Today, Florida Power and Light (FPL) is expected to file testimony to the Public Service Commission (PSC) in response to the public opposition regarding their rate request of nearly $10 billion — the largest such request in U.S. history. Food & Water Watch analysis finds that from December 2019 to June 2025, FPL customers saw a 38% increase — over $400 — in electricity bills. If FPL’s hike is approved, households could see another 22% increase — or $360 more — over the next two years. 

In advance of the filing, the Office of Public Counsel (OPC), representing the people of Florida, filed expert testimonies from a PSC regulatory consultant and an economist indicating that FPL should decrease rates — not raise them. Key takeaways from the OPC filings include: 

• FPL should decrease customer rates by $620.5 million for 2026; 
• The primary beneficiary of this rate case is shareholders and the results of OPC’s analysis demonstrate that FPL is not entitled to any rate increase for the year 2026;
• Nearly half of every dollar paid by FPL customers in this request would be driven by the requested shareholder profit request and associated federal income taxes;
• PSC cannot protect customers if they allow utilities to achieve earnings at a level chosen by the utilities. 

In addition to the OPC filings, thousands of FPL customers spoke out at public hearings and drove written comments into the PSC urging them to reject the rate hike. Thirty organizations submitted a joint letter opposing the increase. Earlier this year, a group of elected officials, led by Rep. Anna Eskamani, submitted a sign on letter in opposition. The City of Pembroke Pines and the Manatee County Commission have also submitted objections. 

Senior Florida Organizer Brooke Ward of Food & Water Watch, a leading group organizing rate hike opposition said:

“The OPC’s findings echo what those fighting this rate hike have been demanding: FPL’s nearly $10 billion rate hike request must be stopped. FPL is using funny math to justify their egregious rate hike to grow their profits and investor returns on the backs of struggling Floridians.”
“DeSantis’ PSC must wholeheartedly reject this rate hike request and slash FPL’s massive profit grab. The PSC is charged with ensuring safe, reliable, and affordable utility service for Florida families — not rubber-stamping unchecked corporate greed.”