Utility rates & providers in Alachua County, FL

Confirmed — GRU municipal schedules in Gainesville; Clay Electric Schedule R materials for many unincorporated meters

Gainesville Regional Utilities files detailed residential electric charges—including customer, energy, and fuel adjustment line items reviewed annually in its municipal process—with FY26 summaries published on gru.com. Those schedules apply to qualifying GRU electric customers, not the entire county.

Clay Electric Cooperative serves a large North Central Florida footprint; published residential summaries describe access charges, energy rates by season, and a Power Cost Adjustment riders must track monthly. Many Alachua County addresses outside the GRU core show Clay (or, less commonly, another investor-owned or cooperative logo) on the bill header. The City of Newberry also retails municipal electric power in parts of its limits—verify whether your meter is city, GRU, or cooperative.

Because GRU and Clay recover power differently, a 1,000 kWh month modeled on the Gainesville city page is not portable to a Trenton or Jonesville route—open the provider that actually serves your meter.

Confirmed — GRU retail water in its service area; other retailers & wells elsewhere

GRU’s FY26 sheet lists residential water customer charges and volumetric tiers for meters it serves; stormwater or related fees may appear as separate line items depending on address.

The City of Newberry operates electric, water, wastewater, and solid refuse for qualifying municipal accounts, but its own application materials note that city electric is not available throughout the entire city limits—confirm the utility logo on your closing disclosure.

Rural parcels frequently rely on permitted wells or small community systems; verify the legal water supplier on your closing documents and annual bill, not the mailing-city name alone.

Confirmed — GRU wastewater for served accounts; septic oversight elsewhere

GRU wastewater charges track adopted volumetric schedules for metered accounts it bills; always round volumetrics per the utility’s definitions before comparing to a neighbor’s bill.

Properties on septic systems are regulated under Alachua County Environmental Protection permitting and maintenance expectations—there is typically no GRU sewer volumetric line item until you connect to public sewer.

If you are annexed or connect to a central system, expect one-time capacity or connection fees in addition to monthly commodity charges.

Confirmed — Gainesville curbside via GRU billing vs Alachua County Office of Waste Collection programs

Gainesville publishes curbside cart rates that GRU bills on the utility statement for qualifying city refuse customers—see the city’s Public Works solid-waste pages for cart sizes and included services.

Unincorporated Alachua County provides curbside collection in designated service areas Monday–Thursday, operates Pay-As-You-Throw cart sizing with fees often appearing on property-tax bills, and maintains rural collection centers; some subscription-only areas contract directly with franchise haulers such as GFL Environmental.

Contact the county Office of Waste Collection at 352-338-3233 (or the email published on the county solid-waste pages) if you are unsure whether you are in a county cart area, a subscription pocket, or a municipality with its own program.