Tampa Electric (TECO) Electricity Rate per kWh in 2026
How much does Tampa Electric charge per kWh in 2026?
Tampa Electric’s estimated effective residential rate is about 14.34 cents per kWh as of June 2026. A typical home using 1,000 kWh a month pays roughly $157, including the about $14 monthly customer charge. Commercial service runs about 11.49c/kWh. This is a representative average; your exact rate depends on the tariff, season, and fuel and rider charges on Tampa Electric’s official rate schedule.
2026 published rate: Tampa Electric is the dominant electric utility in the Tampa Bay area, serving about 844,000 customers across West Central Florida, so the TECO rate most people search for is its residential price. As of August 2026 a typical home using 1,000 kWh a month pays about $157 all-in, which works out to roughly 15.7 cents per kWh; that figure folds in energy, fuel, riders, and the basic service charge of about $13.50 a month (billed at roughly $0.45 a day). The 14.34c shown above is the per-kWh energy and rider portion before that fixed charge. That $157 bill is down from about $177 earlier in 2026: effective 1 August 2026 Tampa Electric ended its storm-restoration surcharge, for hurricanes Idalia, Debby, Helene, and Milton, one month ahead of schedule once the costs were recovered, lowering the typical residential bill about $19.95 per 1,000 kWh, or roughly 11 to 12 percent. Before that reduction, TECO's mid-2025 bills had been among the highest in Florida. Base rates were reset by the utility's 2024 rate case (Florida PSC Order PSC-2025-0038-FOF-EI, Docket 20240026-EI), a multi-year plan approved 3 February 2025 with step increases running through 2027. For comparison, Florida's statewide EIA residential average was 15.17 cents per kWh in May 2026. TECO's standard residential plan uses seasonal energy charges that run higher in summer, plus monthly fuel and rider adjustments that move the effective rate over time. Florida PSC Order PSC-2025-0038-FOF-EI (Docket 20240026-EI, approved 3 Feb 2025) and Tampa Electric storm-charge update (effective 1 Aug 2026).
About Tampa Electric
Tampa Electric (TECO) serves approximately 0.8 million residential customers across FL. The estimated effective residential rate is about 14.34 cents per kWh as of June 2026 - a representative average; see the official tariff schedule for your exact rate.
Service area: West Central Florida: about 2,000 square miles including Hillsborough County (Tampa) and parts of Polk, Pasco, and Pinellas counties, serving about 844,000 customers
Parent company: Emera Inc
Recent rate case: Tampa Electric's base rates come from its 2024 rate case (Florida PSC Docket 20240026-EI), which the Commission approved in Order PSC-2025-0038-FOF-EI on 3 February 2025 as a multi-year plan: a $287.9 million base-rate increase effective January 2025, with step increases of about $92.4 million in 2026 and $65.5 million in 2027. Layered on top of that, yearly fuel and clause adjustments raised the typical 1,000 kWh residential bill about $5.50 a month starting January 2026, to roughly $177. Then, effective 1 August 2026, Tampa Electric ended its storm-restoration surcharge (for hurricanes Idalia, Debby, Helene, and Milton) one month early once those costs were fully recovered, cutting the typical residential bill about $19.95 per 1,000 kWh, roughly 11 to 12 percent, to about $157. Consult the tariff schedule linked above for current approved pricing.
Tampa Electric Bill Calculator: Cost by Monthly Usage
Estimated monthly bill at 14.34c/kWh plus the $14 fixed charge. Formula: kWh x rate + fixed charge.
A representative estimate using the effective average rate. Your exact bill depends on the tariff, season, and fuel and rider charges. Calculate with your own usage ->
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Bill Calculator ->Tampa Electric on Form EIA-861: 2024 Reported Sales, Customers and Realised Prices
EIA's 2024 Form 861 census lists 1 operating company behind Tampa Electric (Tampa Electric Co, utility 18454), together serving 757,280 residential accounts (bundled plus delivery-only) in FL across 4 counties. Weighted across those companies, the 2024 average realised residential price for bundled service was 14.67 cents per kWh (total residential revenue divided by total residential sales). These are annual averages of what customers actually paid, including fuel and rider charges, so they will not match the tariff rate on a current bill; the estimated effective rate above is the site's forward-looking figure.
| Operating company | EIA # | State | Ownership | Res. accounts | Residential | Commercial | Industrial | Rank in state | Share of res. MWh | Counties | 2025 early release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Electric Co | 18454 | FL | Investor Owned | 757,280 | 14.67c | 10.71c | 8.04c | 3 of 37 | 7.4% | 4 | 17.32c |
Data year 2024, EIA-861 final released 3 December 2025. Res. accounts = residential accounts served, bundled plus delivery-only where the company has delivery-only rows; the residential, commercial and industrial prices are the bundled figures (the price basis). Rank is by residential accounts served among the state's utilities with bundled or delivery service; share is the company's share of the state's residential sales in MWh, not of its customers. Delivery-only rows show the wires charge only. The 2025 early-release column is preliminary and unvalidated by EIA.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 Annual, 2024 final data (public domain), retrieved 28 August 2026; prices are average realised revenue per kWh, not tariffs. Final 2024 file f8612024.zip (released 3 December 2025) from the EIA-861 detailed data files. Preliminary 2025 figures come from the early-release file f8612025er.zip (4 August 2026), which EIA has not yet validated; they are labelled as such wherever shown and never mixed into a final figure.