Florida State Energy Profile

Florida Quick Facts

In 2020, Florida consumed less energy per capita than all but six other states, but it was the fourth-largest energy-consuming state overall and used about seven times more energy than it produced.
Despite the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Florida's many tourists helped make the state the nation's third-highest motor gasoline consumer in 2020 and the second-highest jet fuel user in 2021.
Florida is the second-largest producer of electricity after Texas, and natural gas fueled about 74% of Florida's total electricity net generation in 2021.
Florida's residential sector, where more than 9 in 10 households use electricity for home heating and air conditioning, consumes more than half (54%) of the electricity used in Florida, the largest share of any state.
In 2021, Florida surpassed North Carolina to become third in the nation in total solar power generating capacity, after California and Texas.

Last Updated: January 19, 2023

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Energy Indicators
Demography	Florida	Share of U.S.	Period
Population	22.2 million	6.7%	2022
Civilian Labor Force	11.2 million	6.6%	Jul-23
Economy	Florida	U.S. Rank	Period
Gross Domestic Product	$ 1,389.1 billion	4	2022
Gross Domestic Product for the Manufacturing Sector	$ 72,987 million	11	2022
Per Capita Personal Income	$ 63,597	20	2022
Vehicle Miles Traveled	217,566 million miles	3	2021
Land in Farms	9.7 million acres	29	2022
Climate	Florida	U.S. Rank	Period
Average Temperature	72.4 degrees Fahrenheit	1	2022
Precipitation	54.3 inches	5	2022

Prices
Petroleum	Florida	U.S. Average	Period	find more
Domestic Crude Oil First Purchase	--	$ 68.58 /barrel	Jun-23
Natural Gas	Florida	U.S. Average	Period	find more
City Gate	$ 6.51 /thousand cu ft	$ 4.68 /thousand cu ft	Jun-23	find more
Residential	$ 27.99 /thousand cu ft	$ 20.16 /thousand cu ft	Jun-23	find more
Coal	Florida	U.S. Average	Period	find more
Average Sales Price	--	$ 36.50 /short ton	2021
Delivered to Electric Power Sector	$ 3.17 /million Btu	$ 2.47 /million Btu	Jun-23
Electricity	Florida	U.S. Average	Period	find more
Residential	15.36 cents/kWh	16.11 cents/kWh	Jun-23	find more
Commercial	11.80 cents/kWh	12.81 cents/kWh	Jun-23	find more
Industrial	9.30 cents/kWh	8.21 cents/kWh	Jun-23	find more

Reserves
Reserves	Florida	Share of U.S.	Period	find more
Crude Oil (as of Dec. 31)	--	--	2021	find more
Expected Future Production of Dry Natural Gas (as of Dec. 31)	--	--	2021	find more
Expected Future Production of Natural Gas Plant Liquids	--	--	2021	find more
Recoverable Coal at Producing Mines	--	--	2021	find more
Rotary Rigs & Wells	Florida	Share of U.S.	Period	find more
Natural Gas Producing Wells	--	--	2020	find more
Capacity	Florida	Share of U.S.	Period
Crude Oil Refinery Capacity (as of Jan. 1)	0 barrels/calendar day	0.0%	2022
Electric Power Industry Net Summer Capacity	69,330 MW	5.9%	Jun-23

Supply & Distribution
Production	Florida	Share of U.S.	Period	find more
Total Energy	590 trillion Btu	0.6%	2021	find more
Crude Oil	3 thousand barrels per day	*	Jun-23	find more
Natural Gas - Marketed	888 million cu ft	*	2021	find more
Coal	--	--	2021	find more
Total Utility-Scale Net Electricity Generation	Florida	Share of U.S.	Period	find more
Total Net Electricity Generation	24,467 thousand MWh	6.9%	Jun-23
Utility-Scale Net Electricity Generation (share of total)	Florida	U.S. Average	Period
Petroleum-Fired	0.1 %	0.3 %	Jun-23	find more
Natural Gas-Fired	77.5 %	45.3 %	Jun-23	find more
Coal-Fired	3.5 %	16.2 %	Jun-23	find more
Nuclear	10.9 %	18.2 %	Jun-23	find more
Renewables	6.8 %	19.6 %	Jun-23
Stocks	Florida	Share of U.S.	Period	find more
Motor Gasoline (Excludes Pipelines)	365 thousand barrels	2.8%	Jun-23
Distillate Fuel Oil (Excludes Pipelines)	2,429 thousand barrels	2.9%	Jun-23	find more
Natural Gas in Underground Storage	--	--	Jun-23	find more
Petroleum Stocks at Electric Power Producers	3,638 thousand barrels	15.7%	Jun-23	find more
Coal Stocks at Electric Power Producers	2,177 thousand tons	1.7%	Jun-23	find more
Fueling Stations	Florida	Share of U.S.	Period
Motor Gasoline	6,243 stations	5.6%	2021
Propane	116 stations	4.7%	Aug-23
Electric Vehicle Charging Locations	2,823 stations	5.2%	Aug-23
E85	135 stations	3.2%	Aug-23
Compressed Natural Gas and Other Alternative Fuels	27 stations	1.0%	Aug-23

Consumption & Expenditures
Summary	Florida	U.S. Rank	Period
Total Consumption	4,317 trillion Btu	3	2021	find more
Total Consumption per Capita	198 million Btu	45	2021	find more
Total Expenditures	$ 66,763 million	3	2021	find more
Total Expenditures per Capita	$ 3,059	50	2021	find more
by End-Use Sector	Florida	Share of U.S.	Period
Consumption
» Residential	1,210 trillion Btu	5.8%	2021	find more
» Commercial	937 trillion Btu	5.4%	2021	find more
» Industrial	490 trillion Btu	1.5%	2021	find more
» Transportation	1,679 trillion Btu	6.2%	2021	find more
Expenditures
» Residential	$ 16,224 million	5.7%	2021	find more
» Commercial	$ 10,701 million	5.4%	2021	find more
» Industrial	$ 4,368 million	1.9%	2021	find more
» Transportation	$ 35,470 million	5.9%	2021	find more
by Source	Florida	Share of U.S.	Period
Consumption
» Petroleum	345 million barrels	4.8%	2021	find more
» Natural Gas	1,551 billion cu ft	5.1%	2021	find more
» Coal	9 million short tons	1.6%	2021	find more
Expenditures
» Petroleum	$ 38,753 million	5.1%	2021	find more
» Natural Gas	$ 8,959 million	4.7%	2021	find more
» Coal	$ 543 million	2.3%	2021	find more
Consumption for Electricity Generation	Florida	Share of U.S.	Period	find more
Petroleum	27 thousand barrels	1.6%	Jun-23	find more
Natural Gas	109,057 million cu ft	12.3%	Apr-23	find more
Coal	418 thousand short tons	1.2%	Jun-23	find more
Energy Source Used for Home Heating (share of households)	Florida	U.S. Average	Period
Natural Gas	5.2 %	46.5 %	2021
Fuel Oil	0.1 %	4.1 %	2021
Electricity	90.7 %	41.0 %	2021
Propane	0.9 %	5.0 %	2021
Other/None	3.1 %	3.5 %	2021

Environment
Renewable Energy Capacity	Florida	Share of U.S.	Period	find more
Total Renewable Energy Electricity Net Summer Capacity	8,671 MW	2.7%	Jun-23
Ethanol Plant Nameplate Capacity	--	--	2023
Renewable Energy Production	Florida	Share of U.S.	Period	find more
Utility-Scale Hydroelectric Net Electricity Generation	16 thousand MWh	0.1%	Jun-23
Utility-Scale Solar, Wind, and Geothermal Net Electricity Generation	1,356 thousand MWh	2.9%	Jun-23
Utility-Scale Biomass Net Electricity Generation	300 thousand MWh	7.5%	Jun-23
Small-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Generation	358 thousand MWh	4.8%	Jun-23
Fuel Ethanol Production	0 thousand barrels	0.0%	2021
Renewable Energy Consumption	Florida	U.S. Rank	Period	find more
Renewable Energy Consumption as a Share of State Total	8.2 %	34	2021
Fuel Ethanol Consumption	21,316 thousand barrels	3	2021
Total Emissions	Florida	Share of U.S.	Period	find more
Carbon Dioxide	226.3 million metric tons	4.6%	2021
Electric Power Industry Emissions	Florida	Share of U.S.	Period	find more
Carbon Dioxide	96,324 thousand metric tons	5.8%	2021
Sulfur Dioxide	36 thousand metric tons	3.1%	2021
Nitrogen Oxide	48 thousand metric tons	3.9%	2021

Analysis

Last Updated: January 19, 2023

Overview

Florida is the fourth-largest energy-consuming state, but it uses less energy per capita than all but six other states.

The Florida peninsula extends almost 450 miles south from the Georgia border to the Florida Keys in the Gulf of Mexico and includes the southernmost point in the continental United States.¹ The state's northern boundary stretches about 360 miles from the Atlantic Ocean across the Florida Panhandle to the Perdido River, the state's western boundary with Alabama.² Known as the Sunshine State, Florida has significant solar energy potential as well as substantial biomass resources and small amounts of oil and natural gas production.^3,4,5,6 The warm waters of the Gulf Stream wrap around much of the state's marine coastline and moderate Florida's climate, which ranges from tropical to subtropical.^7,8 The Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean make the state one of the most humid in the nation, with frequent summer thunderstorms and occasional devastating hurricanes. As a result, Florida has taken more direct hits from tropical storms and hurricanes than any other state.^9,10

Until the 20th century, Florida was largely rural and sparsely populated, but it has been one of the fastest growing states during the past century, in part because air conditioning became widely available and because of the state's popularity as a tourist and retirement destination.^11,12 Florida is the third-most populous state and the fourth-largest energy-consuming state in the nation.^13,14 However, Florida uses less energy per capita than all but six other states, in part because of its large population, moderate winter weather, and relatively low industrial sector energy use.^15,16 The transportation sector, which includes the energy used by the automobiles, trains, planes, and ships that bring the many tourists who visit Florida's beaches and attractions, leads end-use energy consumption, and it accounted for more than one-third of the state's total energy use in 2020. The residential sector, where almost all homes use air conditioning, accounted for three-tenths of state energy consumption.¹⁷ Florida's commercial sector accounted for more than one-fifth of state energy use and the industrial sector accounted for slightly more than one-tenth.¹⁸ Overall, Florida consumes seven times more energy than it produces.¹⁹

Electricity

Florida is the second-largest producer of electricity in the nation.

Florida is the second-largest producer of electricity in the nation, after Texas.²⁰ In 2021, natural gas fueled about three-fourths of Florida's total in-state net generation, and 8 of the state's 10 largest power plants by capacity and by generation are natural gas-fired.^21,22 Natural gas has fueled the largest share of Florida's electricity generation since 2003, when it surpassed coal's contribution for the first time.²³ Florida also leads the nation in generators that can switch between natural gas and fuel oil.²⁴ Although petroleum-fired power plants provided less than 0.2% of Florida's generation in 2021, petroleum liquids remain an important backup fuel source at many of the state's natural gas-fired power plants.²⁵ In 2021, almost two-thirds of the state's natural gas-fired power plants could switch to other fuels—petroleum products in nearly all cases—in the event of disruptions in the natural gas supply.^26,27

The second-largest source of in-state generation in Florida is nuclear power. The state's two nuclear power stations are located on Florida's Atlantic Coast. Those two plants typically provide more than one-tenth of the state's net generation.^28,29,30 Two proposed additional nuclear reactors received licenses, but plans to construct those reactors are on hold because of increased construction costs and competition from other electricity-generating fuels.³¹ Coal-fired power plants supplied about 7% of Florida's total net generation in 2021, down from 36% in 2001.³² Renewable—mainly solar energy and biomass—resources, petroleum coke, and generation at industrial plants that use multiple fuels accounted for almost all the remaining net generation in Florida.³³ Almost all the state's recent and planned additions of generating capacity are natural gas-fueled or solar-powered.³⁴

Florida is the third-largest electricity consumer in the nation, after Texas and California.³⁵ However, the state does not produce enough electricity to meet its power needs and brings in electricity via the regional grid.³⁶ The residential sector, where more than 9 in 10 Florida households use electricity as their primary energy source for home heating and air conditioning, consumes more than half of the electricity used in Florida, the largest share of any state.^37,38 The commercial sector accounts for about two-fifths of state consumption, and the industrial sector uses most of the rest. The transportation sector uses a very small amount of electricity for rail.³⁹ However, Florida is second only to California in the number of registered electric vehicles, and there are almost 2,700 public-access all-electric vehicle charging stations in the state.^40,41

Renewable energy

Solar energy and biomass provide almost all of Florida’s renewable-sourced electricity generation.

Renewable resources fueled about 6% of Florida's total in-state electricity net generation in 2021, and about 70% of the state's renewable generation came from solar energy.⁴² In 2021, Florida was fourth in the nation, after California, Texas, and North Carolina, in total solar power generating capacity.⁴³ About 84% of the state's solar generation came from utility-scale (1 megawatt or larger) facilities. However, generation from small-scale installations (less than 1 megawatt) was about four times greater in 2021 than in 2018, in part because of the removal of state restrictions on leased solar photovoltaic (PV) systems.^44,45 Florida is one of only four states with utility-scale electricity generation from solar thermal technologies, which concentrate sunlight to produce high temperatures to create steam that powers turbines used to generate electricity.^46,47 The Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center in Martin County, Florida, contains both a hybrid solar thermal and a natural gas-fueled facility. The Martin plant has a 75-megawatt concentrating solar power facility, with almost 200,000 mirrors, and an 1,100-megawatt natural gas-fired power plant. It is the only concentrating solar thermal generating facility east of the Rocky Mountains.^48,49

Florida accounts for about 8% of the nation's biomass-fueled electricity generation, more than all but two other states, Georgia and California, and biomass fuels almost all of the non-solar renewable generation in Florida.^50,51 Plants that process municipal solid waste, followed by those fueled by wood and wood waste, account for the largest share of the state's almost 1,200 megawatts of biomass-fueled generating capacity. Although there are many landfill gas facilities in Florida, they account for only 6% of the state's biomass generating capacity.⁵² Florida also has a variety of other biomass resources that are burned at utility-scale electricity generating facilities throughout the state. Those resources include sugarcane waste (bagasse), citrus pulp, forest residues, invasive trees and plants, animal waste, agricultural residues, and yard waste.⁵³ The state's biomass resources also provide feedstock for a wood pellet manufacturing plant located in the state's Panhandle. That plant is the nation's second-largest and has a production capacity of almost 827,000 tons of wood pellets per year.⁵⁴

Florida has few other renewable energy assets. One hydroelectric plant in north Florida supplies a small amount of power.⁵⁵ A second plant retired in 2019, and the state's flat terrain provides little opportunity for additional hydropower development.^56,57 Florida has no significant wind resources, onshore or offshore, and the state has no utility-scale wind-powered generating capacity.^58,59,60

Florida does not have a statewide renewable energy portfolio standard, but some Florida cities, including Orlando and Tallahassee, have committed to using 100% renewable energy.⁶¹ Florida also has several state and local incentives, tax credits, and loan programs for certain renewable energy technologies.^62,63 The state has adopted net metering and interconnection rules for qualifying customer-sited renewable energy generating facilities.^64,65 Florida utilities also have individual energy efficiency goals set by the Florida Public Service Commission.⁶⁶

Petroleum

Florida has minor crude oil reserves and accounts for less than 0.1% of the nation's crude oil production.^67,68 Onshore drilling for oil and gas in Florida began in 1901 and about 80 exploration wells were drilled in the state before oil was discovered in southwest Florida in 1943.⁶⁹ Annual crude oil production in the state peaked at more than 47 million barrels in 1978 with the development of the Jay Field in the Panhandle in northwestern Florida. Since 1978, statewide production has declined and has been less than 2 million barrels each year since 2008. In 2021, Florida crude oil production was less than 1.5 million barrels.^70,71 Geologists believe there may be substantial additional reserves in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida's western coast.⁷² However, since 1989, Florida has banned drilling in both Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico state waters. In 2006, the U.S. Congress banned oil and gas leasing in federal offshore areas in the central Gulf of Mexico planning area within 100 miles of Florida's coastline and in most of the eastern Gulf of Mexico planning area within 125 miles of Florida's coast. The ban on federal oil and gas leases off the state's Gulf coast was to expire in 2022, but a 2020 Presidential Memorandum extended the ban until 2032.^73,74,75

Florida does not have any crude oil refineries or interstate crude oil or petroleum product pipelines.⁷⁶ The state relies on petroleum products delivered to Florida's inland petroleum product terminals by rail, truck, tanker, and barge, and on deliveries to marine terminals located at several ports in the state.⁷⁷ Petroleum products, including residual fuel oil, jet fuel, motor gasoline, low-sulfur distillate, and asphalt, arrive in Florida ports from around the world.⁷⁸ Two intrastate pipelines transport petroleum products and fuel ethanol from the Tampa Bay port area across central Florida to Orlando.⁷⁹

Tourism and traffic through busy international airports drive petroleum consumption in Florida’s transportation sector.

The transportation sector accounts for about nine-tenths of the petroleum consumed in Florida.⁸⁰ In part because of the state's significant tourist industry and the heavy passenger and cargo traffic through its international airports, Florida is among the top five petroleum-consuming states in the nation.⁸¹ However, because of its large population, the state uses less petroleum per capita than all but five other states.⁸² In 2021, Florida was second in the nation in total jet fuel consumption; only California used more.⁸³ In 2020, Florida ranked third in total motor gasoline consumption, after Texas and California.⁸⁴ Florida does not require motor gasoline that is blended with ethanol, and federal requirements for cleaner-burning summer gasoline blends in the state's urban areas were lifted in 2014.^85,86 However, motor gasoline blended with ethanol is widely used, and Florida is the third-largest consumer of fuel ethanol in the nation. There are no fuel ethanol production plants in the state.^87,88 Florida accounts for about 1.5% of the nation's biodiesel consumption, but the state's last biodiesel production plant closed and put its equipment up for sale in 2021.^89,90,91

The industrial and commercial sectors use almost all of the rest of the petroleum consumed in Florida. Because electric utilities have retired older petroleum-fired units and replaced many of them with natural gas-fired ones, the electric power sector uses only 1% of the petroleum consumed in the state. However, Florida is third in the nation, after Hawaii and Louisiana, in petroleum use for power generation. The residential sector—where fewer than 1 in 100 households use petroleum products, mostly propane, for heating—consumes even less.^92,93

Natural gas

Florida does not have significant natural gas reserves, but the state does have a small amount of natural gas production, all from the same fields that produce crude oil.⁹⁴ Almost all of the state's natural gas production is in the Jay Field in the Florida Panhandle, and most of that natural gas is reinjected into the oil zones to maintain reservoir pressures and improve oil production.⁹⁵ As a result, only about 5% to 15% of the state's natural gas gross withdrawals are marketed.⁹⁶ Florida's annual natural gas production peaked at almost 52 billion cubic feet in 1978 (less than 0.3% of the U.S. total that year) but declined steadily in the next three decades. Production rose again in 2010, reaching more than one-third of the state's earlier peak in 2012, but it was only about 9 billion cubic feet in 2021.⁹⁷ Economically recoverable natural gas reserves may lie offshore in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, but, as with crude oil, exploratory drilling in state and federal waters in the eastern Gulf is not allowed.^98,99

Florida receives nearly all the natural gas it consumes from the Gulf Coast region via major interstate pipelines.¹⁰⁰ Pipelines entering Florida bring natural gas into the state through Alabama and Georgia.^101,102,103 One subsea pipeline runs 745 miles across the Gulf of Mexico, forming an offshore link from the Mississippi and Alabama border to central Florida.^104,105 The electric power sector receives most of the natural gas delivered to Florida consumers. In 2021, electricity generation accounted for 86% of the state's natural gas end use consumption. The industrial sector accounted for about 9%, and the commercial sector used about 4%. The residential sector, where fewer than 1 in 20 households use natural gas as a primary home heating fuel, consumed only about 1%. A very small amount is used as vehicle fuel.^106,107 As of 2022, there were 21 public-access compressed natural gas vehicle fueling stations in Florida.¹⁰⁸

Coal

Florida does not have any coal reserves or production and relies on coal from several other states and from overseas to meet its limited coal demand.^109,110 In 2021, domestic coal supplies for Florida's coal-fired electricity generating plants came by railroad and barge, primarily from Illinois, Kentucky, and Indiana. Other Florida industries received small amounts of domestic coal from Kentucky, Illinois, and Alabama.¹¹¹ Port Tampa Bay, the largest cargo port in Florida, also receives shipments of imported coal.^112,113 Almost all coal consumed in Florida is used for electricity generation.¹¹⁴ However, coal-fired electricity generation in the state has declined as older coal-fired units retired and were replaced by natural gas-fired generation.^115,116 Coal consumption in Florida's electric power sector fell from 29 million tons in 2008 to less than 8 million tons in 2021.¹¹⁷

Endnotes

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⁹ Griffin, Melissa, "Florida...The ‘Liquid' Sunshine State," The CoCoRaHS ‘State Climates' Series, accessed December 14, 2022.
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¹¹ Hobbes, Frank, and Nicole Stoops, Demographic Trends in the 20th Century, U.S. Census Bureau, CENSR-4 (November 2002), p. 7, 22, 26.
¹² Briney, Amanda, "The Sunbelt, The Sunbelt of the Southern and Western United States," ThoughtCo., updated August 7, 2019.
¹³ U.S. Census Bureau, State Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2021, Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2021.
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¹⁶ Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Energy, 2021 Office of Energy Annual Report, p. 1.
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³⁸ U.S. EIA, Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS), 2020 RECS Survey Data, Air Conditioning, Table HC7.8.
³⁹ U.S. EIA, State Energy Data System, Table F20, Electricity Consumption Estimates, 2021.
⁴⁰ U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Alternative Fuels Data Center, Maps and Data, Electric Vehicle Registrations by State, updated June 2022.
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⁴⁷ U.S. EIA, Solar Explained, Solar Thermal Power Plants, updated April 15, 2022.
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⁵⁰ U.S. EIA, Electric Power Annual, Table 3.19, Utility Scale Facility Net Generation from Biomass by State, by Sector, 2021 and 2020.
⁵¹ U.S. EIA, Electricity Data Browser, Net generation for all sectors, Florida, Fuel Type (Check all), 2001-21.
⁵² U.S. EIA, Electricity, Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory (based on Form EIA-860M as a supplement to Form EIA-860), Inventory of Operating Generators as of October 2022.
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⁵⁵ U.S. EIA, Electricity Data Browser, List of plants for conventional hydroelectric, Florida, all sectors, 2021.
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