Citizen Owned Energy was created by Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility, a non-profit and citizen-owned utility. We are here to provide reliable, low-cost, and clean energy to our 27,000 customers while giving back to the community.
March 5, 2020
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – DEP Announces Cleanest Air On Record, Florida Meets All Ambient Air Quality Standards
Solar installations have grown fast in Florida in no small part due to the net metering policies created to spur solar growth. Now we are entering a new phase of solar where we must develop smart strategies moving forward
December 15, 2020
Per our strategy to continually reduce our carbon footprint, Lake Worth Beach is investing in a zero-carbon electric car fleet…
December 6, 2019
We are making payments more convenient while allowing our customer service team to increase time helping customers…
Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility 2019 Annual Report: A year of progress against our most important goals and our vision for the future.
Public power utilities are rooted in the communities they serve and invest revenues directly back into the community…
You might be surprised that the more electricity you use, the less energy you’ll use overall…
Welcome to our new landing page for the Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility, the home of Citizen Owned Energy. On this page, our customers and stakeholders will be able to read and see the latest news in our quest to improve our communications, provide you with more insight on our efforts to improve our service to you, as well as provide you with updates on our progress towards key goals.
Installed Solar Watts Per Customer
Our purchase of 36 megawatts of solar power from FMPA’s Solar 2 Project, our own 1.7 Megawatt solar farm’s output, and our 22 Megawatt share in the St. Lucie nuclear plant will enable our customers to benefit from an electric supply that is over 50% carbon-free by 2024
2018-19 Reliability Improvements
SAIFI: 2018-19: 39.7% reduction in sustained interruptions
On the average, customers experienced 1.97 outages per year in 2019 vs. 3.26 outages in 2018.
SAIDI: 2018-19: total interruption duration(minutes) down 39.9%
On the average, customers experienced 79.8 minutes of outages in 2019 vs. 132.7 minutes of outages in 2018.
LBAR: 2018-19 Overall Length of Outages Down 28.3%
Overall Length of Outages(minutes) for the Average Customer Down 28.3%