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Florida

Tampa Electric

Investor-owned utility (Tampa Electric Co), regulated by the Florida Public Service Commission. The average Florida home pays about $156 a month for electricity (EIA, 2024).

No pending rate case for Tampa Electric right now

Recent decisions are below, and the alert will tell you when the next case is filed.

Decided

On bills now Rider or surcharge From Mar 2025

A storm recovery surcharge has added about 20 dollars a month to your Tampa Electric bill since March 2025 and is scheduled to end in August 2026.

+$20a month
Approved Base rate case From Jan 2025

Your Tampa Electric base rate rose in January 2025 and again in January 2026 under a multi-year settlement that runs through 2027.

+$9a month

How to have a say

Rate cases are decided by the Florida Public Service Commission, which takes written comments on every docket and holds public hearings on the big ones. Comment deadlines and hearing dates are on each case page above when we have them. The office that argues for households in these cases is the Office of Public Counsel; its filings are the plain-English version of the utility's numbers.

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