Utility electric rates in Southwest Florida vary quite a bit depending on how much electricity you consume. I created a spreadsheet to calculate what your utility electric rate would be with different utilities depending on the amount of energy consumed.
What you will find is that the effective rate for LCEC is higher for typical residential customers because of the higher fixed customer charge. Another interesting fact is that LCEC netmetered customers with solar electric generation pay more that regular LCEC customers until they consume at least 1,342 kilowatt hours (net). Again, this is because of a higher customer charge.
The rates are current as of April 16, 2012 and include all charges, fees, and taxes.
Note: The Franchise Fee will vary by municipality. I have used 3% to provide a reasonable approximation and comparison. For example, the Lee County fee is 3% and the Cape Coral fee is 3.173%.
FPL is seeking a rate increase for 2013. See how the rate increase will affect your bill here: http://www.fpl.com/customer/efficiency/index.shtml
Note that they want to increase the base rate, but this calculator makes assumptions about fuel prices that will result in a smaller increase than the base rate increase on its own.