Florida electricity prices rise 27.6% but trail the national increase
U.S. residential rates climbed 32.4% over the same period, leaving Florida's increase 4.8 percentage points smaller.
By The Orlando Chronicle Data Desk · Oct 12, 2026
Lifestyle
Lifestyle is about how Central Floridians live once the workday ends: what households spend, how long the commute runs, where people eat, play and grow older. Census Bureau surveys, CDC health estimates on habits like sleep and exercise, and city and county open-data sites help the Chronicle measure daily life in Orange, Seminole, Osceola and Lake counties.