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Florida Power and Light customers rates are lowest in the state

People will start running their air conditioning more in the weeks ahead as the warmer temperatures creep up. That means higher electricity bills. But Florida Power & Light Co. has released news that may make those higher bills seem a bit more bearable.

The Juno Beach-based utility announced that for the fifth year in row, its typical residential customer bill will continue to be the lowest in the state of Florida and about 25 percent lower than the national average.

"At FPL, we work hard every day to offer our customers an outstanding value: low rates, more than 99.98 percent reliability, a clean emissions profile and award-winning customer service," Eric Silagy, president of FPL said in a statement. "We know that every dollar counts, and that's why we're investing in clean, highly efficient power plants that use less fuel. We pass 100 percent of those savings on to our customers, money that stays in our customers' pockets and eventually ends up helping Florida's economy."

A typical residential FPL customer using 1,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity a month saved more than $320 last year alone compared to the average price paid by Floridians served by other electric utilities, FPL said. In total, over the past five years, a typical FPL customer saved an estimated $1,800 versus the Florida average and $1,500 compared to the average American electric customer.

Moreover, while the prices of healthcare and other essentials have risen in recent years, FPL's typical customer bill is actually lower than it was five years ago – today, it's down about 7 percent compared with 2009.