City of Huntsville - (AL) Electricity Rates

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 45 utilities reporting residential rates in Alabama, City of Huntsville - (AL) comes 5th 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.

Against the 21 other municipal utilities reporting in Alabama, which averaged 12.27¢, City of Huntsville - (AL) is close to its own ownership class within the state (-6.7%).

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

Scale and consumption

City of Huntsville - (AL) reported 197.5K residential customers, ranking 2nd of 45 utilities in Alabama by customers served and covering 8.5% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 14,072 kWh per customer per year - well above the national residential norm, implying a typical annual bill near $1,612.

Within Alabama the median reporting utility sells about 13,962 kWh per customer, so City of Huntsville - (AL) customers use +0.8% 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 City of Huntsville - (AL) marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.

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

Common questions about City of Huntsville - (AL) rates

How much does City of Huntsville - (AL) charge per kWh?

City of Huntsville - (AL) reported an average residential price of 11.45¢ 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 City of Huntsville - (AL) expensive compared with the rest of Alabama?

Its average residential price is below the Alabama customer-weighted average of 15.23¢ per kWh, a difference of -24.8%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 45 utilities reporting residential service in Alabama.

What is the average electricity bill for City of Huntsville - (AL) customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 14,072 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,612 a year, or about $134 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns City of Huntsville - (AL)?

EIA classifies City of Huntsville - (AL) as Municipal, a utility owned and operated by the local government it serves. Nationally, Municipal utilities averaged 13.03¢ 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.