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Florida Power Outage Risk, Electric Utilities & Generator Sizing

Florida households average 22.0 hrs/yr (1322 minutes/year) of total blackout duration across 1.77 outages/year (Reliability Grade F — Severe Outage Risk), with an average residential electricity rate of 14.13 ¢/kWh.

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Top Cities & Towns in Florida

Jacksonville→Miami→Tampa→Orlando→St. Petersburg→Port St. Lucie→Hialeah→Cape Coral→Tallahassee→Fort Lauderdale→Pembroke Pines→Hollywood→Gainesville→Miramar→Palm Bay→Coral Springs→West Palm Beach→Lakeland→Pompano Beach→Clearwater→Miami Gardens→Davie→Palm Coast→Boca Raton→Plantation→Deltona→Sunrise→Fort Myers→North Port→Deerfield Beach→Melbourne→Daytona Beach→Homestead→Kissimmee→Doral→Miami Beach→Boynton Beach→Largo→Lauderhill→Tamarac→St. Cloud→Weston→Ocala→Delray Beach→Sanford→Port Orange→Palm Beach Gardens→Wellington→Jupiter→Apopka→North Miami→Margate→Winter Haven→Coconut Creek→Bradenton→Sarasota→Bonita Springs→Pensacola→Pinellas Park→Ocoee→Clermont→Fort Pierce→Coral Gables→Titusville→Winter Garden→Altamonte Springs→North Lauderdale→Cutler Bay→Oakland Park→North Miami Beach→DeLand→Greenacres→Ormond Beach→Lake Worth Beach→Plant→Hallandale Beach→Haines→Royal Palm Beach→Oviedo→Aventura→Winter Springs→Parkland→Riviera Beach→Estero→Leesburg→Lauderdale Lakes→Panama→Dunedin→Cooper→Miami Lakes→New Smyrna Beach→Dania Beach→Casselberry→Rockledge→West Melbourne→Winter Park→Crestview→Venice→Palm Springs→Temple Terrace→Sebastian→Tarpon Springs→Palmetto Bay→Key West→Eustis→Groveland→Edgewater→Jacksonville Beach→DeBary→Hialeah Gardens→Sunny Isles Beach→Zephyrhills→Bartow→Tavares→Lynn Haven→Sweetwater→Fort Walton Beach→Auburndale→Punta Gorda→Naples→

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Electric Utilities Operating in Florida (EIA Form 861)

Utility NameOwnershipCustomersOutages/YrAnnual Outage TimeAvg RestorationResidential Rate
Florida Power & Light Co (#6452)Investor-Owned5,236,2771.04x/yr702 min (11.7h)675 min13.71 ¢/kWh
Duke Energy Florida, LLC (#6455)Investor-Owned1,793,0672.21x/yr2500 min (41.7h)1133 min16.63 ¢/kWh
Tampa Electric Co (#18454)Investor-Owned757,2803.56x/yr4240 min (70.7h)1191 min14.67 ¢/kWh
JEA (#9617)Municipal470,5641.00x/yr75 min (1.2h)100 min12.43 ¢/kWh
Orlando Utilities Comm (#14610)Municipal248,6830.79x/yr55 min (0.9h)69 min15.24 ¢/kWh
Lee County Electric Coop, Inc - (FL) (#10857)Cooperative231,1422.39x/yr1711 min (28.5h)717 min13.54 ¢/kWh
Withlacoochee River Elec Coop (#20885)Cooperative229,3752.79x/yr1323 min (22.0h)474 min12.35 ¢/kWh
Sumter Electric Coop, Inc (#18304)Cooperative228,8551.95x/yr965 min (16.1h)495 min13.09 ¢/kWh
Clay Electric Cooperative, Inc - (FL) (#3757)Cooperative171,1795.30x/yr2142 min (35.7h)404 min13.09 ¢/kWh
City of Lakeland - (FL) (#10623)Municipal121,6041.29x/yr78 min (1.3h)60 min11.40 ¢/kWh
City of Tallahassee - (FL) (#18445)Municipal106,9462.14x/yr149 min (2.5h)70 min13.60 ¢/kWh
Gainesville Regional Utilities (#6909)Municipal92,9682.13x/yr744 min (12.4h)350 min14.87 ¢/kWh
Kissimmee Utility Authority (#10376)Municipal79,2810.55x/yr26 min (0.4h)47 min13.22 ¢/kWh
Peace River Electric Coop, Inc (#14606)Cooperative57,5895.83x/yr1460 min (24.3h)250 min12.35 ¢/kWh
Choctawhatche Elec Coop, Inc (#3502)Cooperative57,0701.60x/yr278 min (4.6h)174 min13.23 ¢/kWh
Talquin Electric Coop, Inc (#18449)Cooperative53,8815.83x/yr2517 min (41.9h)432 min14.85 ¢/kWh
City of Ocala (#13955)Municipal45,1712.21x/yr542 min (9.0h)245 min12.11 ¢/kWh
Central Florida Elec Coop, Inc (#3245)Cooperative32,7714.77x/yr4440 min (74.0h)931 min13.62 ¢/kWh
Beaches Energy Services (#9616)Municipal30,3580.66x/yr50 min (0.8h)76 min12.38 ¢/kWh
Florida Keys El Coop Assn, Inc (#6443)Cooperative28,8150.78x/yr50 min (0.8h)64 min12.94 ¢/kWh
New Smyrna Beach City of (#13485)Municipal27,8792.32x/yr2858 min (47.6h)1232 min10.92 ¢/kWh
Utility Board of the City of Key West, F (#10226)Municipal27,2641.30x/yr43 min (0.7h)33 min14.03 ¢/kWh
West Florida El Coop Assn, Inc (#20371)Cooperative26,3573.15x/yr568 min (9.5h)180 min16.36 ¢/kWh
City of Homestead - (FL) (#8795)Municipal26,0520.56x/yr70 min (1.2h)124 min12.29 ¢/kWh
Suwannee Valley Elec Coop Inc (#18360)Cooperative25,9349.20x/yr7275 min (121.2h)790 min15.00 ¢/kWh
Florida Public Utilities Co (#6457)Investor-Owned25,5602.79x/yr777 min (12.9h)278 min18.01 ¢/kWh
City of Leesburg - (FL) (#10868)Municipal24,4820.95x/yr81 min (1.3h)85 min12.93 ¢/kWh
City of Lake Worth Beach - (FL) (#10620)Municipal24,4755.07x/yr419 min (7.0h)83 min12.60 ¢/kWh
Fort Pierce Utilities Authority (#6616)Municipal24,4440.87x/yr45 min (0.7h)51 min12.62 ¢/kWh
Gulf Coast Electric Coop, Inc (#7785)Cooperative21,2204.85x/yr828 min (13.8h)171 min14.67 ¢/kWh
Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (FL) (#19161)Cooperative18,0287.60x/yr8347 min (139.1h)1098 min17.61 ¢/kWh
Glades Electric Coop, Inc (#7264)Cooperative14,4565.74x/yr2250 min (37.5h)392 min16.59 ¢/kWh
City of Winter Park - (FL) (#58124)Municipal12,1371.00x/yr26 min (0.4h)100 min13.63 ¢/kWh
Escambia River Elec Coop, Inc (#5964)Cooperative11,9141.77x/yr1322 min (22.0h)747 min15.27 ¢/kWh
City of Bartow - (FL) (#1300)Municipal11,6130.59x/yr67 min (1.1h)113 min10.83 ¢/kWh