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.
By participating in large scale projects of this size we can bring carbon-free energy to our customers at lower prices than we could achieve if we were to try and do it on our own”
Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility 2020 Annual Report: We continue to improve our performance, bringing greater value to our community.


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%