrah | Big Bend | 115,200 | $169.86 |
City of Vero Beach Electric Utility | Vero Beach | Tom Richards | Vero Beach | 33,600 | $177.93 |
Note: Local taxes, franchise fees and gross receipts taxes not embedded in rates are excluded. Source: Florida Public Service Commission, respective utilities |
Tags: Energy & Utilities, Top Rank Florida
Source: http://www.floridatrend.com/article/15895/energy-companies-in-florida [8/5/2013]