Georgia electricity rates and bills

A low price per kWh, a high bill

Georgia ranked 20th lowest among the 50 states and DC on the residential price over the last 12 months, at 15.17¢ per kWh¹. Its average bill tells the opposite story: $158.70 a month in 2025, the 14th highest in the country, because the average Georgia home used 1,077 kWh a month, 8th highest². Long, humid summers drive air conditioning, and 57.3% of Georgia homes also heat mainly with electricity (11th highest⁴ among the states).

Households' own reports point the same way. In the Census Bureau's 2025 survey, 32.4% of Georgia households paying for electricity said their last bill was $250 or more (tied for 6th highest among the states); only 14.9%⁵ paid under $100. The Census figures are recalled bills, including taxes, for an average month.

Source: EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state; EIA-861 2025, average monthly bill by state. Each dot is a state (horizontal: Residential ¢/kWh, 12 months; vertical: kWh a month, 2025). Residential revenue divided by kilowatt-hours sold over the 12 months 2025-09 to 2026-08 (EIA-861M; months since January 2026 preliminary). Average revenue per kWh, all charges included; not a tariff. Period: September 2025 to August 2026. Residential kilowatt-hours per customer per month, 2025.

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State	Residential ¢/kWh, 12 months	kWh a month, 2025
North Dakota	12.35¢	1,070
Nebraska	12.74¢	973
Idaho	12.77¢	933
Louisiana	13.02¢	1,225
Utah	13.26¢	761
Nevada	13.45¢	868
Arkansas	13.57¢	1,076
Tennessee	13.61¢	1,180
Oklahoma	13.81¢	1,064
Kentucky	13.94¢	1,094
Montana	13.94¢	853
Missouri	13.97¢	1,038
Wyoming	14.01¢	835
Iowa	14.20¢	861
Washington	14.20¢	945
South Dakota	14.28¢	984
North Carolina	14.79¢	1,044
Mississippi	14.85¢	1,184
Kansas	15.13¢	876
Georgia	15.17¢	1,077
New Mexico	15.31¢	638
Arizona	15.39¢	1,030
Florida	15.41¢	1,103
Oregon	15.53¢	866
West Virginia	15.53¢	1,073
South Carolina	15.77¢	1,067
Texas	15.98¢	1,110
Minnesota	16.28¢	744
Alabama	16.44¢	1,145
Colorado	16.61¢	658
Virginia	16.64¢	1,067
Indiana	16.90¢	938
Delaware	17.98¢	920
Ohio	18.41¢	874
Wisconsin	18.79¢	667
Illinois	18.91¢	717
Pennsylvania	20.86¢	839
Maryland	21.18¢	945
Michigan	21.28¢	635
New Jersey	23.74¢	670
Vermont	23.90¢	592
District of Columbia	24.48¢	639
Alaska	26.94¢	564
New Hampshire	26.95¢	640
Connecticut	27.42¢	704
New York	28.60¢	586
Rhode Island	29.44¢	562
Maine	29.60¢	533
Massachusetts	30.39¢	596
California	32.34¢	494
Hawaii	44.27¢	515

Summer decides the bill

Georgia's bills swing with the seasons. Over the last 12 months, use per home peaked at 1,478 kWh in July 2026 and bottomed out at 808 kWh in April 2026, a ratio of 1.8 times. The price per kWh moved too, from 13.65¢ per kWh in December 2025 to 16.36¢ per kWh in June 2026, so summer bills rise faster than use. In August 2026 alone, the average residential bill was $233.87 on 1,471 kWh¹.

1,089Sep

864Oct

846Nov

1,089Dec

1,248Jan

1,079Feb

844Mar

808Apr

942May

1,201Jun

1,478Jul

1,471Aug

Source: EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state. Residential kWh sold per customer in each month. The table adds that month's average residential price. Monthly EIA data through August 2026 (released October 23, 2026); months since January 2026 are preliminary.

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Month	kWh per customer	Residential ¢/kWh
September 2025	1,089	15.28¢
October 2025	864	14.51¢
November 2025	846	14.40¢
December 2025	1,089	13.65¢
January 2026	1,248	14.45¢
February 2026	1,079	14.13¢
March 2026	844	15.01¢
April 2026	808	15.37¢
May 2026	942	15.84¢
June 2026	1,201	16.36¢
July 2026	1,478	16.27¢
August 2026	1,471	15.90¢

Georgia Power and the EMCs

Georgia Power delivers electricity to 52.3% of the state's residential customers. Most of the rest are members of the state's electric membership corporations (EMCs), customer-owned cooperatives that serve the suburbs and rural counties; Jackson EMC, Cobb EMC and Sawnee EMC³ are the largest. City utilities such as Dalton Utilities serve the rest.

The price gap between them is large. Georgia Power's bundled residential customers paid 16.28¢ per kWh in 2025, 10.4% above the Georgia average. The EMCs together averaged 13.34¢ per kWh. Among the 46 utilities with 10,000 or more residential customers, the averages ran from 10.34¢ per kWh at Dalton Utilities to 17.23¢ per kWh at Diverse Power, a spread of 6.89¢ per kWh³. Customers cannot switch between them: the address decides. Georgia Power's rates are approved by the Georgia Public Service Commission; the EMCs are owned by their members and set rates through their own boards. Each large utility has its own page with its price history and bill.

Dalton Utilities10.34¢

Cobb EMC11.55¢

Jackson EMC11.87¢

City of Marietta11.92¢

City of East Point11.99¢

GreyStone Power12.55¢

Sawnee EMC12.82¢

City of La Grange12.83¢

North Georgia Electric Membership Corporation12.93¢

Snapping Shoals EMC12.99¢

Central Georgia Electric Membership Corporation13.06¢

Hart Electric Membership Corporation13.11¢

Coweta-Fayette Electric Membership Corporation13.22¢

City of Chattanooga13.35¢

Flint Electric Membership Corporation13.41¢

Albany Utility Board13.45¢

Georgia average14.74¢

Source: EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final. Utilities with 10,000 or more bundled (full-service) residential customers; the 16 lowest of 46 shown. Revenue divided by kWh sold, all charges included, EIA-861 2025 final. Darker bars have their own page.

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Utility	¢/kWh
Dalton Utilities	10.34¢
Cobb EMC	11.55¢
Jackson EMC	11.87¢
City of Marietta	11.92¢
City of East Point	11.99¢
GreyStone Power	12.55¢
Sawnee EMC	12.82¢
City of La Grange	12.83¢
North Georgia Electric Membership Corporation	12.93¢
Snapping Shoals EMC	12.99¢
Central Georgia Electric Membership Corporation	13.06¢
Hart Electric Membership Corporation	13.11¢
Coweta-Fayette Electric Membership Corporation	13.22¢
City of Chattanooga	13.35¢
Flint Electric Membership Corporation	13.41¢
Albany Utility Board	13.45¢
Georgia average	14.74¢

Atlanta shows why "electric company in Atlanta" has no single answer. EIA's service-territory records list 9⁶ distribution utilities in Fulton County, the most of any Georgia county; which one serves a given street is set by the territory boundaries on each utility's own map.

Georgia Power only (of these)Jackson EMC only (of these)Cobb EMC only (of these)Sawnee EMC only (of these)GreyStone Power only (of these)Two or more of themOther utilities only

Source: EIA-861 2025, service territory; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, counties. Counties where each utility reports serving customers (EIA-861 service territory, 2025). A utility often serves only part of a county, and several can share one: the map shows where each one is present, not street-level boundaries. Point at a county for every utility listed there.

How Georgia's price has moved

Georgia's residential price was 7.72¢ per kWh⁸ in 2001 and 14.74¢ per kWh in 2025, a rise of 90.9%, close to the national path. The annual average rose in 18 of those years; the last decline was in 2023. From 2024 to 2025 it went up 4.7%⁹, and the last 12 months ran 4.4%¹ above the 12 before.

GeorgiaUnited States

Source: EIA, Historical state data, annual sales, revenue and customers; EIA, Historical state data, monthly sales and revenue 1990-2009. Average revenue per kWh (all charges, nominal dollars), each calendar year: 2010 onward EIA-861 final annual data, 2001–2009 the sum of the monthly survey.

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Period	Georgia (¢/kWh)	United States (¢/kWh)
2001	7.72¢	8.58¢
2002	7.63¢	8.44¢
2003	7.70¢	8.72¢
2004	7.86¢	8.95¢
2005	8.64¢	9.45¢
2006	8.91¢	10.40¢
2007	9.10¢	10.65¢
2008	9.93¢	11.26¢
2009	10.13¢	11.51¢
2010	10.07¢	11.54¢
2011	11.05¢	11.72¢
2012	11.17¢	11.88¢
2013	11.46¢	12.13¢
2014	11.65¢	12.52¢
2015	11.54¢	12.65¢
2016	11.50¢	12.55¢
2017	11.90¢	12.89¢
2018	11.47¢	12.87¢
2019	11.76¢	13.01¢
2020	12.02¢	13.15¢
2021	12.51¢	13.66¢
2022	13.80¢	15.04¢
2023	13.69¢	16.00¢
2024	14.08¢	16.48¢
2025	14.74¢	17.23¢

The latest month brought a sharper jump for businesses than for homes. In August 2026, the commercial price was +23.7% and the industrial price +59.1% against the same month a year earlier, while the residential price was +2.3%. Single months are preliminary and volatile; over the last 12 months the industrial increase was +5.9%¹.

GeorgiaUnited States

Residential15.17¢ 18.04¢

Commercial11.76¢ 13.87¢

Industrial8.18¢ 8.91¢

All sectors12.38¢ 14.15¢

Source: EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state. Average revenue per kWh: what each customer class paid in total divided by what it used. Industrial customers take power at higher voltage and in large, steady volumes, so their average is lower. Monthly EIA data through August 2026 (released October 23, 2026); months since January 2026 are preliminary.

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Sector	Georgia (¢/kWh)	United States (¢/kWh)
Residential	15.17¢	18.04¢
Commercial	11.76¢	13.87¢
Industrial	8.18¢	8.91¢
All sectors	12.38¢	14.15¢

Where Georgia's electricity comes from

Natural gas generated 38.6% of Georgia's electricity in 2025 and nuclear power 35.2%, an unusually large nuclear share. Since 2015 the nuclear share has grown by 8.9 percentage points and solar by 7.6 percentage points, while coal fell 15.1 percentage points to 13.7%. In 2025 the state's power plants generated the equivalent of 95%¹⁰ of its retail electricity sales.

Natural gasCoalNuclearHydroWindSolarPetroleumOther

Georgia, 2025

Georgia, 2015

United States, 2025

Source: EIA, Net generation by state by type of producer by energy source. Share of net generation by all power plants located in the state (utilities and independent producers), by energy source. Electricity crosses state lines, so this is what the state produces, not exactly what its customers consume. Pumped storage is a net user of power and is left out.

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	Natural gas	Coal	Nuclear	Hydro	Wind	Solar	Petroleum	Other
Georgia, 2025	38.6%	13.7%	35.2%	1.9%	0.0%	7.7%	0.2%	2.7%
Georgia, 2015	39.2%	28.8%	26.3%	2.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%	3.2%
United States, 2025	40.9%	16.6%	17.7%	5.5%	10.4%	6.8%	0.4%	1.7%

Outages

Reliability is the other half of what customers get for their money. Georgia customers averaged 270 minutes without power in 2025 counting major storms, and 147 minutes on ordinary days, with 1.85¹¹ interruptions per customer. For the other states' minutes, see the power outages ranking.

Help paying a Georgia electric bill

Georgia's share of the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program was $96.1 million for fiscal 2026; the first release for fiscal 2027 was $82.6 million. That works out to $22.52 per occupied home, 10th lowest¹² among the states. Applications go through local community action agencies; the help paying your electric bill guide explains the program and other options.

Compared with the neighbors

Among the 5 states bordering Georgia, Tennessee had the lowest residential price over the last 12 months (13.61¢ per kWh) and Alabama the highest (16.44¢ per kWh¹).

Alabama$184.31

Florida$167.86

South Carolina$161.21

Georgia$158.70

Tennessee$156.03

United States$150.68

North Carolina$146.14

Source: EIA-861 2025, average monthly bill by state. Residential revenue divided by customers, per month, 2025 (EIA Average_Bill_2025; EIA counts customer accounts, including rooftop-solar third-party-owner accounts).

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Area	Monthly bill, 2025
Alabama	$184.31
Florida	$167.86
South Carolina	$161.21
Georgia	$158.70
Tennessee	$156.03
United States	$150.68
North Carolina	$146.14