Gainesville Regional Utilities: electric rates and average bill
Gainesville Regional Utilities is a city utility that serves 93,214 homes in Florida. In 2025, its average home used 798 kWh a month and paid $117.41 (14.7¢ per kWh), less than the Florida average of $167.86.
- City utility
- 93,214 homes
- EIA data, 2025
Gainesville Regional Utilities at a glance
| Type of utility | City utility |
|---|---|
| Homes served in Florida | 93,214 |
| Average home bill | $117.41 a month (Florida average $167.86) |
| Average price | 14.7¢ per kWh (Florida average 15.2¢) |
| Average home use | 798 kWh a month (Florida average 1,103) |
| Business customers | 16.4¢ per kWh, average bill $943.69 a month (11,503 businesses; Florida business rates) |
| Power outages | 0.8 outages and 37 minutes without power for the average customer in a normal year; 0.8 outages and 37 minutes with major storms (fewer minutes than the middle Florida utility, 82 minutes) |
| Smart meters | 100% of home meters |
| Grid | FRCC region; owns power plants |
| Counties served | Alachua |
Price rank: Gainesville Regional Utilities has the 23rd lowest average price of the 36 Florida utilities with 1,000 or more homes.
Other utilities in the same counties
These utilities also serve homes in one or more of the counties of Gainesville Regional Utilities. Your address has one utility: it is on your bill.
| Utility | Homes | Average bill | Price per kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Power & LightBill calculator on this site | 5,337,118 | $162.38 | 14.6¢ |
| Duke Energy FloridaBill calculator on this site | 1,819,962 | $185.26 | 18.4¢ |
| Clay Electric Cooperative | 173,966 | $171.01 | 14.0¢ |
| Central Florida Electric Cooperative | 32,972 | $159.56 | 15.2¢ |
Gainesville Regional Utilities rates and your bill
This site does not have a bill calculator for Gainesville Regional Utilities yet: we add a calculator only after we check every charge in the official rate schedule. The current rates are on the Gainesville Regional Utilities rates page. The averages on this page come from the yearly report that each utility files with the U.S. Energy Information Administration (Form EIA-861, 2025 data), so they show the past year, not today's rates.
- Gainesville Regional Utilities website
- State regulator: Florida Public Service Commission
- The average electric bill in Florida, the average bill in each state and the ZIP code finder
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What is the average Gainesville Regional Utilities electric bill (FL)?
In 2025, its average home used 798 kWh a month and paid $117.41 (14.7¢ per kWh), less than the Florida average of $167.86.
How often does the power go out with Gainesville Regional Utilities (FL)?
In 2025, the average Gainesville Regional Utilities customer had 0.8 outages and 37 minutes without power, not counting major storms (0.8 outages and 37 minutes with them).
utilityratecalc.com is not part of Gainesville Regional Utilities. Source: EIA-861 data, 2025. The averages include all charges that the utility reports as revenue from homes that buy their power from it.