Claim: "While  was governor, utility costs went up 30 percent and went from below the national average to above the national average. Since I got elected, utility rates have come down 11 percent and now we are below the average."
Fact-check: Rick Scott: Fla. electric rates are lower since Charlie Crist left office and below national average
Verdict: false
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Steve Contorno
Date published: 2014-10-21T00:00:00