Alabama · Investor Owned

Alabama Power Co Electricity Rates

Average residential price, customers served and derived annual usage from EIA Form 861, 2024 release.

16.77¢
Avg residential price / kWh
1.3M
Residential customers
+10.1%
vs Alabama average
$2,272
Implied avg annual bill

Alabama Power Co charged an average of 16.77¢ per kWh to residential customers in 2024 - above the Alabama average and close to the US average.

Alabama Power Co is investor owned - a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Its reported average residential price is above the Alabama customer-weighted average (+10.1%). Its customers used above the national residential norm at about 13,548 kWh a year each.

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 45 utilities reporting residential rates in Alabama, Alabama Power Co comes 43rd of 45. The state's range runs from City of Troy - (AL) at 9.66¢ to Diverse Power Incorporated at 17.27¢, so where a household sits inside Alabama depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.

All figures come from the 2024 release, so no comparison mixes vintages. The state figure is customer-weighted across 45 reporting utilities.

Where Alabama Power Co sits among Alabama utilities

2024 average residential price across the 45 utilities reporting a rate in Alabama

16.77¢/kWh 5th affordability percentile More affordable than 5% of 44 other utilities

Alabama Power Co

average residential price, equal-width bands

Each bar spans 2¢/kWh. Taller bars contain more utilities; the dashed marker locates this utility. Hover, focus or tap a bar for its exact count and share.

Source EIA Form 861 · 2024

Alabama Power Co average residential price against three benchmarks, 2024
BenchmarkPrice / kWhDifference
Alabama Power Co 16.77¢ -
Alabama (customer-weighted, 45 utilities) 15.23¢ +10.1%
United States average 16.48¢ +1.8%
Investor Owned utilities nationally (183) 17.36¢ -3.4%

Rate against consumption: Alabama utilities

Each dot is one of the 45 Alabama utilities reporting both a residential price and residential sales in 2024, placed by its rank percentile within that group rather than its raw value, so one very large utility cannot flatten the rest. Bubble size follows customers served, rank-scaled so a utility with millions of customers cannot swamp the rest. Alabama Power Co is highlighted. In Alabama the cheapest rate and the smallest implied annual bill happen to belong to the same utility, City of Troy - (AL); across the country they usually do not. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 45 entities by Price rank percentile (100 = most expensive in state) (X) and Consumption rank percentile (100 = heaviest use) (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Costly rate, heavy useCheaper rate, heavy useCostly rate, light useCheaper rate, light use -50050100150 -50050100150 Price rank percentile (100 = most expensive in state) Consumption rank percentile (100 = heaviest use)
Each dot is one of the 45 Alabama utilities reporting both a residential price and residential sales in 2024, placed by its rank percentile within that group rather than its raw value, so one very large utility cannot flatten the rest. Bubble size follows customers served, rank-scaled so a utility with millions of customers cannot swamp the rest. Alabama Power Co is highlighted. In Alabama the cheapest rate and the smallest implied annual bill happen to belong to the same utility, City of Troy - (AL); across the country they usually do not.

Scale and consumption

Alabama Power Co reported 1.3M residential customers, ranking 1st of 45 utilities in Alabama by customers served and covering 57.0% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 13,548 kWh per customer per year - above the national residential norm, implying a typical annual bill near $2,272.

Within Alabama the median reporting utility sells about 13,962 kWh per customer, so Alabama Power Co customers use -3.0% against their own state's middle. Consumption close to the state middle means bills here track the price ranking fairly directly.

Every utility reporting in Alabama

All 45 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Alabama, largest first, with Alabama Power Co marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.

Residential utilities in Alabama, 2024, ranked by customers served
Utility Ownership Customers Avg ¢/kWh
Alabama Power Co (this page) Investor Owned 1.3M 16.77¢
City of Huntsville - (AL) Municipal 197.5K 11.45¢
Baldwin County El Member Corp Cooperative 83.0K 13.87¢
City of Athens - (AL) Municipal 51.0K 12.24¢
Foley Board of Utilities Municipal 51.0K 13.48¢
Central Alabama Electric Coop Cooperative 45.0K 16.64¢
City of Florence - (AL) Municipal 41.6K 11.61¢
Cullman Electric Coop, Inc Cooperative 39.8K 13.26¢
Joe Wheeler Elec Member Corp Cooperative 37.0K 14.49¢
Tallapoosa River Elec Coop Inc Cooperative 29.6K 14.39¢
Sand Mountain Electric Coop Cooperative 27.3K 12.55¢
City of Dothan - (AL) Municipal 26.8K 10.72¢
Covington Electric Coop, Inc Cooperative 23.3K 16.65¢
Decatur Utilities Municipal 22.8K 11.15¢
Wiregrass Electric Coop, Inc Cooperative 22.4K 15.45¢
Dixie Electric Coop - (AL) Cooperative 22.1K 15.05¢
Southern Pine Elec Coop, Inc Cooperative 20.6K 13.90¢
Black Warrior Elec Member Corp Cooperative 20.1K 13.24¢
Cherokee Electric Coop - (AL) Cooperative 18.8K 15.06¢
Clarke-Washington E M C Cooperative 18.7K 15.76¢
Marshall-De Kalb Electric Coop Cooperative 17.3K 12.49¢
South Alabama Elec Coop, Inc Cooperative 16.8K 15.44¢
Sheffield Utilities Municipal 15.7K 12.35¢
Coosa Valley Electric Coop Inc Cooperative 15.6K 15.71¢
Pea River Electric Coop Cooperative 14.9K 16.77¢
Arab Electric Coop Inc Cooperative 14.1K 11.96¢
City of Opelika - (AL) Municipal 13.6K 12.83¢
North Alabama Electric Coop Cooperative 13.1K 12.83¢
City of Bessemer Utilities Municipal 9.4K 12.26¢
Albertville Municipal Utilities Board Municipal 8.3K 10.67¢
City of Troy - (AL) Municipal 7.9K 9.66¢
City of Muscle Shoals Municipal 7.2K 11.96¢
City of Scottsboro - (AL) Municipal 7.1K 12.87¢
Cullman Power Board Municipal 7.0K 12.64¢
Fort Payne Improvement Authority Municipal 6.9K 12.14¢
Franklin Electric Coop - (AL) Cooperative 6.0K 14.03¢
Guntersville Electric Board Municipal 4.9K 12.80¢
City of Hartselle Municipal 4.6K 12.14¢
City of Tuscumbia Municipal 4.0K 11.81¢
City of Russellville - (AL) Municipal 3.9K 13.25¢
City of Andalusia Municipal 3.6K 15.78¢
City of Tarrant Municipal 2.1K 13.45¢
Diverse Power Incorporated Cooperative 589 17.27¢
City of Courtland Municipal 551 11.91¢
Singing River Elec Cooperative Cooperative 336 13.34¢

For generation mix and price history statewide, see electricity rates in Alabama.

Common questions about Alabama Power Co rates

How much does Alabama Power Co charge per kWh?
Alabama Power Co reported an average residential price of 16.77¢ per kWh across its bundled residential customers in the 2024 EIA Form 861 release. That is an annual average across all its residential customers, not a rate schedule, so an individual bill depends on the tariff, usage pattern and season.
Is Alabama Power Co expensive compared with the rest of Alabama?
Its average residential price is above the Alabama customer-weighted average of 15.23¢ per kWh, a difference of +10.1%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 45 utilities reporting residential service in Alabama.
What is the average electricity bill for Alabama Power Co customers?
Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 13,548 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $2,272 a year, or about $189 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.
Who owns Alabama Power Co?
EIA classifies Alabama Power Co as Investor Owned, a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Nationally, Investor Owned utilities averaged 17.36¢ per kWh in the 2024 release.

What this page does and does not tell you

  • An average across bundled residential customers for the year, revenue divided by sales, not a rate schedule.
  • Form 861 presence is not evidence of availability at an address or of customer choice.

See our methodology, why energy prices vary and understanding rate structures.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form 861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 release. Retrieved and formatted by RateWatt.

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional or financial advice. Data is sourced from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Rates change and averages do not describe any individual account. Consult your utility or a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Every figure on RateWatt is rendered directly from official U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data, no number is typed in by an editor. Average price, customers and sales are reported by EIA Form 861 (2024). Per-customer annual usage, the implied annual bill, the customer-weighted state average and every percentage difference are RateWatt's arithmetic on those reported columns. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2025.